Category: archives
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Beijing summer program is SARS victim
Princeton University considers options, but outlook is bleak. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton University may cancel or relocate its Princeton in Beijing summer program because of the SARS outbreak in China. "It’s looking bleak," said Professor Perry Link, co-director of the 11-year-old total immersion Chinese-language program. The decision will be made by May 15, he said.…
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Doris Stillwell
Doris H. Stillwell, 90, of Cranbury, died Tuesday, April 29, at The Elms of Cranbury. Born in Scranton, Pa., she was a resident of Monroe for many years before moving to Cranbury in 1999. She retired from A.S. Barnes Publishing Company in South Brunswick as a bookkeeper. She worked at the Jamesburg National and Wrights…
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Title time for Nichols, PHS boys’ tennis
Transfer wins first title as Little Tigers claim third straight MCT By: Justin Feil Winning the Mercer County Boys’ Tennis Tournament on Wednesday was business as usual for Ilia Shatashvili, Chris Hoeland, Chad Maisel, Eli Shindelman, Nate Abraham and Greg Wu. Those members of the Princeton High team had been there before. For three of…
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Teachers ask for principal to stay
More than 75 people showed to ask the administration to keep HHS principal William Roesch. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN A rumor that the East Windsor Regional School District’s central administration has recommended that Hightstown High School Principal William Roesch not be rehired for next year motivated more than 75 faculty and staff members to…
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South good as ‘new gold’ in MCT tennis
Pirates second, Hun third, North and PDS tied for fifth By: Justin Feil If silver is the new gold, as West Windsor-Plainsboro High South second singles player Benny Gordon-Goldstein asserts, then the Pirates boys’ tennis team came out the big winners at the Mercer County Tournament on Wednesday by finishing second to Princeton High. "We…
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Town eyes propasal to divide West tract
Committee mulls splitting property in half. By: Matt Kirdahy The Township Committee wants to split the remaining 40 acres of the West property in half, using 20 acres for passive recreation and saving the rest for future use by the township or by the Cranbury School. The township purchased the 58-acre West parcel, just south…
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Center for autism plans much-needed expansion
Eden Institute seeks to build at West Windsor site. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR – The Eden Institute is looking to expand by building two new one-story buildings on Old Trenton Road. The institute currently operates a school for infants and toddlers with autism on Route 1 and an employment center for people with autism…
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School board leaders remain in position
The East Windsor Regional Board of Education held its annual reorganization. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN Stability was the theme of Monday’s East Windsor Regional Board of Education annual reorganization meeting, as both board President Bruce Ettman and Vice President Ricardo Perez were elected to serve second consecutive terms at their respective positions. Mr. Ettman…
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Council debating school budget
Jamesburg tries to find ways around defeated spending plan. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG Mayor Tony LaMantia and the Borough Council will be looking at possible ways to cut the defeated $10.24 million school budget following a recent three-hour meeting with state officials at Borough Hall. "We’re still going over different aspects of dealing with…
