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OBITUARIES, May 2, 2003
Richard M. Ludwig, Antoinette Buzzerio, Sophia Litt, Claire Beskind, Charlotte M. Gilligan. Richard M. Ludwig English professor, university librarian Richard M. Ludwig of Princeton died Monday night at home. He was 82. He was an emeritus professor of English and the former associate university librarian for rare books and special collections at Princeton University.…
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Blaze strikes borough house
A Hightstown family is forced to relocate after its house catches fire. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Just before 2:45 p.m. Monday, Gayle Wilton heard a voice over the baby monitor that didn’t belong to her 18-month-old daughter. "There’s someone in our house," she told her husband, Art, who left their basement office to check…
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Garage foes continue fight
Borough will move ahead with project despite appeal. By: Jennifer Potash Concerned Citizens of Princeton filed an appeal Tuesday of a lower court’s dismissal of its lawsuit to halt Princeton Borough’s downtown garage development. The appeal, submitted by attorneys R. William Potter and Robert Zagoria on behalf of the nonprofit organization, involves legal technicalities with…
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Bordentown fest honors iris cultivator Franklin Carr
Annual Iris Festival set for May 10 features art, flowers, outdoor entertainment. By: Vanessa S. holt BORDENTOWN CITY Frank Carr’s hybrid irises were not limited to the traditional blue and purple of the species, but wandered up and down the spectrum, reaching radiant hues of peach and gold through his careful cultivation. Mr. Carr…
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Council ready to move on county land swap
Thompson Park may be used for new high school in Monroe. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The Township Council may endorse a plan Monday to use 35 acres of Thompson Park playing fields as a building site for the proposed new high school. The council’s endorsement will be a step in the council’s efforts to…
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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…
