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  • John DelleVecchio

       A. John DelleVecchio, 91, died Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Brooklyn, he lived in Clearbrook for many years, recently moving to the Chelsea Residence. Until his retirement in 1969, he was the superintendent at the U.S. Naval Supply Center in Rhode Island. He was a member of the Catholic…

  • Mayor and residents to lobby state for financial assistance

    State grants Jamesburg aid. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG — Mayor Tony LaMantia, in Trenton last week when a state Senate committee advanced a bill aimed at helping Jamesburg, said Wednesday he will make other trips to the state capital in a continuing quest for added state funds for the borough.    The bill (S-1993), sponsored by…

  • LoPresti still calm

    By: Redd E. Patrick    It’s a good thing Monroe High School boys’ basketball coach Pete LoPresti has been around a while.    A coach beginning in the early 1970’s, LoPresti knows that things run in cycles. He knows there will be highs and lows along the way.    Take his own program for example. A year ago,…

  • Mortgage Rates

    Rates valid as of January 17, 2003www.princetonmortgagerates.com www.princetonmortgagerates.com Chart Copyright © 1998-2002 NFNS www.PrincetonMortgageRates.com Company Phone 30-yr Fixed rate/pts 15-yr Fixed rate/pts 30-yr Jumbo rate/pts 30-yr FHA/VA rate/pts Adjustable type/rate/pts Aapex Mortgage 800-344-2739 5.875 3.00 5.375 2.50 6.500 1.00 7.250 1.00 5/1 5.250 American Home Mortg. 800-924-9091 6.875 0.00 6.250 0.00 6.875 0.00 – –…

  • WW-P North, Salerno stop Hopewell

    Junior has become Knights’ defensive specialist By: Bob Nuse    Justine Salerno doesn’t get defensive when she talks about her lack of offensive output for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ basketball team. In fact, it’s her defense where she takes the most pride in her game.    "I like playing defense and that’s what I think I…

  • Timothy Emanuel Beals-Reid

    Memorial service Jan. 25    Timothy Emanuel Beals-Reid, infant son of Robert and Diana Beals-Reid of Pennington, died Jan. 13 at Capital Health System, Mercer Campus.    He is survived by a twin sister Gabriella Rose; a brother Colin; sisters Olivia and Gemma; maternal grandparents, Dorothy Bowring and Noal Reid; paternal grandparents, Richard and Nancy Beals; and…

  • PDS denies PHS’ shots at first win in girls hoops

    By: Justin Feil    Katie Bliss has wowed onlookers for years with her ability to eat an apple, core, stem and all, in just three bites. Bliss, who at 5-foot-8 is no giant eating machine, used to do it every year at the Princeton University basketball camp’s talent show, and it always got one of the…

  • Downtown development plan challenged

    Citizens’ group filed lawsuit in attempt to halt project. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough is expected to file a response today to a lawsuit filed by a citizens’ group seeking to halt the downtown garage development.    Concerned Citizens of Princeton filed a lawsuit Jan. 10 claiming the borough used the state’s redevelopment law erroneously in…

  • Which Martin Luther King Jr. do we honor?

    GUEST OPINION, Jan. 17 By: Patrick W. Gavin    On Monday, the United States will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday, one of only two such days celebrated in name (Columbus Day is the other). We will hear stories of his battles with segregation, his eloquent speech in Washington and…