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  • Charles I. Reed

       Charles I. Reed, 82, of Titusville died Sunday at the Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon.    Born in Pittstown, he had lived in Titusville for many years. He was a Sergeant in the Army serving in France, Germany, Italy and Africa as a radio operator. He was a graduate of Rider College in Lawrenceville. He was…

  • Planning panel views borough garage details

    Opposition group incorporates as a nonprofit organization. By: Jennifer Potash    With one month to go until the Princeton Borough Council takes action on the proposed downtown garage development, two public meetings on the project illustrated two views this week — a passionate appeal to reject the project at one and a dispassionate review of the…

  • No decision on changes to deer plan

    But Princeton Township does agree to terminate its lease on the Valley Road building. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee took no action Monday night following a recommendation by its Deer Program Evaluation Committee to undertake immunocontraceptive and sterilization pilot programs this winter in conjunction with a third year of lethal culling.    But it…

  • PU endowment posts 2.2-percent profit in 2002

    By comparison, a recent study by the Commonfund Institute found the average annual endowment return at minus 5.4 percent in fiscal year 2002. By: Jeff Milgram    At a time when most Americans are losing money on their 401(k) plans and stock portfolios, Princeton University is still making money on its $8.3 billion endowment.    To be…

  • Princeton schools get state grant

    The Princeton Regional School District has received a state grant of $32,188 to turn its world languages program into a regional resource for other districts, state Education Commissioner William L. Librera announced recently.    The Princeton Regional School District has received a state grant of $32,188 to turn its world languages program into a regional resource…

  • University appoints new public safety director

    Steven Healy’s appointment is effective Jan. 1.    Steven Healy, chief of police at Wellesley College, has been named director of public safety at Princeton University.    Mr. Healy, who has worked in law enforcement for 18 years, will replace Jerrold Witsil, who retired Oct. 31 after 27 years as director of public safety.    Mr. Healy’s appointment…

  • Eugenia Soncrant

       FORT MYERS, Fla. – Eugenia J. Soncrant, 85, died Oct. 16.    Born in Trenton, she moved to Fort Myers after retiring from the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles.    She received many awards for her volunteer work at Health Park Medical Center.    Daughter of the late Lucien A. and Louise Desboeuf Johann, she is survived…

  • A patient craft

    About quilts, quilters and minding other people’s unfinished business. By: Linda Arntzenius    What I bought was a pieced patchwork quilt top. Not a finished quilt, merely a quarter of one, the missing three-quarters being the layers of batting, backing and quilting thread that would hold the layers together and make it a true quilt.    Unlike…

  • Simply Doodling

    Michael Ramus illustrates irony, wit and a view of the human condition. His lifelong work in cartoons is on view at the Rider University Art Gallery. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, Michael Ramus’s tempera painting, "Egyptian Golf," is chock full of humorous details and curiosities.    It’s hard to believe that a doodle on a piece…