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  • Creativity, laughter marked Lapin’s life

    Ruth Lapin was an aspiring stand-up comedian and Girl Scout troop leader. She worked on the 77th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — She was fun, creative and loved to laugh.    That is how those who knew her describe East Windsor resident Ruth Lapin, who…

  • Software set to help Montgomery see its future

    Smart Growth INDEX (SGI) uses geographical information systems data to simulate land use and transportation scenarios. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The township’s smart growth planning initiatives may have gotten smarter.    The Environmental Protection Agency recently picked the township as one of just 20 municipalities nationwide in which to test a new community planning software…

  • Guest Opinion

    Paying tribute to a local hero By: Wayne Meisel    A memorial service will be held Monday for Corella A. Bonner, who died this summer. Hundreds of students, college administrators and faculty and community leaders from around the country will come to Princeton to celebrate her life and recommit themselves to the vision and the mission…

  • DATES TO REMEMBER

    For the weeks beginning Sept. 13 Sept. 21 Comedy Show: Jamesburg EMS & Rescue presents the First Annual Comic Relief Fund-raiser at 7 p.m. at the Jamesburg Elks Lodge, 74 West Railroad Ave.    The show features comedians Johnny Lampert, Lisa Lampanelli and Tim Cage. Food and beverages will be available.    Cost is $20 per person.…

  • Dharmendra K. Sinha

       EAST WINDSOR — Dharmendra K. Sinha, 44, died Aug. 27 at home.    Born in Patna, India, he was a longtime East Windsor resident.    Mr. Sinha graduated from Hudson Valley College.    He was manager of Brad Benson Mitsubishi and Hyundai dealership.    Son of the late Mahendra K. Sinha, he is survived by his mother, Bhuwaneshwari Sinha;…

  • Institute for Advanced Study director to step down

       Institute for Advanced Study Director Phillip A. Griffiths has expressed his intention to step down as director at the end of the 2002-2003 academic year, James D. Wolfensohn, chairman of the institute’s the board of trustees, announced Wednesday.    The institute is beginning the search for a new director.    Institute board member Martin L. Leibowitz, vice…

  • University picks new Government Affairs office director

    House of Representatives committee staff member named to post.    Princeton University has named a staff member of the House Committee on Science as the new director of its Office of Government Affairs.    The appointment will take effect Jan. 1.    Diane Auer Jones, a former program director in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education,…

  • Area institutions to hold Sept. 11 events

    A list of observances to mark a day of tragedy. Arts Council of Princeton    The WPA Gallery at the Arts Council of Princeton invites the community to join in the creation of a painted tile collage reflecting thoughts and feelings about the past year on Wednesday.    The gallery will be open from 8 a.m. to…

  • Softball game raises $4,500

    The game between a high school girls team and the township Police Department benefitted the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — While East Windsor’s Finest took off with an early lead at Tuesday night’s "Angel in the Outfield" charity softball game, the high school girls they played, led by pitcher…