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  • Site plan changes push back start of school project

    Construction at all six Princeton schools will not get under way until mid-October. By: Jeff Milgram    Construction at all six of Princeton Regional’s schools will be pushed back about six weeks and will not get under way until mid-October.    School officials said the district redesigned the site plans for Princeton High School, Littlebrook and Community…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    TUESDAY, JULY 30 • U.S. Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter, a New Jersey Drought Update by Karen Fell, NJDEP, at Princeton University. 5:30 p.m. www.usgbcnj.org. (732) 661-0144, ext. 140. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 • Míele, breakfast, remarks by Mr. Rudolf Miele, Chairman Miele & Ceo GmbH & Co. and Mr. Nick Ort, President Miele, as well as…

  • PTA’s gift will enhance Village School playground

    Most of the money came from a children’s walk-a-thon held at the school that raised $22,000. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — More than 1,000 students at Village Elementary School will have a new place to play come September.    The school’s 900-member PTA donated a $17,000 piece of playground equipment to the district last week, the…

  • Just keep cool until tomorrow

    Climatologist says at least this heat wave won’t last long. By: David Campbell    News flash: It’s hot out there. But according to state climatologist David Robinson, it could be worse.    Mr. Robinson said prolonged heat waves of three consecutive days or more can threaten the power grid and pose serious health problems to high-risk individuals…

  • Balance is key to league success

    Princeton Adult Basketball enters playoff season By: Bob Nuse    It seems only fitting that the most competitive season ever in the Princeton Recreation Adult Summer Basketball League would have its playoffs begin with an upset.    After a regular season that saw 10 of the 11 seeds for the playoffs come down to the result of…

  • Synthon brings new products to drug-discovery market

    The products are used as pieces, known as intermediates, in building new drugs. By: George Frey    Synthon Chiragenics Corp., a Monmouth Junction carbohydrate-based drug discovery company, will enhance its role as a chemistry provider to the pharmaceutical industry with the introduction of its Discovery Collections, the company said.    The products are a new platform available…

  • Donald J. McKendrick

       Donald J. McKendrick, 75, of Sevierville, Tenn., died Wednesday, July 24, at home.    Mr. McKendrick was born in New Brunswick and resided most of his life in South Brunswick.    He worked as a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 9, retiring after 47 years of service in 1992. In 1993, he relocated to Sevierville,…

  • Quite an ”extra credit’

    Montgomery teen develops taste for solving community problems. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The township Environmental Commission has added another member to its ranks of esteemed local academics and engineers, 17-year-old Montgomery High School student Dan Weber.    "It’s pretty interesting the stuff that they have to worry about there," he said over a steaming cup…

  • Renaissance painting stolen from institute

       A Renaissance painting was stolen from the Aquinas Institute of Princeton University between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon.    Police said the 15th- or 16th-century painting, which depicts the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus amid 12 angels, was removed without force from a library wall at Aquinas House, located on Stockton Street. The unframed painting,…