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  • Bard may get return engagement at Princeton park

    Recreation board weighs safety issues at outdoor amphitheater. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Repertory Company’s Shakespeare Festival drew about 12,000 attendees to the amphitheater of Pettoranello Gardens in the summer of 2000.    The company’s two-month season offered starlit performances of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and "The Taming of the Shrew" free to the public, and…

  • Soaries targets seat in Congress

    Former New Jersey secretary of state intends to challenge Rush Holt in the 12th District. By: Jennifer Potash    Former New Jersey Secretary of State DeForest "Buster" Soaries announced Sunday he intends to challenge Democratic incumbent Rush Holt for the 12th Congressional District seat.    The Rev. Soaries, who is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church…

  • BUSINESS: Clubs, churches run programs for job seekers

    By: Jon Steele    Job-seeker programs are sponsored by any of a number of organizations — churches, civic clubs, professional associations or colleges — and may function in an even wider variety of ways, depending on the desires and needs of the sponsors and members.    Princeton has the distinction of being home to the nation’s oldest…

  • Mary Virginia B. Harvey

    Mary Virginia B. Harvey, 75, died Sunday at Fairfax (Va.) Nursing Center. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident before moving to Virginia last year. Mrs. Harvey was a licensed practical nurse at the Lawrenceville Nursing Home more than 10 years. She was a graduate of Miss Fine’s School, Briarcliff Junior College and Princeton…

  • Form and Function

    A collection of potter Lisa Naples’ earthenware is on display at Mixed Media Gallery in Doylestown. By: Jodi Thompson Above, an assortment of tea cups created by potter Lisa Naples, whose work is on view at the Mixed Media Gallery in Doylestown, Pa., through Feb. 12.    The dishwasher door opens in a cloud of steam…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 29, 2002

    Paul S. Smith, Joachim P. Zurakowski, Emma L. Jenkins. Paul S. Smith Retired Princeton banker    Paul Shaw Smith of Princeton died Wednesday in Boca Raton, Fla., following a brief illness. He was 96.    Born and raised in Lambertville, he lived in Trenton before moving to Princeton in 1927. He spent the last eight months in…

  • Joseph Sokolowski

       Joseph A. Sokolowski, 90, died Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Compassionate Care Hospice Center of St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Wilmington, Del., he lived in Lawrence 80 years.    He retired in 1971 after 30 years as a millwright with General Electric Co. and its home heating and cooling division.    Mr. Sokolowski was the…

  • The Rev. H. Peter Unks

       LOPATCONG — The Rev. H. Peter Unks, 69, died Thursday, Jan. 24, at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, Pa.    Born in Easton, Pa., he lived in Lopatcong.    He graduated from East High School in 1949, attended Lafayette College, graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1954 and the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, in 1957.    He retired…

  • Dorothy K. Stults

    Dorothy K. Stults, 90, died Saturday at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township. Born in Hastings, Neb., she lived in Hopewell 88 years. She graduated in 1933 from Douglas College, New Brunswick, and was office manager of Hopewell Veterinary Group 66 years. She was a former Girl Scout leader and a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church,…