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  • Week of Aug. 3, 2001

    From East Brunswick, Hillsborough, Pennington and Princeton EAST BRUNSWICK Gorham    Matt Gorham has been recognized as a Centurion Producer for 2000. He is also the Top Sales Associate for Century 21 Worden & Green for 2000.    Centurion Producer status is awarded to associates that earn a minimum of $175,000 in gross closed commissions or 60…

  • Swanson’s sister act

    West Windsor residents claim two titles apiece at PASDA diving By: Justin Feil    Lee Swanson started diving only three years ago.    Her younger sister Mallory was right behind.    "I didn’t like that at first because she was copying me," said Lee, who is 16. "Plus, I don’t want her to be better than me."    Last…

  • Thoroughly, unconscionably failing children

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 3    For more than three decades, ever since the state Supreme Court found that a Jersey City youngster named Kenneth Robinson wasn’t getting the education to which he was entitled, New Jersey’s public schools have been under the judicial gun to provide the "thorough and efficient" education mandated by the state constitution.…

  • Vito Sarni

       Vito W. Sarni, 72, of Greenbriar at Whittingham, died Saturday, July 28 at his home.    Born in Brooklyn, he lived there before moving to Monroe six years ago.    He was an installer with Western Electric Co. in New York City for 35 years, retiring in 1989, and was a member of the Communications of America…

  • Finding new ways to teach sex education

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — By any name — sex education, family life education or sexuality — classes that deal with the facts and problems of life need a balance, Susan Wilson told the Monroe Township League of Women Voters July 23 at the league’s monthly business meeting.    The message from some state and federal…

  • Lillian M. Wilson

       Lillian M. Wilson, 101, of Rossmoor, died Saturday, July 28 at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Duluth, Minn., she lived in Princeton before moving to Rossmoor 18 years ago.    She was a homemaker all of her life.    Her husband, Edmund A. Wilson, is deceased.    Ms. Wilson is survived by her son, George Wilson…

  • Another year means another MVS

    Lenape’s Talarick is top swimmer for fifth time By: Bob Nuse    It’s nearly gotten to the point where Drew Talarick should be handed a Most Valuable Swimmer Award before the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Championships even begin.    At last week’s competition, the Montgomery resident picked up his fifth straight award after winning three events…

  • West Windsor board is leary about road-widening plan

    A draft of the traffic-circulation element of the Master Plan is under review. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Planning Board only began to scratch the surface of discussion on the traffic-circulation element of the draft Master Plan at its meeting Wednesday.    But after reviewing public sentiment against widening roads, the board decided…

  • Berger playing solid golf

    Puts game together in Pocono tourney By: John Beisser    The rising golf career of Dave Berger continued when he won the New Jersey Elks Association Tournament of Champions at the Tamiment Golf Course in the Poconos last week.    Berger, a standout on the Hillsborough High golf team throughout his career prior to his June graduation,…