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  • Theological Seminary’s public tenants get new leases

    Longtime tenants at West Windsor facility get at least another year. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Despite the continued demand for housing at the Princeton Theological Seminary, the six remaining public tenants of the Charlotte Rachel Wilson Apartments have been given the opportunity to lease their apartments for another year.    "We still have the…

  • Threatened ESL program may be saved

    Plight of YWCA classes leads to offers of support. By: Jennifer Potash    The free English classes at the YWCA Princeton’s Bramwell House, which help recently arrived immigrants with poor literacy skills, may be rescued.    The future of the classes is in peril because the funding ends June 30.    The YWCA’s grant was not renewed by…

  • Montgomery rodeo ropes in the fans

    A record turnout for the weekend event. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Families came out in fashion for the annual Montgomery rodeo Saturday and Sunday dressed in their best buckaroo gear.    Tiny tots in cowboy hats abounded, including two in sombreros — close enough. And for those not dressed for the occasion, there were toy…

  • Parking, traffic chief issues for McCarter expansion plan

    The Planning Board is reviewing a new 350-seat theater. By: David M. Campbell    The Princeton Regional Planning Board has postponed action on the proposed Berlind Theatre, a 350-seat addition to McCarter Theatre, to allow the board to deliberate further on parking and circulation issues.    The board is expected to resume its hearing on the 27,110-square-foot…

  • Brian Borutta

    JONESBORO, Ga. — Brian Borutta, 27, died Saturday, June 9.    Born in Princeton, he lived in Lawrenceville before moving to Jonesboro seven years ago.    He is survived by his father, Richard D. Borutta of Hopewell; his mother, Frances Borutta of Lawrenceville; a brother, Richard A. Borutta of New York; and an aunt, Irene Borutta of…

  • Lillian McCoy

       EWING — Lillian McCoy, 91, died Thursday, June 7, at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    She retired from the state of New Jersey.    She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and its Ladies Guild.    She graduated from Trenton Central High School and Apex…

  • Common sense is better than a software censor

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 12 By: Packet Editorial    A round of applause, please, for Leslie Burger, the courageous director of the Princeton Public Library.    While her timid counterparts across America are tripping all over themselves to install Internet filters, lest impressionable youngsters using their libraries’ computers be scarred for life by exposure to offensive or objectionable…

  • Marie Brearley

       Marie Brearley, 77, died Sunday, June 10, at Mercer County Geriatric Center.    Born in Lawrence, she was a lifelong resident.    She was a forewoman in the shipping and receiving department of New Jersey Porcelain Co. and a member of Slackwood Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed fishing.    Sister of the late Bertha Hill and John Brearley, she…

  • John DeRosa

    John E. DeRosa, 83, died Sunday, June 10, at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a former Yardley, Pa., resident and a Lawrenceville resident 26 years.    He graduated from Xavier Military Academy and St. John’s University, both in New York.    Mr. DeRosa was a member of the alumni associations of…