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  • Open-space panels laud independence

    Except for Montgomery, most open space organizations are independent, non-profit groups. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The advantages of independence from government control was the main topic at a recent township information session on the role of nonprofit groups in obtaining and purchasing land for open space.    Members of nonprofit Friends of Open Space organizations…

  • WW-PN tennis talking upset vs. CJIII top seed

    Knight boys take on Ocean today By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys’ tennis team might be in an underdog role in the Central Jersey Group III tournament, but they’re not acting like it.    "We’re pretty confident," said Knight captain Yishen Gu. "I told everyone that we’re going to win."    Gu and first-doubles…

  • Grades for first-year school: magnifique

    The Princeton French School has been so successful that the preschool will expand this fall with a first- to third-grade program. By: Jeff Milgram    When it comes to learning languages, kids have it all over most adults, says Anne Hoppenot, who helped organize the Princeton French School and is one of the preschool’s three teachers.…

  • Jones makes golden appearance at PU

    Olympic sprint star dashes to victory, signs her way into fans’ hearts By: Justin Feil    It took Marion Jones 11.12 seconds to churn down the Weaver Track and Field Stadium homestretch in front of thousands of screaming fans.    Afterward, she showed that she could sign up to six autographs in the same time.    But Jones,…

  • Thaddeus Robak

       Thaddeus "Teddy" Peter Robak, 27, died Tuesday, May 15, at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Lawrenceville resident until moving to Trenton last year. He was a graduate of Lawrence High School and was employed as an apprentice electrician with I.B.E.W. Local 269.    Grandson of the late Anthony Robak, he is survived by…

  • BASF to close Cyanamid site in West Windsor

    The decision affects about 500 employees. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — BASF announced Monday that it will discontinue its local research-and-development activities by June 2002 and close its Agro Research Center at the former American Cyanamid site by the end of the third quarter of 2002.    The decision will affect about 500 employees,…

  • Settlement approved on Censoni tract acquisition

    West Windsor agrees to pay $800,000 more for property on which fire house will be located. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council unanimously approved an out-of-court settlement Monday night, adding close to $800,000 to the price it paid when it condemned the Censoni tract on Clarksville Road to build a firehouse.…

  • Dad says WW-P shares blame in son’s suicide

    Student had been suspended for hacking into the district’s computer system. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The father of Shinjan Majumder, the 13-year-old Thomas R. Grover Middle School student who committed suicide May 4, after being suspended from school, says school officials are partly to blame for his son’s death.    "They will definitely…

  • Patricia Gray

       Patricia W. Gray, 68, died Friday, May 11, at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Arapahoe, Neb., she lived in the Princeton area more than 35 years.    She graduated from Vassar College.    She was a mathematician.    Daughter of the late Leonard and Anne Wendland, she is survived by four daughters, Anne Gray of Wenham,…