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  • Four families uprooted by ‘Village’ fire

    The cause remained under investigation Monday. By: Jeff Milgram    No one was hurt, but 17 people were left homeless after a fire Thursday night engulfed two Princeton Community Village apartments and damaged two other apartments.    The 17 — nine adults and eight children from four families — were placed in area hotels, a spokesman for…

  • ‘Evita’

    THEATER REVIEW: This revival at Bristol Riverside Theatre has used all the technical tricks of the trade, but the guts of the work are the acting and singing, and there the production is spotty. By: Stuart Duncan    Evita is complex, more opera than musical. Created in 1974, it was the second collaboration between composer Andrew…

  • Hiring of police director could happen by June 1

    Four interviewed for the position thus far. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — A civilian police director could be chosen as early as June 1, according to Township Committeeman Peter Treichler.    Four candidates have been interviewed for the position, said Mr. Treichler, who is one of three committee members conducting preliminary interviews for the position.    Mr.…

  • Seminary gift backs school referendum

    The money, which would be paid out over three years, would fund a health classroom at Princeton High School. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Theological Seminary has pledged $150,000 for the Princeton Regional School District’s planned $78.2 million school renovation and expansion project.    The money, which would be paid out over three years, would fund a…

  • Broad retrenchment seen if $78.2 million school plan rejected

    Princeton school board has made contingency plans if the referendum is defeated May 15. By: Jeff Milgram    What will happen if voters in the Princeton Regional School District defeat the district’s $78.2 million school renovation and expansion plan?    "We’ll dig a hole and crawl into it," Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said jokingly last week.    But…

  • Newspapers in Education Professional Development Seminar

    Attention K-6 teachers! DOWNLOAD YOUR APPLICATION FORM HERE!-> invitations.pdf By:NiE This year we have offered the school systems in our areas the newspaper as a living textbook, now let us offer you ideas, materials, and training for how to most effectively use this wonderful teaching tool. DOWNLOAD YOUR APPLICATION FORM HERE!-> invitations.pdf

  • Fighting for light

    Blind at age 30, Gordon Gund pushes research on retinal degeneration. By: Cynthia Snyder    What have you seen in the past 30 years, assuming you’ve lived that long? What images remain inscribed in your memory, struggling for clarity against your view of today?    For the past 30 years and then some, Gordon Gund has relived…

  • S. Francene Toliver

       S. Francene Toliver, 51, died Friday at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital.    Born in Pittsburgh, she lived in Lawrenceville for the past eight years.    She received master’s degrees in special education and psychology from Seton Hall University, Greensburgh, Pa.    She previously worked for New Jersey State Federation of Teachers.    She was a member of…

  • Man murdered during argument at Sleep-E-Hollow Motel

       A Trenton man was shot to death at the Sleep-E-Hollow Motel early Monday morning following an argument with four men regarding his girlfriend, police said. This is the first murder in Lawrence since 1997.    Shawn Anderson, 27, of Rosemont Avenue, Trenton, was shot in the left arm while he was standing in front of a…