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  • A full tank

    Hopewell artist Alan Taback will be opening the Gas House Gallery this weekend in a small, L-shaped room at the Sunoco station in Hopewell. By: Matt Smith    HOPEWELL — The walls are freshly painted. New fluorescent lights shine brightly, but there’s still work to be done: deciding chair placement and positioning paintings in just the…

  • Public input sought on budget

    The Township Council will work on the 2001 township budget at work session meeting Saturday morning and Tuesday night. The meetings are open to the public. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Mayor Janice Mironov invites residents to put their two-cents worth in early during the township’s upcoming budget workshops.    Township Council members will hold…

  • OBITUARIES, Feb. 16, 2001

    Herbert E. Robbins, Lawrence E. Spellman, Ruth B. Washburn, John S. Kozlowski. Herbert E. Robbins Professor of statistics    Herbert Ellis Robbins of Princeton, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Columbia University and Rutgers University for more than 50 years, died of esophageal cancer Monday in Princeton. He was 86.    He is responsible for several…

  • Agnes Karney Pastore

       HIGHTSTOWN — Agnes Karney Pastore died Wednesday, Feb. 7, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in South River, she lived in Hightstown for 50 years.    Mrs. Pastore retired from Radio Corp. of America in 1985.    She was a member of St. Mary’s of Ostrobrama Church, South River.    She is survived by her husband,…

  • Prizes were right for West Windsor man

    Dimi Kotsinonos, a Princeton Junction native and a Boston College student, won the Showcase Showdown on "The Price is Right." By: Helen Pettigrew    WEST WINDSOR — A visit to the set of a Los Angeles television show brought more than just a viewing experience to one township resident last week.    Dimi Kotsinonos, a Princeton Junction…

  • WW-P school district establishes tax rate

    West Windsor residents can expect an average $425 school tax increase. By: David M. Campbell    West Windsor residents would see an average increase of $425 in their school tax bills, while Plainsboro residents would see a minor decrease, under the latest version of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District administration’s proposed 2001-2002 budget.    The budget…

  • Debra Okeson

       EWING — Debra J. Okeson, 42, died Sunday, Feb. 11, at home.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifetime area resident.    She was a homemaker and had worked as a secretary with the state Department of Transportation.    Daughter of the late Walter and Pearl Phillips Knight and sister of the late Christine Knight, she is…

  • Louis Petito

       NORTH REDINGTON BEACH, Fla. — Louis Petito, 84, died Friday, Jan. 26, at Tandem Health Care Center of St. Petersburg.    Born and raised in Trenton, he lived in Baltimore and Granville, Ohio, before retiring to Florida in 1980.    Mr. Petito was a licensed certified public accountant in Maryland and Ohio, and was a controller at…

  • VETERANS SCRAPBOOK: Flying ace earned his wings

    By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The first plane Ray Feld shot down exploded in front of his P-51 Mustang. He had no choice, but to fly through the debris.    “The air was full of the pieces of that Japanese plane,” he said.    He said the scene from a plane in the air is more vivid than…