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  • Funding gap may prevent teacher hirings

    Because of state limits on the allowable increases in financial assistance and the overall budget, the school district may have to hold off on planned hirings in 2001-2002. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — "Frustrated" is the word to describe administrators and board members for the East Windsor Regional School District, who are caught between…

  • Pipeline safety focus of effort

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    For those of us living in New Jersey, the terrible Edison pipeline explosion of 1994 will forever be fresh in our minds. On March 23, 1994, an underground gas pipe exploded near the Durham Woods complex in Edison Township, indirectly killing one person, destroying eight apartment buildings and…

  • HIghtstown names acting administrator

    James Doherty of Morris Plains will work for the borough through May 1, primarily to help prepare its 2001 budget. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough officials this week introduced Jack Doherty of Morris Plains to serve as temporary acting administrator.    Mr. Doherty, acquired through Jersey Professional Management, an employment agency for municipal government officials,…

  • Bypass options clear a path for discussion

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 16 By: Packet Editorial    Never let it be said that Princeton Borough, Princeton Township and the Princeton Regional Planning Board are mere obstructionists along the path to the proposed Millstone Bypass. Unlike many of the controversial roadway’s more outspoken opponents, these public agencies have actually stepped forward with some alternatives to the…

  • Pennington councilman now mayor

    GOP must nominate candidates to replace him By:John Tredrea    James Loper is the new mayor of Pennington Borough.    Mr. Loper, a Republican, landed the job via a unanimous vote of the Borough Council on Thursday, Borough Administrator Karen Waldron said Friday morning.    Councilman Robert Di Falco was not at the meeting, she said.    Mr. Loper,…

  • 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,…