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  • Panel rejects library merger with county system

    Committee recommends cooperation and suggests that library establish a $10 million endowment fund By: Jennifer Potash    A special advisory committee to the Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees has recommended the library look into a cooperative relationship with area libraries but has rejected a full merger with the Mercer County Library System as a cost-saving…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 26, 2000

    Mila Gibbons, Esther B. Aresty Mila Gibbons    NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Mila Gibbons, founder and director of the Aparri School of Dance in Princeton, died Dec. 16 at the home of her son. She was 87.    Born in Paris, she was a resident of Princeton early in her life, attending Miss Fine’s School, and returned to…

  • PU holds off Holy Cross

    El-Nokali free throws lift Tigers By: Bob Nuse Ahmed El-Nokali sank a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left in the game to give the Princeton University men’s basketball team a 47-46 win over Holy Cross Saturday in Worcester, Mass. The Crusaders had rallied to take a 46-45 lead with 30 seconds left on…

  • Don’t be hasty in judging board member

    By:Gary Grubb To the editor:    Unfortunately, I have been witness to Kangaroo courts in session and as a result of the judgements handed down by these alledged "councils of infinite wisdon," have seen lives altered forever.    Isn’t it interesting how far we have slid down the hole of political correctness, where criticism of ideas is…

  • Blawenburg garage conversion OK’d

    Route 601 and 518 intersection will get offices and apartments By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The Zoning Board on Tuesday approved, with conditions, two variances to convert a two-story garage in Blawenburg, on the northeast side of the junction of Routes 601 and 518, into offices and apartment space.    The plan from Railsedge Enterprises calls…

  • Scouts, board member don’t belong in schools

    By:R. Gargiullo To the editor:    I have been following the uproar over the outra­ geous statements made by Ms. Mastriano regarding homosexuals and the Boy Scouts. I have not felt the need to offer my opinions on the matter since there was sufficient backlash against her ignorant, biased comments and I commend your editorial calling…

  • Wong, Stibol, Moreno, Freeman place fourth in tournament

    Wong, Stibol, Moreno, Freeman place fourth for HHS in wrestling tournament By:Neil Hay        They took their lumps Saturday, the young Hightstown High School wrestlers did, at the Pine Barrens Tournament at Shawnee High in Medford. Lumps that could pay benefits later in the season.    Pine Barrens is a loaded tourney, with three of the…

  • Church services on Christmas Eve

    By: Brian Shappell    Cranbury’s churches will have their plates full for this year’s Christmas Eve services.    "It will be a very busy day, because it is Christmas Eve and it is a Sunday," said the Rev. Louis Mitchell of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury.    "I’m planning on taking a nap in the afternoon," he…

  • New superintendent chosen in Montgomery

    Monroe Superintendent Stuart Schnur expected to assume post March 1 By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Monroe Township Superintendent Stuart Schnur is expected to take over as superintendent of schools in the Montgomery district this spring.    The Board of Education entered into contract negotiations with Dr. Schnur after deliberating in private session Monday night, according to…