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  • PU football still focused on 2000

    Tigers are not looking ahead going into Yale game By: Justin Feil    Roger Hughes never once has uttered the ‘R’ word to his Princeton University football team.    Rebuilding was the farthest thing from his mind when the first-year head coach took over in January. Given his late start and the relatively small recruiting class, he…

  • Meerschwam gives PU field hockey fighting chance

    Senior leads Tigers into NCAA tourney By: Justin Feil    Teammates say that Melanie Meerschwam and Beth Bozman act more like a bickering husband and wife than they do player and coach. More than likely, it’s a product of their competitive spirits.    "Every week, we have a fight or a clash," admitted Meerschwam, co-captain of the…

  • School vote reveals Democratic mindset

    Gore takes landslide at WW-P Upper Elementary School By: David M. Campbell    If only the students at West Windsor-Plainsboro’s Upper Elementary School had been allowed to vote in the presidential election, then there would be none of this post-election stalemate.    A majority of them, it seems, are dyed-in-the-wool Democrats, according to the results of a…

  • Thomas Labeska

    By: Staff    LAWRENCE – Thomas F. Labeska, 83, died Nov. 3 at Royal Health Gate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Lawrenceville 30 years.    Mr. Labeska retired as a self-employed construction salesman.    He was an Army veteran of World War II.    Son of the late Otto and Sara Grugan Labeska…

  • At top of the ticket there was no suspense

    Area municipalities voted strongly for Al Gore for president and Jon Corzine for U.S. Senator.    Presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush may have run within a whisker of each other in the popular vote nationwide Tuesday, but in municipalities across central New Jersey, the results of the presidential balloting were far more decisive.…

  • Change of heart may have led to Dem win

    Route 92 seen as factor in Lewis, Gold victories By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – Neither of the two political parties was surprised with the election outcome Tuesday night when Democrats swept through yet another Township Committee election.    But a Democratic victory in the Princeton Collection, a large development which basically comprises the 4th District…

  • Rescue, fire volunteers may get new gear

    By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – East Windsor’s volunteer firefighters could soon have additional protection against injury if the purchases are approved by East Windsor Township Council members.    The council was ready set to discuss purchasing radio and breathing equipment at its meeting Wednesday, but when questions arose about how long the equipment will…

  • OBITUARIES, Nov. 10, 2000

    Robert M. Hendry, Meredith H. Irish, Robert C. Hoffman, William V. Wolff, Helen R. Arnold. Robert M. Hendry Health Commission chairman    Robert M. Hendry of Princeton Borough, the chairman of the Princeton Regional Health Commission, died Wednesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 75.    Born in New York, he was a resident of…

  • JFK students celebrate Red Ribbon Week

    By: Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — Students at John F. Kennedy School spent the last week of October learning about leading healthy and drug-free lives as part of the Red Ribbon Week national campaign.    The week culminated with a school essay contest, won by fifth-grader Caitlin Jarosiewicz, 10. Her essay dealt with second-hand smoke and taking…