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  • PU football kicks off Hughes era

    By: Justin Feil    Normally, cramming at Princeton University doesn’t take place until the later weeks of a semester.    But for the Tiger football team, it’s been a lot of hard work in the first couple days of preseason practices as it prepares for the season opener that is three weeks away.    "We’re working very hard,"…

  • Plainsboro aims to draw older residents

    More than 200 age-restricted units are proposed for a village center. By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – The Township Committee is expected to approve a zoning change Sept. 13 that would allow a builder to construct more than 200 units of age-restricted housing near the municipal complex on Plainsboro Road as part of a planned…

  • PRC wins Hood to Coast

    First time in event brings about title By: Justin Feil SEASIDE, Ore. – Amanda Mitchell got a message last week from a reporter in Oregon who wanted to talk to her about the Hood to Coast relay race.     "I was looking at the entries," the message told the co-owner of the Princeton Running Company,…

  • West Windsor buys key open space site

    Grants to pay for most of Millstone River property. By: Jeff Milgram    WEST WINDSOR – The township has reached an agreement to pay $2.7 million for "one of the most pristine sites in all of central New Jersey," the 68-acre Bastien farm near the Millstone River, municipal officials said Monday.    "All the paperwork has been…

  • Joseph Genda, 90

       SOMERVILLE — Joseph M. Genda died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 90.    Born in Coledale, Pa., he lived in Somerville before moving to Hillsborough 30 years ago.    Mr. Genda was employed as a machine operator at Johns-Manville Corp. for over 40 years, retiring in 1972.    He served in the…

  • Peddie grad makes Olympic swim team

    By: Kyle Moylan    The competition may have been getting younger, but Barbara Jane (B.J.) Bedford is the one who kept getting better.    In her fourth attempt at the United States Olympic Trials, Bedford clinched a spot on the National swim team by winning the 100 meter backstroke in a time of 1:01.85. As a result,…

  • PU football kicks off Hughes era

    Two-a-day practices underway By: Justin Feil    Normally, cramming at Princeton University doesn’t take place until the later weeks of a semester.    But for the Tiger football team, it’s been a lot of hard work in the first couple days of preseason practices as it prepares for the season opener that is three weeks away.    "We’re…

  • McCarter box office sets record

    The Princeton theater company sold $102,000 in tickets in one day. By: Jeff Milgram    McCarter Theatre officials have given boffo reviews to the first day of tickets sales for the 2000-2001 season.    In all, McCarter sold $102,000 in tickets, including $80,000 worth of individual tickets, and $22,000 in advanced group sales on Aug. 21, Marketing…

  • George Vornlocker, 86

       George Vornlocker died Aug. 16, 2000, at University of Pennsylvania Hospital, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was 86.    Mr. Vornlocker was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He lived in Queens, N.Y., for many years before moving to Monroe 15 years ago. He was an active member of St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church, Jamesburg, and the…