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  • Navigating New Jersey’s twisted roads

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED by Minx McCloud    I’ve lived in New Jersey for 11 years now. Wouldn’t you think I could find my way to and from Trenton without the trip taking on the proportions of the Lewis and Clark expedition?    The directions I had been given were quite clear. I was to take I-95 north/I-295…

  • Bart DeMeglio

    Member of Peddie Golf Course By: Staff    WHITING – Bart A. DiMeglio, 62, of Whiting died July 2 at Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Philadelphia and was a resident of Princeton before moving to East Windsor 36 years ago. He had moved to Whiting about six months ago.    He was a graduate…

  • Exceeding billion dollar mark, PU campaign tops goal

    Development office is still counting the contributions By: Jeff Milgram    Every college fund-raiser should have the problems of VanZandt Williams Jr., Princeton University’s vice president for development.    His problem is an embarrassment of riches, although Mr. Williams would probably not put it that way. Princeton University’s five-year Anniversary Campaign exceeded its original goal of collecting…

  • Local schools to pay high price for sprinkler law

    A new state law requires fire sprinklers in all dormitory rooms. By: Jeff Milgram    Gov. Christie Whitman’s signing of legislation this week that requires all dormitory rooms in New Jersey to have automatic sprinkler systems within four years will cost Princeton University between $10 million and $20 million, a university spokesman said.    Pam Hersh, Princeton…

  • Monty, WW 15s to begin Babe Ruth play

    By: Justin Feil    Their last-minute preparations complete, the West Windsor-Plainsboro and the Montgomery Babe Ruth 15-year-old all-star baseball teams are ready for District 1 action to begin Saturday.    "They’re rounding into shape," said WW-P manager Rich Gawlak. "We wanted to get these guys together and play a few tournaments and then hopefully peak when we…

  • Locals host rugby tourney

    Princeton Athletic Club has expanded field By: Justin Feil    It’s not often that engineers butt heads with lawyers anywhere other than a courtroom.    But Saturday that will be only one of the potential matchups at the Crossroads Middle School field in South Brunswick when the Princeton Athletic Club hosts the third annual New Jersey 7’s…

  • Suspect in bank robbery allegedly admits guilt in series of similar incidents

    More than $63,000 taken from eight banks, including $14,000 from First Union In Hopewell Township By: John Tredrea    The New York City man arrested June 30 after fleeing the First Union Bank on Washington Crossing Road in Hopewell Township carrying a bag of money has admitted holding up seven other area banks since June 7,…

  • DOT money to pay for parking

    School circulation plan gets state help By: Brian Shapell    The state is providing most of the cost of adding parking at the Cranbury School that will mean more spaces for school and municipal services and downtown businesses.    The state Department of Transportation announced this week it will provide $145,000 of the $170,000 it will cost…

  • Eye of the beholder

    ‘Oval with Points’ by: Frank Wojciechowski Henry Moore’s "Oval with Points," a popular sculpture on the Princeton University campus, gets the once-over from 4-year-old Destiny Miller of Princeton.