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  • State protects greenway tract

    Land to create east-west link along the Upper Millstone Greenway By: Brian Shappell    A state open space grant will mean a 13-acre parcel in Cranbury along the Millstone River will be preserved.    The property, part of the Upper Millstone Greenway, will be purchased and preserved by Delaware and Raritan Greenway Inc., a non-profit organization that…

  • Injury bug clouds WW-P’s Sunshine

    Three Pirates won’t be able to play in Friday’s all-star game By: Justin Feil    Clouds rolled in quickly for three of the eight West Windsor-Plainsboro High players selected to play in the Sunshine Classic.    Aaron Krause, Calvin Sparks-Clark and Mike Sullivan will not be playing in tonight’s all-star football game that pits the seniors from…

  • Margaret A. Vaccaro

       Margaret A. Vaccaro, 83, died Thursday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at New Brunswick.    Born in Philadelphia, she was a Trenton area resident before moving to Lawrenceville in 1965.    Mother of the late John S. Pietras and grandmother of the late Daniel West, she is survived by her husband, Joseph; a son and daughter-in-law,…

  • AROUND CRANBURY

    Student to get view of America during visit to Cranbury By: Lorraine Sedor    The Kempers of Plainsboro Road are having a French exchange student stay with them from July 15 through Aug. 4. He was here for two weeks in October with an exchange through Princeton Day School. Henrick is a l6-year-old private school student…

  • Backers may fight university museum closure

    Lincoln Hollister, professor of geology: ‘There’s a move among the alumni – including an alumnus with substantial means – to put together a donation that will revitalize the museum.’ By: Jeff Milgram    In a terse statement posted Wednesday on its Web site, Princeton University announced that it will close its natural history museum on Labor…

  • 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…