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  • Ideals crown talk by Queen Noor

    Asks Class of 2000 at Princeton University to commit to service of others By: Jennifer Potash    Invoking Princeton’s motto of “in service of all nations,” Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, a university alumna, appealed to the class of 2000 on Sunday to commit to the service of others, whether in or outside their careers.…

  • OBITUARY

    Harold Kizner     Harold Kizner, 71, died Friday, May 26, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.     He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and lived in Douglastown, N.Y., Queens, N.Y., and North Brunswick for 20 years before moving to The Ponds.     He was vice president of Revlon, New York, and Chanel Inc.,…

  • Regent’s Mead plan set back in court

    A judge upheld the Princeton planning board’s decision to deny a continuing-care retirement community on the former Our Lady site. By: Jane Karlicek    A state Superior Court judge on Friday upheld the Princeton Regional Planning Board’s December decision to deny an application for the 628,000-square-foot Regent’s Mead continuing-care retirement community on the former Our Lady…

  • OBITUARIES, May 30, 2000

    Charles T. Myers, John Yurcho, Constance L. Goodwin, Henry B. Kelbaugh Sr. Charles Thomas Myers Retired from ETS    Charles Thomas Myers of Princeton Township died Friday at home. He was 84.    Born in Shanghai, China, he worked at the Educational Testing Service from 1947 to 1980, when he retired.    A high school graduate of the…

  • Peterson among area competitors to advance to state finals

    WW-P junior qualifies in discus and shot By: Justin Feil    As well as Dan Peterson performed in advancing to the state Group IV meet in two events this past weekend, West Windsor-Plainsboro High coach Paul Glass knows his senior weight man is capable of even more.    “He was first in the discus before the last…

  • Too-busy signal

    Bell workers protest lengthy travel time By:Jennifer Potash    A group of 10 Bell Atlantic New Jersey workers and their families protested Saturday at the Bell Atlantic building on Nassau Street to point out work conditions that they say require them to travel up to 400 miles a day from their homes to their jobs in…

  • Zenon Pidhajecky, 53

       MANVILLE Zenon A. Pidhajecky died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 53.    Born in Engelstadt, Germany, he lived in Astoria Queens before moving to Manville 20 years ago.    Mr. Pidhajecky was a computer engineer at Radio Shack of Hillsborough for eight years. He had previously worked at Collins Radio, a…

  • Soup, salad, curry: Authentic Thai cuisine presents all three at once

    To understand a culture, understand its food By: Pat Tanner    West Windsor resident Tasanee Chaven has always believed that to understand a culture you must understand its food.    Ms. Chaven, who has a doctorate in linguistics, worked for two years with the State Department, training diplomats who were to be posted to the embassy in…

  • WW-P baseball shut out by Hunterdon Central

    Pirates’ season ends with CJ IV quarterfinal loss By: Justin Feil    RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Winning its final game would have been a long shot, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro High baseball didn’t envision the season ending like it did, with a 10-0 loss in a game that went the minimum five innings.    It didn’t seem fair…