Category: archives
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Caesar Vescera
Worked at university Caesar Vescera of Princeton died Saturday. He was 74. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a resident of Princeton for many years. He worked in the housing department of Princeton University for over 31 years. He was an avid gardener, who loved nature and animals. In his youth he won several…
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Krider’s National Notebook
Unheralded Crespi (Encino, Calif.) shocked a field loaded with nationally-ranked baseball teams to win the prestigious Anderson Bat National Classic at California State University-Fullerton. The Celtics went 4-0 during the tourney, including a convincing 7-2 championship-game triumph over talented Lutheran of Orange, Calif. Crespi handed St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) its first loss in a…
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Crackback: New Jersey Basketball or California?
Spiewak was born and still resides near Jersey City. Stephens was hatched in Hollywood and lives in Northern California. Stephen Spiewak: My main man Mitch, I’m afraid to say that I think the strong Southern California rays of sun adversely affected your normally flawless evaluation of high school hoops. I agree that today’s athletes are…
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Bicyclist hospitalized after colliding with vehicle
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer A Robin Road resident is in surgical intensive care at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, in New Brunswick, after colliding with a minivan on Auten Road at about 6 p.m. Sunday. Lt. Bill Geary said it appears that Umberto Marquez, 50, rode his bicycle through a stop sign on Gemini…
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University gets $25 million gift to help link engineering, liberal arts
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Princeton University Alumnus Dennis J. Keller and his wife, Constance Templeton Keller, have given Princeton University $25 million to strengthen links between engineering and the liberal arts, the university announced today. The Kellers’ gift will endow and name the university’s recently created Center for Innovation in Engineering Education in addition…
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Princeton Public Library to hold Food for Fines Day on April 14
In spirit of National Library Week, Princeton Public Library will hold a Food for Fines Day on Monday, April 14, when library customers can have their fines forgiven by helping to stock the pantries of local food banks. For each nonperishable food item and overdue library material brought to the Community Room between 9 a.m.…
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Volunteers needed to help clean up the D&R Canal Park
Volunteers are invited to take part in a cleanup of the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park on Sunday, April 13. Led by the Princeton Environmental Commission, West Windsor Environmental Commission and staff from the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, volunteers will meet at the D & R Canal access parking area where Quaker Road crosses…
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Model airplane event Monday
The Mercer County Radio Control Society will hold an introductory meeting for its 2008 public flight school program at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike (Business Route 1). This is the first of three sessions. Anyone 12 and older is encouraged to attend. For more information, visit the club’s Web site,…
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Catherine D. Harris
Catherine D. Harris, 83, of Lawrenceville, died Friday at Capital Health System at Mercer. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Hopewell Township area resident. She was a retired analyst for the Department of Personnel, State of New Jersey. She was a member of St. George’s Roman Catholic Church, Titusville. Daughter of the late Joseph…
