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  • 29 DAYS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY
  • Ernest F. Johnson

    Retired Princeton engineering professor     FREEPORT, Maine — Ernest F. Johnson Jr. died Saturday. He was 89.    He was a professor of chemical engineering at Princeton University from 1948 to 1986.    Earning his bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University in 1940 and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1949, Dr. Johnson focused his career…

  • 29 Days: A Celebration of Black History

    29 Days: A Celebration of Black History

    Oprah Winfrey By Kristin Boyd Oprah Winfrey is a multimedia powerhouse who is considered one of the most powerful women in the world. However, she comes from humble beginnings, and she continually uses her life story to serve as an inspiration for others. Born in Kosciusko, Miss., she endured poverty, abuse and molestation before landing…

  • NJ Transit to add capacity for Giants’ ticker tape parade

           NJ Transit will add extra cars to selected late-morning trains on Tuesday to accommodate New York Giants fans attending the Super Bowl victory ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan.    The parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place at 11 a.m. and continue northbound to Chambers Street.    The World Trade Center PATH station is located…

  • 29 DAYS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY
  • Face It

    Face It

    A growing number of men are now using skincare treatments they once dismissed as “girly.” Photo by Doreen Salcher

  • 29 Days: A Celebration of Black History

    29 Days: A Celebration of Black History

    Photo credit: National Park Service, U.S. Deptartment of the Interior, nps.gov

  • Walter K. Foster

    Home improvement specialist     Walter Kim Foster of Princeton died of liver failure at the University Medical Center at Princeton on Jan. 19.    Born in Princeton, he was educated in the Princeton schools and graduated from Princeton High School in 1970.    After attending the University of Bridgeport, he became a home improvement specialist and itinerant…

  • 29 DAYS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY

    29 DAYS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY

    Growing up, I yearned to impress my dad, David. But since I was too tiny to play football for his favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, I tackled his other interest: history. By Kristin Boyd, Packet Publications Reporter My dad, born in 1945, was a mixture of Superman, Superfly and Bill Cosby – a funny guy…