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Margaret Nelson
Margaret (Schmidt) Nelson, 93, of Tennessee, died Thursday, June 7. Born in Colts Neck, she formerly resided in Manhattan, N.Y., and Astoria, N.Y., and resided in Cranbury for many years before moving to Tennessee. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Hightstown. Her husband of 59 years, Francis W. Nelson,…
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User fee policy for school district facilities usage in works
By: Matt Chiappardi HIGHTSTOWN The cash-strapped East Windsor Regional School District plans to establish a policy on user fees for district facilities to increase revenue for the 2007-2008 school year. The school board on Monday agreed to create a committee consisting of Vice President Bob Laverty and board members Suzann Fallon and James Hauck that,…
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Bernice Friedman
Bernice Friedman, 88, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Clearbrook, died Thursday, June 7. She is survived by her husband, Solomon Friedman; her daughters, Carole Eichenbaum and Judith Bender Johnson; her son-in-law, Samuel Eichenbaum; her grandchildren, David, Debra, Steven, Kate, Peter and Lisa; and her great-grandchildren, Sarah, Jonathan, Isaac, Isabel, Emma and Max.
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His mission: handshakes not handcuffs
New borough police officer looks forward to meeting residents By: Nick Norlen New Princeton Borough Police Officer Christopher Donnelly is on a mission to greet people with handshakes, not handcuffs. "I want to help out with that image of not being afraid of police," he said. "We’re there to help." Officer Donnelly was officially sworn…
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Princeton professor wins mathematics prize
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics presented the 2007 Ralph E. Kleinman Prize on May 28 to Salvatore Torquato, professor of chemistry at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials at Princeton University. The prize was awarded at the biennial SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems, held this year in Snowbird, Utah…
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MJRC fourth at nationals
Local boat gels quickly for near-medal By: Justin Feil The Mercer Junior Rowing Club’s boys’ lightweight four plus coxswain was a boat assembled just a week before the regionals. Princeton High School students Mike Mikula, Cameron Orcutt and Brad Dewey, West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Brenton Henry and coxswain Jordan Hill of West Windsor-Plainsboro South got the…
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Princeton Borough patrol officer suspended over auto stop
By: Nick Norlen A Princeton Borough patrol officer was suspended without pay for 60 days May 9 due to misconduct that occurred after he stopped a female motorist for speeding. Borough Police Chief Anthony Federico said the misconduct came to light during a review of the video of the motor vehicle stop by the officer’s…
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Letters to the Editor, June 15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 15 Outraged at officials over library parking To the editor: Previous to February 2007, patrons of the Princeton Public Library were able to park free for up to two hours. This privilege was revoked in February 2007, and free parking is now limited to 30 minutes. Recently, Leslie Burger, the…
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Logan’s square
With force of nature, boy beautifies borough By: Matt Chiappardi HIGHTSTOWN Legos, video games, Pokemon and school fill the days of many 10-year-old boys in America, and Logan Hiers-Evans is no exception. But not every 10-year-old spends his or her free time trying to beautify their hometowns. What makes Logan exceptional is that the…
