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  • Anna Meskers

       Anna M. (VanHaaster) Meskers, 67, of Monroe, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, at home.    Born in Vogelenzang, Netherlands she came to the United States in 1962 and settled in Waldwick, living there for 10 years before moving to Old Tappan in 1971. She lived there for 23 years, then moved to Princeton in 1994, and finally,…

  • Wallace, PU enjoy big weekend

    Tigers set up showdown for home ice tonight at Baker By: Justin Feil    Melanie Wallace has always fashioned herself to be a player who more likely creates goals than scores them.    When she came to Princeton University, however, the Tiger women’ ice hockey team coach Jeff Kampersal had different plans for her.    "I was actually…

  • Pirates, Prewett advance in states

    WW-P South boys take CJ A opener in pool By: Justin Feil    In the beginning of the season, Mike Prewett was figuring out his role with the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ swim team.    The sophomore swam a little of everything for the Pirates head coach Paul Hamnett.    "He put me in a few random things…

  • WW-P schools see 4.3- to 4.5-percent budget increase

    Review begins on spending plan By: Nick Norlen    PLAINSBORO — The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is aiming for an overall increase in the 2007-2008 budget between 4.3 and 4.5 percent.    District Communication Director Gerri Hutner said Thursday that the 2006-2007 actual budget amounts to approximately $141 million.    A 4.5 percent increase would result in…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Where did PU hoops go bad? By: Bob Nuse    Strange things happen in sports all the time.    Unexplainable things. Results that just make you scratch your head.    Maybe the most bizarre to come along around here in a while is, what happened to the Princeton University men’s basketball team this year?    It’s easy to say…

  • Not neighborly

    Argument with Patten could imperil cop talks By: Vic Monaco    Talks between Hightstown and East Windsor over possible police consolidation may or may not continue after a verbal altercation at the latest session last week.    If they do resume, borough Mayor Bob Patten could be staying away if some other participants get their way.    In…

  • D&R Greenway seeks funds for key property

    Down to the last $500,000 for St. Michael’s site in Hopewell Township    The Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation has made a $1 million commitment to the preservation of St. Michael’s property in Hopewell Township, the Princeton-based D&R Greenway Land Trust announced.    This leaves $500,000 in private funds yet to be raised in order to reach the…

  • Black but not blue

    Seeing segregation, then successes By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Like many from his generation of black Americans, Walter Daniels Jr. experienced the indignities of segregation.    Disparate objects and incidents stand out for him. A certain sandwich, an Alabama bridge, a Texas theater balcony and a particularly galling question from a college teacher to his…

  • ‘The American Spirit’

    Art Museum gala celebrates tradition By: Christian Kirkpatrick    The Princeton University Art Museum feted a true guest of honor at its annual gala on Saturday — George Washington.    Our first president attended in spirit and image as he smiled down from "George Washington at The Battle of Princeton," which was painted for the trustees of…