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  • New Jersey adds trains for holiday period

       NJ Transit has slated a number of extra trains for the holiday season.    On Wednesday, special "early getaway" rail service is slated from New York’s Penn Station for commuters returning to the Princeton area between noon and 5 p.m.    Additional trains are scheduled Thanksgiving Day for those heading to and from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade…

  • Meryl Streep to deliver lecture at university

    Academy Award winner to focus on career and the theater    Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep will present a public lecture about her career and the theater 5 p.m. Nov. 30 in McCosh 50 when she comes to Princeton University as the Belknap Visitor in the Humanities.    An actress of stage, film and television, Ms. Streep…

  • YWCA St. Nicholas Project supports needy families

       What does it take to brighten the holiday season of a low-income family? The community’s support of the YWCA Princeton’s St. Nicholas Project, that’s what.    Now in its seventh year, the YWCA Princeton’s St. Nicholas Project provides holiday presents to help less fortunate families create the magic of Christmas in their homes. Gifts are donated…

  • ‘The Value of Names’

    Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria and Liz Larsen star in this ‘slice-of-life’ play at George Street Playhouse. By: Stuart Duncan    The Value of Names, which has just opened at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, is commonly called a "slice-of-life" play. In this case, sadly, the slices are so thin and transparent that the evening is…

  • Police say Clay Street drug raid points to gang activity

    As police were investigating inside the apartment, individuals were approaching the door seeking to buy drugs, police said By: Courtney Gross    In what could be an example of crime and gang activity spreading beyond Trenton’s borders, Princeton Borough Police charged several men late Friday with crimes related to the distribution of crack and marijuana following…

  • OBITUARIES, Nov. 21, 2006

    Robert G. Hall, Marion T. Schlinkert, Peter Kapschutschenko, Rosalyn B. Bruno Robert G. Hall Grew up in Princeton     CHICAGO — Robert G. "Bob" Hall died Nov. 13. He was 84.    Born and raised in Princeton, he was a longtime Chicago resident.    He was district director of the Social Security Administration in Chicago for more…

  • Home and Hearth

    Newtown will host its 44th annual Open House Tour, featuring historic buildings, renovated private homes and works-in-progress. By: Jillian Kalonick    You could say Bob and Tricia Linkenheimer have a taste for renovation.    After spending 14 years at their home on Washington Avenue in Newtown, Pa., which they put many years of work into, they decided…

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  • Frank P. Klevze

       Frank P. Klevze, 83, died at Morris Hall, Lawrenceville, on Sunday.    Born in Spodnja Kostrivinica, Yugoslavia, he was a veteran of World War II during which he fought against Nazi Germany as a member of the underground, until he was captured and kept as a POW in 1945.    Mr. Klevze immigrated to the United States…