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OBITUARIES, Sept. 26, 2006
L. Eugene Roan Jr., Edith L. Leverenz, Margaret H. Steele, Cynthia A. Hoebel, Baroness Olga von Wrangell, Jeffrey C. Vervuurt, Vincent N. Sassman, William N. Parris, Esther H. Highland, Dirk J. Muyskens, Bette E.F. Kohen Bloom, Joseph Sicignano L. Eugene Roan Jr. Retired professor at Westminister Leonard Eugene Roan Jr. of Princeton died Thursday…
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Letters to the Editor, Sept. 26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 26 Pedestrians entitled to police protection To the editor: Reading the local press, one can’t help realize how busy our police officers are in catching drivers who are DWI or folks using controlled substances. They are to be congratulated for their professionalism and success. Anyone walking or driving through…
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Council set to rezone medical center site
Three ordinances scheduled to be introduced tonight By: Courtney Gross After months of discussion, multiple revisions and considerable deliberation, the Princeton Borough Council is poised to introduce three ordinances tonight that would revise the zoning on and around the site where the University Medical Center at Princeton currently stands. Anticipating that the medical center will…
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Former U.S. ambassador to Israel assesses ‘Summer Vacation War’
Daniel Kurtzer gives talk at Princeton University By: Alice Lloyd George The war in Lebanon and Israel that erupted this summer was in neither party’s immediate interest, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt told a Princeton University audience Thursday. Daniel Kurtzer, who served as ambassador until 2005, was in Israel when hostilities escalated…
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Voters have their say
Stockton School referendum approved By:Linda Seida Stockton voters granted the Board of Education approval Tuesday night to spend $542,306 to repair the three-room Stockton School on Route 29. The vote was 124-51, including five absentee ballots, 4 yes and 1 no. Needed repairs include the foundation, clapboard siding, ramps and stairs. Inside, a deteriorating brick…
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Waldorf School to present ‘eurythmy’ program
The Waldorf School of Princeton will host a special educational opportunity, "Eurythmy: An Art of Movement," on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the school’s main campus at 1062 Cherry Hill Road, Montgomery. Eurythmy is a movement art originated by Rudolf Steiner, the philosopher and pioneer who founded Waldorf education in the early 20th…
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Move to varsity tennis not Iwamoto’s biggest
Freshman helps MHS girls win first By: Justin Feil It’s natural for freshmen to have a difficult time making the jump to varsity tennis, but it’s nothing compared to the leaps that Montgomery High School’s Risa Iwamoto has made. Iwamoto was born and lived in Japan until she was 9. She lived in Taiwan then…
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Knights, Zapantis pass test
North field hockey edges Allentown By: Justin Feil Running in her full equipment isn’t easy, but Melanie Zapantis may have set some sort of goalie dash record Thursday. Zapantis was all the way at the other end of the field when her West Windsor-Plainsboro North field hockey team scored on a corner with no time…
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West Windsor session on station-area redevelopment rescheduled
By: Courtney Gross WEST WINDSOR A Thursday executive session of the Township Council and Planning Board to discuss the public presentations by planners for the area in need of redevelopment surrounding the Princeton Junction train station has been rescheduled, tentatively for Oct. 11, council President Linda Geevers said. The township is attempting to consolidate…
