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  • Roll, Block and Bruise

    At Rink of Fire, the Penn Jersey She-Devils will play a knock-down, drag-out game. By: Jillian Kalonick    Rachel Ferguson admits that when her mom, Katie Birtell, first told her she joined the Penn Jersey She-Devils roller derby team, she laughed.    "I skated when I was younger, but I don’t remember ever seeing her wear a…

  • Parenting Pearls-Aug. 3, 2006

    Children need structure to learn to read By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    Children have confided to me they hate reading, leading me to wonder, how can you hate reading?    It must be something else, something more particular, you hate.    Perhaps you feel frustrated because learning how to read was difficult for you. After all, learning how…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 1, 2006

    James B. Warren, Gary Brasor, Nancy P. Cortelyou James B. Warren Business executive     James Beauchamp Warren of Princeton died Friday at home. He was 84.        A certified public accountant, he was a former senior accountant at Arthur Anderson & Co., controller at Educational Testing Service, president and chief executive officer of the Kraus-Thompson…

  • A high note

    Young voices tackle a comic opera By: Jessica Emili    For many school-aged kids, the sound of that final bell on the last day of school is music to their ears — the gateway to three months filled with fun and low on learning. For the culturally curious and artistically talented students selected for the Westminster…

  • Shorthanded Wildcats fall

    Defending W-League champions can’t overcome Ottawa By: Justin Feil    For the third straight year, the New Jersey Wildcats played the Ottawa Fury in a big end-of-season game.    Only one local player left happy this time, however, as Princeton University junior Diana Matheson and the Fury pulled out a 3-2 win over the defending W-League champion…

  • Gardner, Jany stay at helm of West Windsor Planning Board

    Reorganization meeting brings few changes By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — Little changed at Wednesday’s annual reorganization meeting of the township Planning Board, with Marvin Gardner continuing as chairman and Steve Jany as vice chairman, both by unanimous vote.    In addition, two new alternates, Larry Rubinstein and Diane Ciccone, were formally sworn in.    Following the…

  • Car accident victim in Princeton Township dies

    By: Kara Fitzpatrick    An 86-year-old man died Sunday from injuries sustained after he was struck July 20 by a car being driven by his wife.    Barton Ferst, 86, of Boca Raton, Fla., was struck by his wife, Helen Ferst, as she was backing a 1999 Buick Regal into the carport of a Brookstone Drive residence,…

  • Montgomery 14s just shy in states

    Washington ends baseball streak By: Bob Nuse    PENNSVILLE — They made it look so easy for so long, that losing just seemed impossible for the current group of players on the Montgomery 14-year-old baseball all-star team.    After two straight summers of going as far as you could go in tournament baseball, Montgomery’s summer ended a…

  • Park is record setter

    Whaler sets two marks at PASDA Championships By: Bob Nuse    If imitation is indeed the best form of flattery, then Peter Park must feel pretty good about himself.    Park, a West Windsor resident who swims for the Peddie School, has been watching his younger brother, Patrick, progress as a swimmer from the age when he…