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  • MILESTONES

    Issue of June 13, 2006 NONPROFIT    The Princeton Area Community Foundation recently elected Marguerite L. Mount to its board of trustees. Ms. Mount is a principal with Mercadien, P.C., CPAs and managing director of The Mercadien Group. She is a resident of Bordentown City.    The Princeton Area Community Foundation is a public nonprofit community foundation,…

  • Race card has no place in budget debate

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 13 By: Packet Editorial    Jon Corzine has been called a lot of names since becoming governor five months ago — and very few of them have been complimentary.    The governor has come under particularly heavy fire since he offered up his budget proposal for the fiscal year starting July 1 — a…

  • SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN & BUSINESSShop is a transporting experience

    Family business has direct ties to China By: Lauren Otis    It is a little jewel box of a shop situated on South Tulane Street in downtown Princeton Borough. Upon entering your senses are enveloped. Incense burns and music softly plays, an orchid nestles atop a lacquered table. An elegant sofa beckons, around which an exotic…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Tennis Player of the Year

    PDS’ Holland untouchable in second year By: Justin Feil    Princeton Day School boys’ tennis coach Rome Campbell would have loved to get his top player to work his tennis camp this summer.    Unfortunately for the campers who would benefit from it, David Holland is too busy to be there. He’ll be playing tournaments in Louisiana,…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of June 13, 2006 Planner Kinsey named AICP fellow    The American Institute of Certified Planners has inducted David N. Kinsey, FAICP, of Princeton into the membership of AICP’s College of Fellows. Mr. Kinsey was selected as a fellow of AICP for individual achievement in the planning profession, and recognized at the American Planning Association’s…

  • OBITUARIES, June 13, 2006

    Dominick Balestrieri, Mary Jane S. Sheena, Helen S. King, Opal A. Schrader, Don K. Kim, John L. Simon, John B. La Selle, Romana Licari, Noreen F. Merrill Dominick Balestrieri Retired mason at university     HAMILTON — Dominick Balestrieri died Sunday. He was 88.    Born in Chester, Pa., raised in Barano, Ischia, Italy, he was a…

  • Newcomers excited to return to MOC

    Thomas leads trio to medals in track By: Justin Feil    SOUTH PLAINFIELD — The Meet of Champions was a first for many, but for the fortunate ones, it won’t be the last.    Packet-area athletes with the chance to return are looking forward to even better finishes next year. They only have to look at the…

  • Class lets aspiring DJs get in the groove

    The Arts Council of Princeton hosts Mix Master 101 By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Calling all DJ wannabes: The Arts Council of Princeton is offering a way to prepare for the job of your dreams.    As part of a handful of new summer classes for teens, the Arts Council is offering Mix Master 101 — taught by…

  • Dominating doubles falls in finals

    Cornfeld, Tuan are latest duo in growing Pirate tradition By: Justin Feil    In the 1990s and early 2000s, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South tennis program was known for its singles players.    Ogidi Obi, Edmund and Oliver Choo, Nick Benjamin, Yoku Kiuchi, Anthony Pu were standouts for the Pirates, and consistently among the best players in the…