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  • Montgomery concert to support rights of students with disabilities

       A benefit recital and concert dedicated to the efforts to uphold maximal rights for students with disabilities will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Montgomery Center for the Arts, located at 124 Montgomery Road.    Among the featured performers will be several musicians who, while challenged by a disability, are ably pursuing their musical…

  • Three Montgomery school board candidates form partnership

    With withdrawl of William Hyncik, field of candidates reduced to six By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — As the township’s Board of Education election campaign begins to heat up, three candidates have formed a partnership to share ideas and support one another’s candidacy, and another has withdrawn — reducing the field of candidates for three three-year…

  • Fabric of Our Lives

    ‘Common Threads’ weave in and out at the Printmaking Council’s member show. By:Josh Appelbaum    There is an element of surprise in the process of making a fine art print that can give new meaning to an artist’s work.    Princeton-based artist Janet Hautau created the Xerox and fiber collage "Corda de Vita" — translated from the…

  • Edith Pelle Merkin

       Edith Pelle Merkin, 91, died Friday at the West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla.    Born in Pennington, she had resided in Morrisville for 20 years.    An active member of the Calvary Full Gospel Church in Fairless Hills, Pa., she enjoyed painting and playing the piano.    Daughter of the late Rafelle and Maria Savino…

  • Health commission urges hospital to keep clinic in town

    Princeton HealthCare System representative asserts service would be discriminatory By: Marjorie Censer    Members of the Princeton Regional Health Commission have reiterated the importance of maintaining a free-standing clinic in Princeton after the University Medical Center of Princeton moves.    At a meeting Tuesday, they pressed Pam Hersh, Princeton HealthCare System’s vice president of government and community…

  • Library eatery hoping to improve its account books

    Open Book Cafe seeking ways to increase revenue By: Marjorie Censer    The Open Book Café in the Princeton Public Library has not been as successful as anticipated, and café representatives are looking for ways to increase revenue.    David Ryan, executive chef at gourmet shop and catering service Chez Alice, the café’s operator, turned to the…

  • Brotherly Love

    Sérgio and Odair Assad perform with such synchronicity, it sounds like four hands playing one guitar. By:Susan Van Dongen    Few people can imagine working with a sibling day in and day out, collaborating on creative projects and traveling in close quarters. Some sibs get on each other’s nerves after just a holiday dinner together.    It’s…

  • Obituaries for the week of March 24

    John Paul Geijer, Bonnie Jean Kuehns, Norma Ramos Vargas, Eleanor L. McKee John Paul Geijer    EAST WINDSOR — John Paul Geijer, 65, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after suffering several years with metastasic prostate cancer.    Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Geijer lived in New Jersey for most of his life and East Windsor…

  • Board of Ed candidates’ forum slated April 2 in Montgomery

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Candidates for the township Board of Education will take part in a forum 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the Montgomery High School Center for the Performing Arts.    The candidate forum is being organized by the Montgomery High School Parent Teacher Student Association, and will be moderated by…