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  • Making big strides

    The Women’s College Club of Princeton celebrates 90 years By: Dennis O’Neill    Longtime Princeton resident Jane Coda commuted to the United Nations in 1955 where she worked as a translator.    "I was the only woman on the platform going into New York," she recalled.    As a career woman with a daily commute time of two-and-a-half…

  • Morven to take more time to revise rejected Master Plan

    A February state hearing now delayed until June By: Marjorie Censer    After the rejection of its Master Plan application in November, Historic Morven, Inc. will not return to the state Historic Sites Council in February, as planned, but will instead take additional time to regroup with an eye toward appearing before the council in June.…

  • North’s Rotella is county champ

    Knight is tops in 135 pounds By: Ken Weingartner    TRENTON — It would have been easy for West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Jeff Rotella to be overconfident heading into Saturday’s final at 135 pounds in the Mercer County Tournament, where his opponent was the unseeded Matt Vahabi of Allentown.    But Rotella, the No. 1 seed in the…

  • Petitions available for three open seats on Princeton school board

    By: David Campbell    Nominating petitions for three seats on the Princeton Regional Board of Education may be obtained in the office of the board secretary at the district’s administrative offices at 25 Valley Road. Petitions may be picked up between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during regular business hours.    Nominating petitions must be returned to…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Feb. 7 Vivid memories of a great lady To the editor:     A remarkable person, Susie Waxwood, died the other day — remarkable because her 103-year life span carried her from a loving childhood in a prominent family in her Louisiana community, to rejection because of her race when she first…

  • Montgomery Democrats seeking candidate for committee seat

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Democratic Organization is seeking a candidate to run for Township Committee in November.    Two seats will be open, those of Democrat Cecilia Birge and Republican Mark Caliguire, and the selected candidate would run with Ms. Birge, the deputy mayor, who is seeking re-election.    The organization is identifying potential…

  • PU hoops completes sweep

    Cohesive Tigers improve to 3-1 in Ivies By: Bob Nuse    All season long, the Princeton University men’s basketball team has been looking to put together back-to-back wins.    Now that the Tigers have done that, they have every reason to be optimistic about the final 10 games of the season.    "It feels real good," said Noah…

  • Westminster dean heads west for a possible date with destiny

    A Grammy Award may be awaiting Wednesday night By: David Campbell    Robert Annis, dean of the Westminster Choir College of Rider University, is headed to the Grammy Awards on Wednesday night.    Mr. Annis, who is director and dean of Westminster, is also a clarinetist with Collage New Music. The Boston-based ensemble performs music of the…

  • Coalition pushes participatory process for West Windsor station area

    Mayor seeks to begin effort after developer selected By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Members of the Princeton Junction Neighborhoods’ Coalition on Thursday proposed a positive, constructive channel for NIMBY (not in my backyard) interests — as well as the interests of developers, municipal officials and anyone else concerned about how the 350 acres near…