Author: Central Jersey
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WEST WINDSOR: South Science Olympians capture 10th place
bY Geena Molinaro, Staff Writer Two groups from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South’s Science Olympiad Team took home first-place prizes while the team placed 10th out of 60 teams in the 30th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament. Andrew Chen and Kevin Li received a first place in the Material Science competition, and Pranay Nadella and…
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PRINCETON: University grads told to prepare for the future
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, a staunch defender of higher education, told university graduates Tuesday that teaching is a "personal act" that cannot be duplicated by a form of large-scale online learning. Mr. Eisgruber used part of his first commencement speech as president to wade into the Internet…
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HAMILTON: Flag burning ceremony June 12
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Mercer County Office of Veteran Services invite citizens, civic groups and local Scout organizations to participate in an official flag decommissioning ceremony on Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m. in Veterans Park (Klockner Road entrance) in Hamilton Township. Each year, the Mercer County Office of Veteran…
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EDITORIAL: Teachers take their case public
Princeton teachers have taken to the streets — already. Dressed in blue T-shirts and holding hand-made signs, teachers protested along Witherspoon Street on Tuesday, unhappy at the progress, or lack thereof, of their contract negotiations with the Board of Education. Their main bones of contention include a proposed three-year pay freeze and the amount of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: More than 1,000 run in Hop race
It’s township’s largest 5-K race By Bev McCarron, YMCA staff Under bright, sunny skies, more than 1,100 people surged from the starting line Saturday morning in the largest-ever Hillsborough Hop 5K in its 14-year history. The record field of runners took off from outside the Hillsborough branch of the Somerset Valley YMCA, wound through neighborhood…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Station room named for David Knights
Phil McAuliffe Hopewell officials and members of the Knights family gather at the old Hopewell train station to dedicate a community room in the building to their father David H Knights.
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MANVILLE: Rescue squad reaches out for support
Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad has sent letters to borough residences and businesses asking for donations to support operations for 2014. Donations fund training classes, buy live-saving equipment and medical supplies. In 2013 members responded to more than 1,000 emergency calls. The squad staffs its station during major weather emergencies, trains with the police…
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Ban misuse of antibiotics at animal factory farms
Julia Peters, Princeton To the editor: This past weekend I attended my brother’s college graduation; in such a setting, it is impossible to resist thinking about the future. With Princeton’s graduation coming up, I wish to share with my hometown a recent press release from the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO recently warned that…
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Student living the Full life
By Huck Fairman The beautiful name, Eden Full, belongs not to a heroine in a romantic novel, but to a startlingly impressive Princeton University junior majoring in mechanical engineering. Her story might, however, with its many interesting projects, inventions, awards and travels, all achieved by the august age of 22, inspire a novel. Born and…
