Author: Central Jersey
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PRINCETON: Boys Swim Previews
Montgomery Head Coach: Noelle Keller, 10th year Last year: 9-3 Key returning swimmers: Brandon Chang (Sr.), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Sr.), Larry Lin (Sr.), Brennan Neubauer (Sr.), Jake Otterbein (Sr.), Evan O’Mara (Sr.), Chris Pang (Sr.), Jack Winge (Sr.), Hugo Wong (Sr.), Eric Jiang (Jr.), Michael Poirier (Jr.), Jake Seitter (Jr.), Alec Wilson (Jr.),…
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PRINCETON: Girls Swim Previews
Montgomery Head Coach: Claire Scarpa, 17th year Last year: 13-1, state A Division champions Key returning swimmers: Julia Bland (Sr.), Jenna D’Allegro (Sr.), Megan Yingling (Sr.), Zoey Zimmer (Sr.), Brigid Di Blasio (Jr.), Michelle D’Allegro (Jr.), Beatrice Liang-Gilman (Jr.), Kara Lydzinski (Jr.), Rebecca Maslanka (Jr.), Morgan Shiffner (Jr.), Kathryn Doo (So.), Cathy…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Statewide ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ checkpoints begin Dec. 11
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Police departments in the area — including Princeton, Lawrence, West Windsor and Plainsboro — will be on the lookout for intoxicated drivers during the annual holiday season “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign. Between Dec. 11 and New Year’s Day, police officers will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety…
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PRINCETON: Town eyeing new lawyer in property tax-exemption challenge against university
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The same lawyer who represented Morristown in a property tax-exemption challenge against Morristown Medical Center is likely to be hired this month by the Princeton Council to represent the town in a similar case involving Princeton University. Martin Allen, part of the same law firm as state Sen. Kip…
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PRINCETON: Student joins leaders in Paris to combat climate change
By Logan Sander, Special Writer Since she was young, Princeton University sophomore Soumya Sudhakar has always loved finding solutions, and this November, she will travel to Paris to take part in finding a solution to her largest problem yet — climate change. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, Ms. Sudhakar will participate in this year’s…
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PRINCETON: Mayor says meetings with university leaders make for better town/gown relationship (Updated)
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert said Monday that town-gown relations with Princeton University have improved in the past three years on her watch, with her pronouncement coming ahead of a scheduled visit by the school’s president to the Princeton Council next week. Mayor Lempert, whose husband, Ken Norman, is a tenured…
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PRINCETON: Institute for Advanced Study to march ahead with housing project, despite $4.5 million offer for property
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Institute for Advanced Study said Wednesday that it would proceed with its 15-unit faculty housing project, despite a pending legal challenge and a $4.5 million offer to buy the disputed land where fighting occurred during the Revolutionary War. “The Institute has received all necessary approvals and permissions from…
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PENNINGTON: 140 walk or run in Dash Away
Pennington Presbyterian Church is calling its first Dash Away 5K run and 1 mile fun walk on Saturday, Dec. 5, a “big success” with more than 140 runners and walkers. The event supported three of Pennington Presbyterian’s missions: Living Waters for the World, which delivers clean water systems and support to poor communities in…
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LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 9
Joseph P. Kelly III, 19, of Burlington, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle after he was stopped for speeding on Brunswick Pike at 3:41 a.m. Dec. 5. Nymirah S. Collins, 22,…
