Author: Central Jersey
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HILLSBOROUGH: Judge denies request to stop ‘dismantling’ of Doris Duke home
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone declined Friday morning to stop what she called the “dismantling” of Doris Duke’s former main residence within the 2,500-acre estate in northern Hillsborough. Judge Ciccone called attorneys for Hillsborough Township, Duke Farms and the citizens’ group DORIS together the morning after DORIS filed an appeal…
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PRINCETON: Town joins lawsuit to review legal challenge to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton and more than 80 other cities and counties around the country that are home to more than 1.25 million illegal immigrants want the U.S. Supreme Court to review a legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s executive actions to delay deportation of more than four million undocumented immigrants. “The…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Elks lodge crowns ‘hoop shoot’ top shots
Three boys and three girls, ages 8-13, won the local lodge round of competition in the 44th annual Elks Hoop Shoot, free throw shooting contest, held Nov. 21 at Weston Elementary School in Manville. These champions will represent the Manville-Hillsborough lodge at the West Central District competition, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 9, in Bound Brook.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t overlook incidence of hepatitis C and HIV
To the editor: I read with great interest Philip Sean Curran’s piece (“Heroin use increase spurs need for forum”) in the Princeton Packet of Nov. 27. I have been concerned for a long time about this issue. There are a number of notable absent points in his story that we have tried to raise…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Operation Shoebox needs help
Volunteers are invited to join Operation Shoebox New Jersey staff in packing gift boxes and send Christmas greetings to U.S. troops deployed around the world at its annual Christmas packing 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Hillsborough Family YMCA, East Mountain Road. OPSHBX NJ will provide crafts material for volunteers to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School faces health law tax hit
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Insurance brokers are giving the school district a heads-up that it’s in line for a potential hefty tax on health benefit plans a couple of years down the road. Jason Della Penna, senior vice president for employee benefits regulatory affairs for Brown and Brown Benefit Advisors, estimated the hit to…
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PRINCETON: Cohesive PU off to 4-0 start
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton University men’s basketball team is 4-0 for the first time in 18 years and Mitch Henderson feels like his team still has a lot of improving to do. “Defensively we’re improved,” Henderson said after the Tigers topped Fairleigh Dickinson, 91-61, on Monday night. “Pete (Miller) got into foul…
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MONTGOMERY: Board of Health requires that all cats be licensed
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Felix the cat is going to have to get a license — a cat license, that is — beginning next month. The township Board of Health has adopted an ordinance that requires all cats to be issued a license — similar to the license required for dogs —…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Bason races into nationals
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kurt Wayton felt like Tim Bason still had another big race left in him. Turns out the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South cross country coach was right. Bason, a senior who had finished ninth at the Meet of Champions and third at the state group IV meet, felt like he could…
