Author: Central Jersey
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PENNINGTON: Dash Away races boost mission work
The Pennington Presbyterian Church is supporting mission projects with the Dash Away 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Walk. The race will support efforts to provide clean water in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico through Living Waters for the World, and combat homelessness through HomeFront and its youth project with Habitat for Humanity. The race…
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PENNINGTON: Borough Council to vote Dec. 14 on police contract
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer PENNINGTON — Now that negotiations of a collective bargaining agreement between the borough and the Police Association have been completed, the next step is for the Borough Council to approve the deal. The council will likely vote on the matter at its upcoming meeting on Dec. 14. The agreement establishes…
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PRINCETON: University blinks: Will consider student demand to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University will consider removing the name of former university and U.S. president Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school as part of an agreement with a black student group to end its protest that began Wednesday. The deal ended the 32-hour student sit-in at President Christopher L. Eisgruber’s…
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RARITAN HEADWATERS: Let’s feed roads a low-salt diet this winter
To the editor: Are you disturbed by the whitish-gray coating on shrubs along our roadsides? Does it bother you to come across heaps of road salt hovering over a stream bank? Do you wonder whether salt could be poisoning freshwater fish and other wildlife relying on that stream to survive? The answer should be…
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Historical Society of Princeton prepares to leave longtime Nassau Street location
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Historical Society of Princeton is leaving Nassau Street at the end of November after nearly 50 years, as the organization moves to Quaker Road. The Society is in the midst of relocating to Updike Farmstead, property the organization owns, in time to open there Jan.4. “After many years…
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SOLUTIONS: Seminary library enlivens and enlightens
Huck Fairman, Princeton Not only is the new Princeton Theological Seminary Library, which opened in May 2013, among the most handsome and interesting buildings in town but it is among the most environmentally friendly, in a number of ways. The staff has applied for a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Gold certification.…
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THE GOLDEN RULE: Bringing hope for peace and healing
AVis Hofstad, Princeton The Golden Rule acts as a beacon to peace and universal goodness that is so needed in the world today. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all would treat each other with the same affection and respect with which we would like to be treated? What an inspiring goal for us…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Migliaccio is promoted to CFO of New Jersey Resources
Patrick Migliaccio has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, of New Jersey Resources, an energy services company based in Wall. Mr. Migliaccio, a resident of Hillsborough, will be responsible for the leadership and management of all the company’s financial-related functions, including finance, accounting, tax, treasury, risk management and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Author Day coming to library on Saturday
Hillsborough Library Author Day will be held Sat., Nov. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hillsborough Library, 379 South Branch Road. Meet local authors, buy books and get them signed. Writers of adult, young adult and children’s books will attend, including Walter Choroszewski, Linda J. Barth, Cheryl Filipak, Mary Ellen Springsteen, Chris Redding,…
