Author: Central Jersey
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LOOSE ENDS: The voice of one who serves
By Pam Hersh Major Michael Kelvington, who is the keynote speaker at the Princeton Veterans Day ceremony, has a secret weapon. It is called perspective. At the age 33, he has been deployed several times in conventional and special operations to Iraq and Afghanistan, and, as a result, Princeton’s traffic congestion and parking meter fees…
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HOPEWELL: Craft show opens today for 42nd year in train station
Transformations, a three-day craft show, returns Nov. 6-8 to the Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, for its 42nd year. Hours are Friday, Nov. 6 (noon–8 p.m.), Saturday (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m.–5 p.m). There will be a wine-and-cheese reception on Friday at 6 p.m. Connie Bracci-McIndoe, a well-known clay artist and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: German students experience fall customs during their visit
German exchange students experienced football, pumpkin carving, celebrating Halloween and an early Thanksgiving dinner as part of their visit in homes Hopewell Valley Central High School students. In the past two weeks, the high school welcomed 21 students and two teachers from the partner school Friedrich Gymnasium in Freiburg, Germany. The students were hosted by…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Girls’ volleyball finishes 13-10, prepares for states
By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Faith Adams has gone from being in a supportive role to a leading role for the Hillsborough High School girls’ volleyball team. “I feel that I’m definitely more confident because I’m older,” said the Raiders junior. “Coming in as a freshman, you’re going to be timid. Everyone is older.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Dukes Jr. Pee Wees win title
On Sunday, the Hillsborough Dukes Junior Pee Wees won their second Jr. Pee Wee Division III Jersey Valley Conference Championship, 14-12, over St. Cecelia’s. The game was a nail biter from the start to its dramatic end. It was by no means an easy game, and both teams were playing hard to bring home the…
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Romantic and Emotional: The Arcanto String Quartet will play music by Bach, Schumann, and Smetana in Princeton
By Anthony Stoeckert Daniel Sepec, violinist for the Arcanto String Quartet, says the group’s members had been playing together for more than a decade before they decided to perform a work by Robert Schumann. ”We all love Schumann, and after playing quartet more than 10 years, we wanted to play Schumann quartet,” Mr. Sepec says.…
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In the Kitchen: Be thankful for turnips and rutabaga
By Faith Bahadurian Swedes and neeps. These members of the genus brassica seem to figure into every British childhood — but often as dreaded foods, because no child ever craved rutabagas and turnips, right? And it’s true, turnips, especially, can be grayish and bitter when not carefully prepared or seasoned. Etymologically speaking, it’s not…
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PRINCETON: Judge deals university another procedural setback in property tax exemption case
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University will have the burden of proof to show that it is entitled to its property tax exemption, according to a New Jersey tax court judge who will decide a citizens’ lawsuit challenging the exemption. The decision by Judge Vito L. Bianco Thursday was the latest in a…
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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO Parents, board give mixed marks to changes in accelerated math program
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — School district officials’ proposal to redesign the Accelerated and Enriched Mathematics Program met with mixed reactions — from both the school board and parents — when it was rolled out Tuesday night. A decision on the redesign of the program will not be made until the school…
