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Jax
"Jax," a friendly 5-year-old Lab mix is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Jax" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html
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PNC Bank in Princeton Township robbed
Lone man escapes with between $500 and $800 By: Rachel Silverman The PNC Bank on Route 206 near Cherry Valley Road was robbed Tuesday morning after a man threatened a female teller with a gun or bomb, Princeton Township Police reported. Police believe the suspect, who is described as a black man between the ages…
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Soto sentenced to 31 years in prison
East Windsor woman had been convicted in beating death of 21-month-old son. By: Marisa Maldonado TRENTON Maritza Soto, the East Windsor woman convicted in the beating death of her toddler son, was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison. Ms. Soto, 29, was convicted in October of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two counts of…
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Committee to try to save barn
Township Committee decides to make every effort to save historic barn on the Updike property. By: Jessica Beym The Township Committee said Monday it will try to save one of the three historic barns on the Updike property, despite already approved plans to demolish it. The decision was made Monday after several residents asked that…
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Helping hands
Princeton parishioners roll up their sleeves for a displaced family By: Diane Landis Hackett Right up until Sunday, Gloria Gray and Beverly Brown were known simply as "the Katrina family" to the parishioners of All Saints Episcopal Church. There were smiles all around when the soft-spoken great-grandmother and her daughter from New Orleans finally met…
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Farewell to longtime farmer
Asa T. Davison, Jr., 89, who died Dec. 2, is remembered as a hard working farmer and active member of the Cranbury community. By: Jessica Beym From the day he was born until almost a month before he died, Asa T. Davison Jr. was a farmer. Mr. Davison, a lifelong resident, died at 89 on…
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Field users mixed over land swap
Quality and use of proposed high school construction site debated. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Other than a sign posted on a telephone pole along Perrineville Road, there is nothing to indicate to the casual observer that the huge open field northeast of the intersection of Perrineville and Schoolhouse roads is one of the most…
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Plainsboro Girl Scouts go for the gold
Plainsboro residents Sarah Emerman and Anne Murphy have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the most prestigious award in Girl Scouting. Sarah and Anne are both members of West Windsor-Plainsboro Girl Scout Troop 1110. The awards were presented to Sarah and Anne at a court of awards held in West Windsor. Among those who personally…
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University students weigh in on gay marriage
Referendum narrowly supports backing gay plaintiffs in New Jersey Supreme Court case By: Marina C. Isgro Following intense campus-wide debate, Princeton’s undergraduates voted by a narrow margin last week to support gay marriage in a New Jersey Supreme Court case. In a referendum posed by the University Student Government, 51.6 percent of students voted in…
