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Santa Claus coming to Princeton Shopping Center
By: Rachel Silverman Santa Claus will bring his wooly beard and signature red jumpsuit to the Princeton Shopping Center this weekend. On Saturday, the center will host a holiday party from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Santa, along with his pal, Snowy, will arrive via fire engine driven by the Princeton Fire Company around…
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Princeton Packet Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year
Wiltse elevated Cougars’ level of play By: Justin Feil Mark Wiltse has always played soccer at a high level. As a freshman, he started for The Peddie School. The next year, he left the area to train with the U-17 national team in Florida. He returned last year to fit into a Montgomery High boys’…
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West Windsor changes mind, allows menorah
Nine-foot-tall display to be erected in park near township Christmas tree By: Emily Craighead WEST WINDSOR With every Christmas tree we light on public property, in an age of political correctness come questions of freedom of speech and the separation of church and state. Going back on a preliminary legal opinion not…
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Second park hearing Tuesday
MONROE Time again to talk about the proposal to use some of Thompson Park for a new high school. By: Leon Tovey MONROE The second of two public hearings on the proposed Thompson Park land diversion will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Freeholders Meeting Room in the County Administration Building in…
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Burglaries could be connected
MONROE Police think several burglaries in two retirement communites may be related. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Township police are exploring the possibility that a series of burglaries in two planned retirement communities since September are related, Detective Sgt. Lawrence Linke said Monday. In all, five burglaries have occurred in PRCs since Sept. 23,…
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Council considers affordable housing proposal
MONROE A look at the township’s plan to meet its affordable housing requirements. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Building two apartment buildings for seniors and the disabled are part of a township plan to meet its third-round affordable housing obligation. The plan, recommended by the Planning Board, also includes rehabilitating existing township houses and paying…
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MHS turned things around this year
By: Carolyn M. Hartko While the 2005 varsity girls’ soccer team at Monroe High School may not quite have replicated the glory days of a few years ago, the Lady Falcons are now definitely headed in the right direction. Monroe posted an overall record of 11-6-1, an improvement from last year’s 8-9-1. It was 8-4-1…
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Hospital’s planned move spawns concerns over affordable housing
Borough Housing Authority members cite projects near medical center campus By: Marjorie Censer Representatives of the Housing Authority of the Borough of Princeton on Wednesday expressed concern about the future of Franklin and Maple terraces in light of the upcoming move of the University Medical Center at Princeton. Because the hospital will be moving to…
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Obituaries for the week of Dec. 2
Thomas J. McNiff, Robert J. Russin, Mary I. Field, Helen M. Howard, Kathy Jaeger, Dorothy S. Kent Thomas J. McNiff EAST WINDSOR Thomas J. McNiff, 80, died Nov. 23 at University HealthCare System at Princeton. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., his life was devoted to service for his country through military, law enforcement…
