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  • Seymour Hersh compares Iraq to Vietnam, criticizes Bush

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist gives talk at Princeton University By: Hilary Parker    Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist responsible for exposing the My Lai massacre to the world, began his talk at Princeton University on Wednesday night with what he called the bad news — detailing the exact number of days remaining in the Bush presidency.…

  • Peace Train is on track for Saturday rally in Newark

       A "Peace Train" will carry opponents of the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq from the Princeton area to Newark on Saturday for a march and rally.    The train will begin in Trenton and stop at the Princeton Junction at West Windsor station — where it will pick up rally participants boarding in Princeton — and…

  • New groundbreaking set for Elm Court II project

    Ceremony, now set for Dec. 19, was delayed because of hurricane-related increases in the cost of materials for the 68-unit project By: Marjorie Censer    The groundbreaking for the Elm Court II project — postponed because of increased building costs — has been rescheduled for Dec. 19.    Princeton Community Housing closed on the long-delayed project Wednesday…

  • Author gets attention without hitting her sister

    Book stresses ways to get a parent’s attention. By: Jessica Beym    Children crave attention. But the ways in which they go about getting it are not always positive.    When her son was a toddler, Cranbury resident Eileen Kennedy-Moore began to notice a pattern in his behavior. Daniel, a middle child, would hit his sister to…

  • Philadelphia firm to buy existing hospital facility

    University to purchase Merwick, Franklin Avenue parking lot By: David Campbell     Princeton HealthCare System plans to sell its hospital facility on Witherspoon Street to a Philadelphia firm interested in redeveloping the site for primarily residential uses, PHCS announced Tuesday.     The PHCS Board of Trustees on Monday night approved a letter of intent with…

  • David Vaccarella

       MANVILLE — David J. Vaccarella died Nov. 23 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 85.    Born in New York, he had been a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mr. Vaccarella worked as a carpenter for the Somerville Carpenters Union 465 for over 40 years, retiring in 1985.    He served in the U.S. Army in…

  • New faces sought for vacancies on township advisory boards and committees

    The township has openings on a range of advisory boards and committees. The deadline to apply is Dec. 7. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Facing the expiration of the terms of some members of its advisory boards and committees on Dec. 31, Township Council is seeking volunteers — adults and high school students — to fill…

  • Local group seeks new marijuana law

    The Lawrence-based Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey wants the Garden State to join 10 other states that allow the medicinal use of marijuana. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer New Jersey would become the 11th state in the nation to allow the medicinal use of marijuana without fear of criminal penalties, if the Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New…

  • 2005 was season to remember

    Football team made huge strides By: Jim Green    The final record reads 1-9, but that doesn’t even come close to telling the story of the 2005 Hopewell Valley Central High School football team.    This was a team that always will be remembered in the halls of CHS, if for nothing more than its Oct. 17…