Category: archives
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New state campaign highlights concerns over lead poisoning
Awareness effort called ‘Lead Safe NJ’ By: Hilary Parker Drumthwacket was a fitting place for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to kickoff its new awareness campaign, "Lead Safe NJ," on Tuesday The luxurious Princeton mansion that serves as home to the state’s governors might seem worlds away from problems with lead-poisoning, often thought…
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Eagle Scout hopefuls building lasting legacy
Many projects under way to benefit Montgomery Township By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY To become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting, a Boy Scout must complete several requirements the most important of which, according to Eagle adviser Frank McVeigh, is demonstrating leadership and volunteer service to the community. This year, Montgomery Troop…
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EDITORIAL: Another reason to abolish the death penalty
EDITORIAL: Excessive cost is another factor against it. A New Jersey-based think-tank has found a new reason to close the door on capital punishment. New Jersey Policy Perspective, a non-partisan research group based in Trenton, issued a report Monday saying that the state’s death penalty system has cost taxpayers about $250 million since the Legislature…
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SPECIAL REPORT: FROM FARAWAY LANDSGovernment
Board president’s focus on civic duty By: Emily Craighead WEST WINDSOR Complaints about having too much homework aren’t always met with sympathy in the household of Hemant Marathe, president of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education. He spent his school days in the rigid structure of a 5,000-student school in Bombay, India. In…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Nov. 25
Voice opposition to bear hunt To the editor: I join with the majority of New Jersey residents who oppose a proposed hunt for black bears. Most residents know that a bear hunt is about trophies, not public safety. As observed by many bear-country residents and studied and reported by Rutgers scientist Dr. Edward Tavss,…
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Nothing corny about PU’s success
Football team posts best record in 10 years By: Justin Feil Roger Hughes admits he sounds pretty corny a lot of the times that he addresses his Princeton University football team. This year, many of the Tiger head coach’s corny talks soaked in, and the result was a 7-3 season, the best season in 10…
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Nov. 25, 4 p.m.: On the war
"It is a terrible thing to tell someone he or she is risking death in a mistaken cause. But it is more terrible actually to die in that mistaken cause," Kinsley writes. By: Hank Kalet I’m not a big fan of Michael Kinsley, but this column is a must read.
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Princeton awaits university’s affordable-housing plan
Township and Borough say their plans to meet state regulations are largely complete By: Marjorie Censer Princeton Borough and Princeton Township affordable-housing consultants told planning representatives Tuesday that their municipalities’ plans to meet the new state Council on Affordable Housing regulations are mainly complete though both still await word from Princeton University about how…
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The Greatest Love
A man and his cat share adventures and a bond that transcends all others. By: Susan Van Dongen How does a red-blooded American man a fantasy baseball aficionado, a dater of leggy Danish models, a screenwriter, an author of thrillers and an avowed cat hater come to love a little gray kitty? This…
