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Letters to the Editor for the week Nov. 18
Green Party is not going away To the editor: In the District 12 Assembly race, the Republican team (Jennifer Beck/ Declan O’Scanlon) defeated the Democratic team (Michael Panter/Robert Morgan) by a very slim margin, less than 1,500 votes. Meanwhile Green Party candidate Ann Napolitano received 2,303 votes and her running-mate, Judith Stanton, received 2,044…
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Plainsboro launches program for serious walkers
The Township of Plainsboro is piloting a new program for serious walkers looking to get together weekly to meet new friends and to stay healthy. The Recreation Department is working with a volunteer coordinator to lead the walks from many points in Plainsboro, inncorporating miles of walkways and trails in the township parks as well…
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An Eagle ranking for WW-P High School North sophomore
Adam Schuit and volunteers construct Torah Ark for synagogue Adam Schuit, a sophomore at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, was awarded the highest rank bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America, the rank of Eagle Scout. The significance of the achievement was not lost on the approximately 150 family members, friends and state and local…
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War in Iraq is subject of Seymour Hersh talk at university
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh will deliver the Stafford Little Lecture at Princeton University on Nov. 30, with a talk titled, "The War in Iraq: Bush’s Democracy and the Real Thing." The event is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in McCosh Hall 50 on the university campus. It is sponsored by the Princeton University Public…
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Towns willing to talk on changing WW-P tax sharing formula
Consideration given to shifting equalized valuation apportionment to a scheme based on enrollment By: Emily Craighead West Windsor and Plainsboro are open to reconsidering the property-tax apportionment for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, according to officials in both towns. The district uses a complex formula for regionalized school funding apportionment based on real-estate assessments…
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‘Laramie Project’ to be staged at Princeton Theological Seminary
In a quest to understand how a town and, more generally, a nation deals with hatred, a group of young actors and writers from New York traveled to Laramie, Wyo., to examine the events surrounding the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay student at the University of Wyoming. The result was "The Laramie…
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MacKenzie’s club player kills Falcons in GMCT
By: Carolyn M. Hartko NORTH BRUNSWICK Take two high school boys’ soccer teams, each with a top-notch striker and a remarkable goalie, add solid supporting casts and a free-flowing style of play, and the result is the kind of game seen at Steve Libro Stadium this past Sunday. The clash for the Greater Middlesex…
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EDITORIAL
Big-money elections repel voters. With the dust settled on the most expensive and, not coincidentally, the nastiest gubernatorial campaign in state history, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the way we pay for our campaigns. Campaign-finance rules enacted since Watergate have been effective at requiring disclosure of the sources and…
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Seniors’ send-off twofold
PU football seeking greater success By: Justin Feil On Sunday, the day after a disappointing 21-14 loss to Yale all but ended the Princeton University football team’s hopes of an Ivy League title, Tigers head coach Roger Hughes spoke to his JV team. The Princeton JV is comprised of players who are mostly freshmen and…
