Category: archives
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National event has local voices
Area residents participate in silent vigil to honor troops By: Marisa Maldonado HIGHTSTOWN Sandwiched between the dark blue of Peddie Lake and the black cement road of Route 33 during rush hour flickered an unusual sight a line of candles. The person holding each candle struggled in the darkness to protect it from…
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Town bids mayor goodbye
O’Neill praised for modesty in leadership, family devotion By: Marjorie Censer Though speakers at Thursday’s memorial service for Princeton Borough Mayor Joseph O’Neill, who died last Friday, praised his intellect, ethical approach to politics, and patience with colleagues and constituents, they focused most of all on his love and devotion to his family his…
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Exhibit asks striking questions about genetics, human identity
"How We Look" on view at Woodrow Wilson School By: David Campbell "How We Look," an exhibit now on display in the Bernstein Gallery at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, offers visitors a tantalizing play on words and images. The exhibit, which poses questions about human identity, features images and…
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Decision on new site for hospital delayed
A self-imposed deadline for filing with state will not be met By: David Campbell A self-imposed Nov. 1 filing deadline with the state will likely pass before Princeton HealthCare System finalizes where it will build its new, state-of-the-art hospital campus, PHCS spokeswoman Carol Norris said Wednesday. Hospital officials had said that a special meeting of…
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Colicchio family battle goes to Stuart’s Liz
Tartans stop Hun to reach MCT semifinals By: Justin Feil Liz and Kara Colicchio normally act pretty civil toward each other, but there are those other moments. "We only fight over field hockey and clothes," said Liz, the older of the two Princeton residents. Monday night was one of those moments, and it wasn’t clothes…
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Falcons booted in OT
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The home field advantage wasn’t much help to the Monroe High School girls’ soccer team this past Wednesday. In spite of the vigorous cheering section, the 6th-seeded Lady Falcons fell to 12th-seeded Edison 1-0, in a 93 minute, double-overtime game, in the second round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament. Edison…
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Coalition for Peace Action to honor Cindy Sheehan on Nov. 12
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who held an August vigil outside President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch, will be will be the honored guest at a special awards dinner held by the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action on Nov. 12. Also honored at the dinner, celebrating the organization’s 25 anniversary,…
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Promotion tops borough officer’s expectations
Being a police officer, says Lt. Nicholas Sutter, is ‘living a dream.’ By: Marjorie Censer Princeton Borough Police Lt. Nicholas Sutter says that being a police officer is "living a dream." Since childhood, he’d wanted to be one. But Lt. Sutter didn’t expect his dream occupation to lead him to his wife. As a patrolman,…
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Obituaries for the week of Oct. 28
Stanley N. Ludwig, Christina B. Jones, Ruth Handsman, George J. Murdich, Marilyn H. Coffee By: Stanley N. Ludwig HIGHTSTOWN Stanley N. Ludwig, 54, died suddenly Oct. 19 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Md., he lived in St. Louis, Mo. before moving to Hightstown six years ago. Mr. Ludwig was employed by Hershey Import…
