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West Windsor council backs preservation of historic buildings
Three buildings, including school, at Schenck Farmstead to be restored By: Emily Craighead WEST WINDSOR The Township Council gave the green light Monday for the administration to proceed with restoring the barn, one-room schoolhouse and carriage house on the Schenck Farmstead on Southfield Road. About $325,000 previously approved by the council to restore the…
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Senior housing OK’d
Controversial Bunn Drive project approved by 7-3 Princeton Regional Planning Board vote By: Rachel Silverman In what was a dramatic finale to long, drawn-out process, the Regional Planning Board of Princeton late Thursday night approved a controversial age-restricted housing development on Bunn Drive. The vote was 7-3. Voting for the project were board members Wanda…
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Protest planned for Secretary Rice’s university speech today
By: David Campbell The Coalition for Peace Action plans a protest of the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq that is aimed to coincide with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s keynote address today at Princeton University. Secretary Rice is scheduled to speak at 2:45 p.m. in Jadwin Gymnasium on the university campus. Her address will…
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Organic vegetables, chicken make for the perfect pot pie
Princeton residents cook 2,000 a week as business booms By: Marjorie Censer Linda Twining rarely chooses to eat a full slice of pot pie despite being one of the owners of Twin Hens, a company known for its frozen chicken pot pies. Ms. Twining says she has to test so many batches to ensure…
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LETTERS: Time to retire local pension queen
To the editor: Earlier this year the print media exposed severe abuses within New Jersey’s public employee pension system. One abuse is public employees qualifying for publicly funded pensions by holding more than one public job. This abuse was primarily the realm of attorneys acting as council to multiple municipalities and acquiring pension credits…
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LETTERS: Kudos to Monroe for senior trips
To the editor: Now that summer is over, I’ve been looking back at the trips Monroe seniors were able to take advantage of through the Monroe Township Senior Center. There were day trips to all the popular shopping destinations like Jersey Gardens, the Columbus Flea Market and much more. Then there were the cultural…
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Montgomery board, superintendent hammer out next year’s budget goals
But they were reading from different pages when trying to determine the wording. By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY With memories of last year’s budget process lingering, the Board of Education on Tuesday held an initial discussion concerning goals for the next fiscal year. But the board and the administration were reading from different pages when…
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Allentown, N.J.: It’s rise and progress, Part 30
Historically Speaking By: John Fabiano Upper Freehold’s first town meeting at the house of Isaac Stelle is described below from the New Jersey Historical Society’s Charles R. Hutchinson collection. Historically Speaking will be on sabbatical for the remainder of the fall season and will return after the holidays. February 3, 1723, "Nathan Allen, of…
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Observance to begin for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year
Local residents prepare for the Jewish new year, which begins on Monday at sundown. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Turning away from the sins of the old year and asking God’s blessing on the new, marks the observance of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, which begins Monday at sundown. The first of the 10…
