Category: archives
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Couple’s historic home a creative adventure
Local couple preserves the 19th century character of their N. Main St. home. By: Josh Appelbaum Thirty-one N. Main St. has housed a printing press, a jewelry store and the village post office, but today the building serves as a creative outlet for its owners. Well, at least for one of them. Carolyn and Brent…
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Theinert’s three goals help MHS move to 6-1
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The Monroe Township High boys’ varsity soccer team improved to 6-1 with Tuesday’s 3-1 victory at South Plainfield. That followed a 3-0 blanking of Perth Amboy and a 1-0 upset loss at New Brunswick last week. Junior Zach Theinert led the Falcons against the Tigers on Tuesday with a hat trick.…
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Smoking-cessation class in Montgomery accepting registrations
By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY A smoking-cessation group program will take place at the Otto Kaufman Community Center beginning Oct. 12. The Montgomery Township Health Department has made arrangements with the Tobacco Quit Center of Hillsborough to conduct the program. Participants will meet at the Otto Kaufman Community Center for six Wednesdays beginning at 7:30…
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Leung’s improvement works wonders for South
Soph helps XC team past Hopewell By: Justin Feil Brian Leung didn’t go all 4,163 miles, but he did run on the Great Wall of China in August. Leung found that using one of the Seven Wonders of the World for a workout was the only way to keep his summer conditioning up as he…
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LETTERS: School board fails community
To the editor: With the Green Acres’ decision on the invasion of Thompson Park scheduled for the next few months, let’s be completely alert to the danger of the loss, for all life to come for all citizens of Middlesex, of our "Central Park." High School students spend a very special four years of…
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Montgomery gets grant for open-space preservation
By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY The township has received an $80,000 open-space grant through the County/Municipal Open Space Partnership Grant Program. The funds will be used toward acquisition of the 28.6-acre Wengel Tract, which is located along Hollow Road, just north of Grandview Road and south of Dutchtown-Zion Road. Montgomery was one of six Somerset…
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Town sells Barclay land
E. Barclay parcel of land on Ancil Davison Road is sold to Middlesex County farmer. By: Josh Appelbaum A Middlesex County farmer will be the new owner of an 88-acre E. Barclay parcel on Ancil Davison Road. Joseph Barton, who owns the land contiguous to the Ancil Davison Road property, registered the highest bid for…
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Candidates Forum, Sept. 30
CANDIDATES FORUM, Sept. 30 Gordon Bryant Republican candidate, Princeton Township Committee Tom Pyle and I are candidates for Princeton Township Committee. As we consider issues, this letter will focus on two: taxes and financial transparency. Stories are circulating regarding township residents who have been forced to move due to high local taxes, raising major…
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Viking boys win two straight
By: Rich Fisher The Cranbury School boys soccer team bounced back from an opening-day loss to the Kreps School and, this past week displayed the potential coach Frank Silva spoke about after the setback. "The boys came back well after that loss, but I knew they would," Silva said. "The win over Immaculate was nice,…
