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Water main installation to disrupt traffic on The Great Road
Beginning Tuesday morning, The Great Road will be closed between the northern intersection of The Great Road West and Drakes Corner Road, due to water main installation work. Princeton Township Engineer Robert Kiser said the closing will be in effect between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. "until further notice." The section of The Great Road…
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WW-P board tweaks $25.5M referendum plan
Addition to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South revised. By: Emily Craighead The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education moved forward Tuesday with plans for its $25.2 million referendum, including revisions to the planned addition to High School South. Instead of including two closed classrooms in the gymnasium addition adjacent to the existing gym, the revised plan…
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Girl hurt in accident
Jamesburg girl is expected to recover from accident injuries. By: Leon Tovey MONROE A 17-year-old Jamesburg girl is expected to recover from injuries sustained when the car she was driving was hit broadside by a dump truck near the intersection of Spotswood-Gravel Hill and North State Home roads Tuesday, according to police. "She is…
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Cyclists to rally Aug. 6
Cyclists from all over the eastern United States are expected at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) on Saturday, Aug. 6, for the 25th annual Princeton Bicycling Event, which offers rides of various lengths though the beautiful countryside around Princeton and the central New Jersey area. Six tours, from 18 to 100 miles, are available for…
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Fundraising consultant appointed for new Plainsboro library
By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO The Township Committee on Wednesday appointed Graham-Pelton Consulting Inc. of Summit as fundraising counsel for a proposed $8.5 million library project. "We have been working with a group of representatives from the Township Committee and the library board to organize the fundraising effort," Business Administrator Robert Sheehan said. "(The consulting…
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Witherspoon Street to close for repaving
Work to begin Aug. 1. By: Marjorie Censer Witherspoon Street, from Nassau Street to Leigh Avenue, is scheduled to be repaved by Mercer County over the course of two weeks beginning Aug. 1, weather permitting. The county will be repaving the street through a municipal assistance program in which county crews are sent to work…
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Community mourns ‘father of Hightstown’
Community leader Harold "Skip" Crisp Cox Jr. died at the age of 74 on Sunday. By: Jessica Bowker HIGHTSTOWN Harold "Skip" Crisp Cox Jr., a lifelong Hightstown resident and community leader, former mayor and councilman, died at the age of 74 on Sunday. "I thought of him as the father of Hightstown," said Christian…
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EDITORIAL: Food pantry needs support of community
EDITORIAL Local residents are doing their part to help out food pantry. The last thing on the minds of many these days is cooking. And who can blame them? It’s hot and sticky, and turning the oven on is an activity that will only make it worse. Unfortunately though, there are many in the area…
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July 15, 9 a.m.: Vacation a-go-go
Going to Surf City…. By: Hank Kalet Today, in honor of my trip, I offer my favorite vacation spots (yes, I ran out of interesting ideas): 1. Long Beach Island. This is an every-summer thing for us now. 2. Cape May. 3. Maine. We went to Booth Bay Harbor a few years ago and plan…
