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AROUND CRANBURY: Scouts work to help community
AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor Cranbury welcomes new baby. Robert and Jennifer Diamond are thrilled to announce the birth of Abigail Rose Diamond, born in Princeton on June 13 at 2:52 p.m. She is 20 inches long, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and extremely cute. Both mom and baby are doing great. * * *…
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Take care to prevent Lyme disease
Since 1982, more than 100,000 cases of Lyme disease have been reported to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the ailment can be difficult to diagnose, experts surmise the numbers are actually higher. People acquire Lyme disease after being bitten by certain types of ticks that carry the bacterium. In the…
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PCDO sponsors panel on stem-cell research
Speakers will bring political, business and moral perspectives on issue. The Princeton Community Democratic Organization is sponsoring a panel discussion on stem-cell research 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center, located behind Princeton Borough Hall at Route 206 and Nassau Street. The panel will include Dr. Gregory Stock, CEO and president of Signum…
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For the June 17 issue
William Gary Aust, Josephine Tessein, Curtis Gove Callan Sr., Audrey Gaskill Locher. William Gary Aust NEWTOWN, Pa. William Gary Aust, 53, died Saturday at home. Born in Princeton, he was a longtime resident before moving to Newtown eight years ago. Mr. Aust graduated from St. Paul’s School in Princeton and Princeton High School. He…
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Concerns voiced over Hillsborough transload facility
Princeton officials fear truck traffic will increase on Route 206. By: Rachel Silverman and Marjorie Censer Princeton Borough and Princeton Township officials voiced their opposition to the construction of a transload facility off Route 206 in Hillsborough this week, asking the federal government to halt the project until a thorough study of its impacts can…
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Couple hope new twist on old beauty technique catches on
Jamesburg couple plans to re-introduce 16th-century Asian beauty technique. By: Leon Tovey JAMESBURG Linda Rothstein-Sosnick and her husband, Jeff Sosnick, want to bring a 16th-century Asian beauty technique to the 21st-century United States and they wouldn’t mind making a day job out it. "But so far it’s been the day and evening job,"…
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Diet plan puts substance into school lunch
EDITORIAL There was a time when adolescence went together with junk food like corned beef with cabbage or, perhaps more appropriately, burgers with french fries. Munching down on potato chips, candy, cookies, ice cream and other fat-filled goodies, then washing it all down with a nice, big, sugar-laden soft drink, was a daily ritual…
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Students get new class pet
Brookside School fifth-graders adopt a hippopotamus. By: Melissa Hayes MONROE After seeing a film about the rain forest in her science class, Brookside fifth-grader Victoria Clayton decided she wanted to make a difference. But, as it turns out, saving the rain forest is no easy task and it isn’t cheap either. So after speaking…
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Author of pictorial history book uncovers surprises
Illustrious Princeton University gets an illustrated history. By: David Campbell Richard D. Smith, author of a new pictorial history of Princeton University, said that research for the book led him to some surprising discoveries about the Ivy League school’s history. For example, there were instances of multiculturalism at Princeton much earlier than many people realize.…
