Category: archives
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For the June 10 issue.
Alice K. Palumbo, Peter Quigley, Jeannette Worthington, Gia Marie Kakas, Jackie D. Russo, Jane W. Cope. Alice K. Palumbo WEST WINDSOR Alice K. Palumbo, 59, died Sunday at University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Kessab, Syria, she was a resident of the Princeton area for 35 years. Mrs. Palumbo was a graduate of…
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PRESS FORUM: Should the state ban smoking in public places?
PRESS FORUM Join the debate. The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want…
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Balmy business
Montgomery entrepreneur sells and rents palm trees — and it’s the talk of the town. By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY It’s hard to blame snoopy motorists for succumbing to an almost instinctive urge to veer off the pavement and find out why 30 visions of pure paradise are lined up along Route 206. Yes, Randy…
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JFK teacher says goodbye to a job he loves
Fifth-grade teacher retires after 39 years. By: Melissa Hayes JAMESBURG "Find a job that you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life." Teacher Bob Graber tries to instill that advice in his fifth-grade science students daily. The quote, from British pentathalete Jim Fox, is taped to Mr. Graber’s classroom…
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Council receives complaints about new PRC ordinance
Ordinance changed concerning age restrictions in planned retirement communities. By: Leon Tovey MONROE The township’s planned retirement communities are free to set their own rules regarding who is a permanent or temporary resident. That was the message Mayor Richard Pucci and members of the Township Council had for dozens of residents of the Regency…
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Money is earmarked for Plainsboro projects
Township Committee approves $1.2 million for library, $1.5 million for road improvements. By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO The Township Committee approved a $4 million bond ordinance Wednesday to finance projects slated for this year, including designing the new public library. In addition to the $1.2 million set aside for the library, the ordinance includes about…
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Daughter pursues D-Day claim
Sue Kaufman Schiller claims that the soldier in historic D-Day photo "The Face in the Surf" is her late father, Cpl. Joseph Kaufman. By: Marisa Maldonado EAST WINDSOR The man in the picture has fallen into the surf. Waves creep toward his shoulders as the battle rages on around him. His identity who…
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LIFESTYLE: Return to sender
Kingston postal workers make sure zip code 08528 runs smoothly. By: Joseph Harvie In downtown Kingston, amid the cafes and delis on main street is a building where a majority of the villagers come on a daily basis. The employees in the Kingston Post Office work hard to get the mail organized and ready for…
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Falcons not great, but still good
By: Redd E. Patrick The expectations are so high for the Monroe High School golf team nowadays, a 15-4 record, a tie for the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division championship and a fifth-place showing at the GMC Tournament in 2005 were not a cause for celebration. "When you look at it, we had a great…
