Category: archives
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Scout troop ready for character-building trip
Troop prepares for spring camping season. By: Josh Appelbaum After four months of infrequent wintertime campouts and a scuba diving excursion to Florida, Boy Scout Troop 52 will return to a New Jersey campsite to start the spring camping season. John Kirkenir, the troop’s scoutmaster, said 10 to 12 Scouts and four adult chaperones will…
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How to put a spring back into your step
For otherwise healthy older adults, reduced mobility doesn’t have to be a "given" in the overall aging process By: Mary Koeppel with Jim McCracken, PT, CEES Have you lost the "spring" in your step? If you have, you’re not alone. As we age, our walking pace often begins to diminish. While many of us take…
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Recording industry cracks down on students at university
Princeton receives notice that 39 students will receive subpoenas. By: David Campbell The Recording Industry Association of America has notified Princeton University officials that it will subpoena the school for the names of 39 students who the association alleges committed copyright infringement through online music sharing, sources at the university said this week.…
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Council of Latinos forms in borough
Latino Advisory Council plans to deal with issues stemming from racial profiling, transportation deficiencies, and relations with Hightstown Borough officials. By: Marisa Maldonado HIGHTSTOWN In response to concerns about immigration raids and other issues, a group of Latinos has formed a committee to work with the mayor and borough officials. The 14 members of…
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Stuart girls spend break immersed in unfamiliar cultures
Exchange programs allow upper school students to experience daily life in Peru, France and Italy. By: Rachel Silverman This spring break, about 3,600 miles from the Ivy League, tree-lined streets of Princeton, a few local students spent a quiet afternoon together in a small, Peruvian church. There, inside the decrepit walls of Parroquía San Genaro,…
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Weather slows station work
New police building to open in September. By: Josh Appelbaum Delays caused by frequent rain have set the completion date of the new Cranbury Police Station back another seven days. Last month, Mark Berkowsky, whose firm Berkowsky and Associates is managing construction for the project, told the Township Committee the project would be delayed 10…
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Superintendent to present vision
Forums designed to educate the public about the East Windsor Regional School District’s long-term plans will be held on on April 6 and April 19. HIGHTSTOWN Superintendent Ronald Bolandi will hold two forums designed to educate the public about the East Windsor Regional School District’s long-term plans in the coming weeks. The two forums,…
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Committee sets out to fight hunger
Food drive to restock Deacon’s Cupboard. By: Leon Tovey JAMESBURG It’s been a busy first month for the borough’s new Human Relations Committee. The committee has held just two meetings since it was appointed by Mayor Tony LaMantia on Feb. 23, but already has chosen its chairwoman Susan Schneider-Baker, director of the Jamesburg…
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OBITUARIES: Mary Chanda
Mary Chanda Mary H. Chanda, 92, died Monday, March 21, at John F. Kennedy Hartwyck Rehabilitation Center in Edison. She was born in Youngstown, Pa., and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to New Jersey in the mid-1970s. In 1984 she moved to Rossmoor, where she remained until 2002 when she moved to the Whispering…
