Category: archives
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Local HUD programs face uncertain future
Changes could affect seniors, needy. By: Josh Appelbaum Changes to the way Community Block Grants are distributed could mean money used for pedestrian improvements, senior services and affordable housing could go by the wayside in 2006. Under the White House’s proposed federal budget, distribution and funding of Community Development Block Grants would be transferred from…
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Cranbury Inn starts addition
Dining area to reopen in April. By: Josh Appelbaum The historic Cranbury Inn began an expansion project Monday that will more than double the restaurant’s size and spruce up the exterior. Plans call for a 10,261-square-foot addition to the existing 8,648-square-foot two-story frame house. Tom Ingegneri, who owns the inn along with his wife, Gay,…
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Highs and lows
Low-key attitude works well for Trupin By: Justin Feil Princeton High boys’ track coach John Woodside was one of the few that believed Ryan Trupin could be a big-time high jumper this season. "He’s flown under the radar," Woodside said. "He snuck up on a lot of people. He’s really had a dominating season." The…
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‘Constantine’
This film boasts some spectacular and horrifying special effects, but once you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen most of the best parts. By: Bob Brown Keanu Reeves (left) helps Rachel Weisz discover the truth about her sister’s mysterious death in Constantine. If you come to this film expecting as much action as the trailer promises,…
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Students hear about growing up black
Twin Rivers resident Al Werner spoke to eighth-graders during a Black History Month program at the Melvin H. Kreps Middle School. By: Marisa Maldonado EAST WINDSOR Al Werner used his annual visit to an eighth-grade social studies class Wednesday morning to dispel at least one myth about racism in the United States. "Who thinks…
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Hightstown boys defeated in MCT semifinals
By: Neil Hay For the second time in the 2005 Mercer County Tournament, the Hightstown High School boys’ basketball team had a chance to reverse a regular season Colonial Valley Conference loss with a win on a bigger stage. But unlike the Rams’ 55-52 double-overtime win over Lawrence in the tournament quarterfinals, Hightstown could not…
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Students jump rope for healthy hearts
Woodland School event was culmination of fund-raiser for American Heart Association. By: Elaine Worden MONROE Fifth- and sixth-grade students waited anxiously in Woodland School’s gym. They were decked out in sneakers and sweats, and looked down at the jump-ropes laying at their feet. Physical education teachers Ross Schultz and Misty Corbisiero stood in front…
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Send strong message on warehouses
EDITORIAL By: The Planning Board is recommending that the Township Council keep a promise made nearly a decade ago to residents of Davidsons Mill Road. The board voted unanimously Feb. 16 against a proposal to rezone 220 acres on Davidsons Mill Road at the N.J. Turnpike from rural residential to industrial to allow for a…
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A Place in the World
The College of New Jersey celebrates its sesquicentennial with French, Japanese and American works ‘Circa 1855.’ By: Jillian Kalonick Henry Somm’s ‘Japonisme’ is part of ‘Circa 1855,’ on view at the art gallery at The College of New Jersey through March 30. In 1855, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass was published; a year before, Matthew…
