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  • DISPATCHES: You dance with corporation that brung you

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Inauguration overload.    President George W. Bush threw himself a truly magnificent party to celebrate the beginning of his second term in the White House.    Thursday’s inaugural festivities — the traditional procession, nine inaugural balls, fireworks and a host of other bashes — were estimated to cost between $40 million and $50…

  • Meadowside slated to open

    Meadowside, a new memory care center at Meadow Lakes senior community in Hightstown, will open next week. By: Michael Ross    EAST WINDSOR — A facility catering to seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders will open next week at the Meadow Lakes retirement community.    Meadowside, a 16-room addition to the Etra Road senior living…

  • Princeton High mulls standardized testing for lower grades

    An effort to find struggling students early in their academic careers. By: Rachel Silverman    Princeton High School underclassmen better sharpen their No. 2s, as the Board of Education is considering adding a mandatory standardized test for ninth- and 10th-grade students.    Currently, students are not tested between the eighth grade, when the Grade 8 Proficiency Assessment…

  • A dream unfolds as Enchantment at Hightstown breaks ground

    Enchantment at Hightstown attempts to feature charming streetscapes of stunning homes to convey intimacy and warmth    A crisp winter day; a clear blue sky; wonderful, wooded surroundings; and a beautiful natural landscape set the stage for The Robertson Douglas Group’s recent groundbreaking ceremony for Enchantment at Hightstown. The joyous event marked the start of the…

  • PRC zone on the shelf

    Proposal would have created new Open Space Trust Fund. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The Township Council may hold off on an ordinance that would establish a Planned Retirement Community overlay zone, Township Engineer Ernie Feist said last week — if it considers the issue again at all.    Mr. Feist, who helped create the proposed…

  • Jan. 21, 4:05 p.m.: Another four years

    The president outlines some lofty goals that are likely to mean more military misadventures. By: Hank Kalet        OK. As Jon Stewart pointed out on last nights "The Daily Show," we’ve officially reached the midpoint of the Bush presidency. And if Thursday’s festivities were any indication, we are about to face another long four years.…

  • Planners set goals

    Master Plan, preservation, traffic, housing on agenda. By: Josh Appelbaum    Over the course of the next year, the Planning Board will aim to meet new affordable housing requirements, re-evaluate the township Master Plan, look at traffic problems and offer solutions to manage recent land acquisitions.    The board met Jan. 13 to reorganize for 2005, and…

  • Anti-inauguration protest at Palmer Square cut short by police

    Demontrators block sidewalk, lack parade permit, police say. By: Rachel Silverman    Despite frigid temperatures, Students for Peace and the Coalition for Peace Action staged a joint anti-inauguration protest Thursday afternoon in Palmer Square.    Their protest activities were cut short, however, when police broke up the gathering around 4:30 p.m. and forced the crowd to leave.…

  • Week of January 21, 2005

    Hillsborough, Montgomery, Princeton Junction Hillsborough    Gregory Schmidt, broker associate with RE/MAX Preferred Professionals, was named to the RE/MAX of New Jersey Top 50 List for five consecutive months in 2004, from July through November.    Mr. Schmidt’s outstanding performance places him in the top two percent of more than 2,900 RE/MAX agents in the state.    "To…