Category: archives
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Township examines health gaffe
MONROE Township officials are investigating why 93 municipal employees had their health insurance coverage canceled recently. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Township officials are launching an investigation to determine why 93 municipal employees had their health insurance coverage canceled recently, and why 120 more almost suffered the same fate. Township Business Administrator Wayne Hamilton…
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Watershed association acquires additional 8.5 acres
By: David Campbell HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association recently added nearly 8.5 acres to the land it manages, bringing the total acreage under its care to approximately 830 acres, the Watershed said Monday. The Watershed in partnership with Mercer County bought the property, which is located on Moores Mill-Mount Rose Road in…
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A caring hand helps make Princeton Holiday Fund a success
Charity achieves fund-raising goal. One of the benefits of living in Princeton is the dedication of its many volunteers who enrich community resources. The Princeton Holiday Fund has a volunteer who contributes her time, her concern for people’s well-being and her knowledge of the community. For the past eight years, Mary Pickens has been helping…
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Tepper, Panthers tepid about tie
PDS boys’ ice hockey equals Big Red By: Justin Feil Considering how much seemed stacked against it, the Princeton Day School boys’ ice hockey should have been thrilled to come out of its game against Lawrenceville with a 5-5 tie Wednesday. Instead, the Panthers thought only: ‘What if…" "It hurt because a win was so…
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Tokyo Sushi
Both Japanese and Korean food can be found in this pleasant spot in Skillman. By: Faith Bahadurian Tokyo Sushi Village Shopper Mall 1378 Route 206 South Skillman (609) 430-0044 www.tokyosushi206.com Food: Good Service: Good, very pleasant Prices: Moderate Cuisine: Japanese with side trip to Korea Ambience: Comfortable, Asian-influenced Hours: Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner:…
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‘A Very Long Engagement’
One of this film’s great pleasures is the atmosphere Jean-Pierre Jeunet creates with imaginative storytelling and camerawork. By: Bob Brown Audrey Tautou searches for her fiancé in World War I-ravaged Europe in A Very Long Engagement. At nearly two and a quarter hours, A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a moderately…
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Hightstown High grads revive Chekhov comedy
Former Hightstown High School students produce and direct an Off Broadway production of Chekhov’s "The Seagull" at the Blue Heron Arts Center in New York City. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Two former Hightstown High School students have revived an Off Broadway production of a play that delivers "five tons of love." Such is the…
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PERCEPTIONS: Hope, despair vie for front-row seats
PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl Stuck in the middle. I’d like to introduce you to two of my very close friends today. The first friend we’ll call him Friend A is somewhat of an optimist. He’s also a huge New York Mets fan, so he was thrilled by the announcement over the weekend that…
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LETTERS: Shopping Center bad for Finnegans
To the editor: The proposed development located on the corner of Finnegans Lane and Route 27 is causing our family great concern. Traffic on Finnegans Lane is already at dangerous levels, with a number of serious accidents very close to this location. From our house, we either see or hear these accidents occurring far too…
