Category: archives
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Cougar coach is twice blessed
Popadiuk is close to boys, players By: Justin Feil Christmastime has always been a special, yet hectic, time for Paul Popadiuk and his family. "We always have a tournament," said the Montgomery High girls’ basketball head coach. "You have school stuff, like correcting tests, and there’s a lot of stuff going on." Four years ago,…
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Candles lit for victims of domestic violence
Meadow Lakes, Womanspace particpate in statewide campaign to recognize victims of violence. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval EAST WINDSOR More than 100,000 candles were lit across the state on Sunday symbolizing those who have been victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Closer to home, to kick off the weekend, more than 900 luminaries outlined…
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For the Dec. 24 issue
James Curtis Van Horn, Edith Milbank Corbin, John W. Hopper, Jennifer Kline. By: James Curtis Van Horn EAST WINDSOR Jim Van Horn, 66, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Appleton, Wis., he graduated from The University of Wisconsin, Madison, with an honors degree in journalism. After eight years…
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‘House of Flying Daggers’
Even drops of blood are splattered with symbolic meaning in this tragic love drama. By: Bob Brown Maybe in the next millennium, pop-culture archeologists will proclaim that all Chinese could walk on treetops. Ever since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it’s been a given, along with the ability to scale the sides of buildings and duck…
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‘Tis the season to wish you all happy holidays
PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 24 By: Packet Editorial ‘Tis the day before Christmas 2004, And like all the years we have lived through before, This one’s been filled with its ups and its downs, Some good times, some bad for our cities and towns. In Princeton, for instance, a true highlight came When the library opened…
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Plainsboro is awarded grant for bicycle lanes
Work to focus on Plainsboro Road near railroad tracks. By: Jill Matthews PLAINSBORO The township has received a $200,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation for the construction of bicycle lanes on Plainsboro Road near the Northeast Corridor rail line. The bicycle lanes, which are part of the larger Plainsboro Road Bicycle Pathway…
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Child’s Play
Toy-based assemblages are just half the fun in Guy Ciarcia’s retrospective at the Plainsboro Library. By: Ilene Dube TIMEOFF/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Guy Ciarcia stands alongside a wall of his photographs from Florence and Rome. When Guy Ciarcia gives directions to his house in Hopewell and he gets to the part about taking the dirt road, he…
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Big town turnout for parade
Businesses, borough and PBA join for event By:Roger Alvarado Well over 300 borough residents many of them children came out to catch a glimpse of Manville’s St. Nick, as he and Mrs. Claus strode along Main Street during Friday’s annual Christmas parade. The event, staged by the Manville Recreation Commission, the Manville PBA…
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NBC girls notch rare win in opener
Florence basketball improves to 2-0 By: Sean Moylan The young Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball team launched into an exciting new era of basketball with a 54-37 victory over Pemberton last Friday at NBC. "That’s the first Opening Day game we’ve won in four years," said NBC Coach Terry Jennings, who…
