Category: archives
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TANGENTS: Coming back to Club Kid
TANGENTS By John Saccenti Never too old for Santa. There have been two periods of my life when I believed in Santa Claus. The first, of course, was when I was in that not-so-exclusive club of children who believed in the bearded man in red with the same unerring conviction that we had when we…
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TOWN FORUM: Do you think the Turnpike should be widened between Exit 8A and Exit 6?
TOWN FORUM Join the debate. The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want…
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Youthful Falcons split their season
By: Carolyn M. Hartko A typical sports cliché is the story of the team that had a lot of potential going into a season, but never managed to live up to the hype. The Monroe Township High School varsity boys’ soccer team did things a bit differently this fall. A young squad, predominantly sophomores and…
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OBITUARIES: Thelma Shine
Thelma Shine Thelma (Daley) Shine, 82, of Monroe, died Monday, Dec. 7, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Neptune, she had lived in Edison and Manasquan before moving to Monroe in 1975. Ms. Shine had worked as an operator for New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., New Brunswick, before retiring in 1944. She…
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Ordinance would allow businesses to use bins
Hightstown Borough Council introduces an ordinance that would allow more downtown businesses to use garbage and recycling bins in the Stockton Street parking lot. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN More downtown businesses soon may be able to use garbage and recycling bins in the Stockton Street parking lot. Borough Council on Monday introduced a measure…
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For the Dec. 10 issue
Victor N. Bernard, Veronica Kailing Cannon, Max H. Mesner, Theodore Mariasy, Mary Hillman, Zofia Hulak, Francesca Aniello Morning, Robert P. Greenstein, Major Stafford, Virginia Elizabeth Vey. Victor N. Bernard LAWRENCE Victor N. Bernard, 69, died Monday at Capital Health Systems at Fuld, Trenton. Born in Somerville, and a native of Griggstown, he resided in…
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Column: Nuse Sense
Knights all right as PU rivals By: Bob Nuse There was no sellout crowd at Jadwin Gym on Wednesday. The two teams playing weren’t nationally ranked. In fact, at the moment neither is even on the radar screen for a national ranking at least not yet. But the matchup between Princeton and Rutgers is…
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PU teams aim to win one for the needy
After family "adopted," money is collected, gifts purchased and wrapped. By: David Campbell Princeton University athletes are banding together to spread some gift-giving cheer among needy families this holiday season. This is the fifth year of a special community-service project organized by a campus group called Athletes in Action. Under the club’s Teams and Toys…
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Builder fails in suit to recover its legal costs
Developer of West Windsor’s Village Grande sought $20,000 for fees it spent. By: Jill Matthews WEST WINDSOR The township has emerged unscathed in a court fight initiated by the developer of Village Grande, the township attorney announced Monday. D.R. Horton, the active adult community developer, sued the township in an attempt to recoup approximately…
