Category: archives
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Making a difference through public service
GUEST OPINION, Dec. 3 By: Richard J. Codey Elected officials often are asked why we chose to enter public service. It’s a good question. After all, who in their right mind would voluntarily turn over their personal life and freedom to the public and the media? Indeed, there have been times when each of us…
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PHS football enjoyed a turnaround campaign
By: Justin Feil It’s easy to understand how anyone in the Princeton High football program could be a bit misty-eyed two Saturdays ago. No, the tears weren’t specifically for the 39-13 loss that ended the Little Tigers’ season. They were because the group that brought PHS back from the depths of despair would not be…
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PHASE THREE: Now is truly the time of your life
PHASE THREE By Arnold Bornstein Memory timeline from the 30s to today. Anybody who lived any part of his or her life at any time between July 31, 1930, and today, Dec. 3, 2004, may find a few things to relate to in the column that follows. Anyway: This isn’t a story of my life…
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Falcons had some tough luck
By: Carolyn M. Hartko At the beginning of the 2004 season, the Monroe High School varsity girls’ soccer team had hopes of strengthening its reputation in the Greater Middlesex Conference with a third White Division title in a row. Unfortunately, plans don’t always pan out. Although the Lady Falcons broke even with an overall record…
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HHS teams will be fighting for .500 mark
By: Neil Hay The 2004-05 Hightstown swim season got off the blocks yesterday, with the Rams boys and girls teams hosting their opposites from Hillsborough in a non-league match-up. Both the boys and girls squads will be seeking respectability in what is sure to be a very competitive CVC campaign. For the past few years…
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Bikers to collect toys for needy tots
K&B Tattooing of 140 S. Main St. in Hightstown is sponsoring a drive to collect toys for local children with a motorcycle show. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Ink slingers will welcome easy riders to Hightstown this weekend to rally donations for children in need this holiday season. K&B Tattooing of 140 S. Main St.…
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Committee faces a bear of a decision
PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 3 By: Packet Editorial Princeton Township is, by and large, a pretty quiet place. Compared to, say, Princeton Borough, the township might as well be a sleepy backwater. There’s no big redevelopment project going on. No parking garage to fight over and go to court over. No municipal garbage collection or…
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Sweet harmony
Princeton Area Homeschool Choir to preview a concert coming up in nation’s capital. By: Dennis O’Neill For choral director Denise Hayes and her group of home-schooled choristers, the road to next week’s performance at "The Pageant of Peace" in Washington, D.C., began in the Westerly Learning Center parking lot five years ago. Six months pregnant…
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An option for total disc replacement
The goal is to eliminate the disc that is generating pain while restoring the disc space height and maintain´ing the range of motion of that particular segment By: Lorraine Seabrook with Haim D. Blecher, M.D. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), low back pain is second only to colds and flu when it…
