Category: archives
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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…
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Remembering an innovator
Cranbury to honor renowned engineer. By: Elaine Worden Walter Cronkite called him the father of space television. Max H. Mesner was a humble engineer born and raised in Missouri, whose extraordinary innovations helped advance the country’s space program and pioneer new technologies that have become an integral part to most American homes, including the color…
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OBITUARIES: Jesse M. Gaynor
Jesse Meyer Gaynor, 81, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died Tuesday, Nov. 23. He worked tirelessly to advance the ethics in the pharmaceutical profession. His humor and compassion will be missed by all. He was the loving and devoted husband of Natalie Seltzer Gaynor for 57 years. He was the adoring and loving father…
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Men’s choir plans Christmas concert
Men of Harmony to lighten up the halls of the United Methodist Church. By: Josh Appelbaum Touches of a Dickensian Christmas will come to Fellowship Hall at the United Methodist Church on Sunday as the Men of Harmony sing traditional carols in Victorian garb. The Dickens Christmas Concert will include excerpts from an original Christmas…
