Category: archives
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Adventures in baby-sitting
Course stresses communication, provides life lessons. By: Erica Hammond Putting a child in the care of another person can be difficult for any parent. But some local students are learning some extremely important lessons about baby-sitting from a pair of enthusiastic educators dedicated to helping kids take care of kids. A group of 11 attentive…
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Borough, township receive state funds
East Windsor and Hightstown receive Small Cities Community Development Block Grants to revitalize their communities. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval Hightstown Borough and East Windsor Township will be able to revitalize their communities thanks to grants totaling $450,000 from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The two municipalities will receive Small Cities Community Development Block…
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Museum displays a taste of Americana
Exhibit cooks up fond memories. By: Josh Appelbaum An exhibit at the Cranbury Museum is bringing back memories for a former Cranbury resident. The museum, which is hosting an exhibit that includes a century’s worth of cookbooks for and by Cranbury residents from the Historical Society and Woman’s Club collections. It is also displaying the…
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Guervil, Henriquez part of PHS football growth
Little Tigers looking to take next step By: Bob Nuse In his three years as head coach of the Princeton High football team, Steve Everette has seen the program grow. He’s also seen the players within the program grow as well. Few have grown over the past couple of years as much as Ben Guervil…
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Jonnie M. Merritt
Jonnie M. Merritt, 84, of Princeton died Nov. 10, following a brief illness. Mrs. Merritt was the widow of John I. Merritt Jr. They lived in Montclair and Verona, until retiring to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1998. Mrs. Merritt returned to New Jersey following her husband’s death in January 2003. She was a resident of…
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Sen. Bill Bradley talkls politics, baseketball, life
The former senator speaks at annual benefit. By: Jennifer Potash From the state of professional basketball to the state of the union, former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) waxed philosophical on several topics before a standing-room-only crowd at Nassau Presbyterian Church on Friday evening. Mr. Bradley was the keynote speaker for the Friends of the…
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Marcia Lederer
Marcia A. Haber Lederer, 69, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Lederer resided there before moving to Monroe 11 years ago. Prior to her retirement 11 years ago, she was an elementary school teacher for the New York City Board of Education for 23…
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East Windsor man dies in motorcycle crash
A Garden View Terrace man was speeding on his motorcycle when he hit another car on Route 130 Saturday, police said. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval EAST WINDSOR A township man died after being thrown from a motorcycle when it collided with a car on Route 130 North, police said. The rider of the Honda…
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Plainsboro challenges state over school-funding formula
Township calls process for apportioning property taxes for regional school district ‘arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable and unjustified.’ By: Jill Matthews PLAINSBORO After seeing a substantial tax increase for the past two years because of what it calls an "arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable and unjustified" process for apportioning school taxes for a regional school district, the township…
