Category: archives
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Plenty of familiar faces at Mill Lake School
Students at Mill Lake School have twice as much fun. By: Melissa Hayes MONROE Students and staff at Mill Lake School may think they’re seeing double, especially with 15 sets of twins and one set of triplets in the school. School administrators were surprised when they realized they had nine sets of twins registering…
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EPA official calls for private-public collaboration
Jane Kenny addresses national environmental forum in Plainsboro. By: David Campbell PLAINSBORO U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jane Kenny, addressing a gathering of more than 200 at a national environmental forum Thursday, called for cooperation, collaboration and compromise to further the goals of environmental protection. "EPA can regulate, enforce and encourage, but we…
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Youth serves South cross country well
O’Connor steps up to win for Pirate girls By: Justin Feil Every week that she runs, Kelsey O’Connor gets a little better. It’s bad news for opponents of the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ cross country team, not just for this season but for the next three years. "Every week," the Pirate freshman said, "it builds…
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Ram cheerleaders advance in state competition
By: Rich Fisher Diane Zippo kept the expectations low-key. Which made the celebration full-blown. For the first time in 16 years, the Hightstown Ram cheerleaders were entered in the Central Jersey Cheerleading Competition, hosted by the Central Jersey Pop Warner Association. And it was worth the wait. Competing in the 2A South Blue Large Novice…
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Bidder to challenge auction
Says deadline extension is illegal. By: Josh Appelbaum The Township Committee postponed the final sale of the Barclay and Wright properties after one of the bidders said he would challenge the auction used to sell them because the deadline for bids was extended illegally. Arthur Danser, who posted the highest bid for the Barclay north…
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Janitor resigns amid charges
Cranbury School janitor resigns after being arrested and charged with the possession of child pornography. By: Josh Appelbaum A Cranbury School janitor facing federal child pornography charges has resigned his position effective Nov. 15. The Board of Education unanimously accepted George Reilly’s resignation Tuesday. Mr. Reilly, 48, a janitor at the school for 19 years,…
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A new depression under Bush
To the editor: Everyone has heard that this is the most important election in our lifetimes. I would suggest that this is the most important election since 1932, when our country was in the Great Depression. Under George Bush, more jobs have been lost since the Depression. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected, a…
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DISPATCHES: Election should be referendum on Bush
DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet President Bush should focus his campaign on the last four years, not on Sen. Kerry. President George W. Bush apparently does not want the American public to look too closely at the last four years. He has spent much of his time on the campaign trail and much of his campaign…
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 22 Raids perpetuate ‘senseless cruelty’ To the editor: Last week, in what by now has become a tragic and shameful ritual around Mercer County for some months, an invasion of two homes in Princeton by immigration agents took place with the cooperation of Princeton Borough police. Eight Hispanic males…
