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Sun powers borough house
Hightstown resident expects to save $750 a year in electricity costs by using a solar electric system in his home. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Chuck Joseph slashed his electric bill by nearly half this month with a home utility modification funded largely by the state. Atop his Hausser Street home is a $37,000 solar…
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Hightstown football regroups for its fourth win
By: Kyle Moylan It’s hard to say whether or not Hightstown ever looked past Allentown in its football game last Friday night. If Hightstown did, however, it certainly didn’t last any longer than two possessions. Hightstown was down after each team had the ball once. It went on to win the game, 28-14. "We were…
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Borough crime up 22%
Uniform Crime Report shows sharp increase in reported crime in Hightstown. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Borough crime increased substantially last year according to the Uniform Crime Report released Wednesday by the State Police. The crime index total an aggregate of seven major offenses used to measure violent and non-violent crime increased 24…
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DISPATCHES: Fight fire with fire, not censorship
DISPATCHES: By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor Democrats file complaint with FCC. Sinclair Broadcasting is planning to air what is being called a direct attack on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry for his anti-war stance following his service in Vietnam. The company has asked its 62 television stations to pre-empt their regular programming to run "Stolen…
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Federal officials detain illegal immigrants in early morning raid
Men taken from Witherspoon Street apartment building by immigration agents. By: Jennifer Potash Several illegal immigrants living in Princeton Borough were rounded up during a dawn raid Wednesday by federal immigration agents. About eight or nine adult males were taken from a Witherspoon Street apartment building, according to one woman, also an illegal resident, who…
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Princeton parents file Title IX suit against schools
Softball program subject to sex discrimination, they charge. By: David Campbell A group of parents has filed suit in the federal District Court against Princeton Regional Schools, alleging the district is violating the rights of their daughters under federal law and the U.S. Constitution. The parents are represented by Samuel J. Schiller of Tennessee-based Schiller…
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Rep. Ferguson to visit Stonebridge at Montgomery
MONTGOMERY U.S Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-7) will make a speech and answer questions from the public at 1 p.m. Monday at Stonebridge at Montgomery, a senior living community off Montgomery Road. Rep. Ferguson is being challenged in his bid for re-election by Westfield resident Steve Brozak, an investment banker. The 7th Congressional District includes…
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The monsters are waiting. . . Local fright nights are a real scream
LIFESTYLE By: Kyle Moylan A little girl, about 7, leaned forward timidly onto her knees, giving her just enough height to see over the wooden sides of the open wagon where she sat. With the hayride about to take off into the night of the haunted cornfield and woods around Windsor Farm, 1202 Windsor Road,…
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Volunteers help prevent flood damage at library
Volunteers work together to help prevent water damage to books at the Cranbury Public Library. By: Josh Appelbaum Three Cranbury Public Library patrons and the library staff got more than they bargained for on Sept. 28, when the building’s roof began leaking as a result of heavy rains caused by the remains of Hurricane Jeanne.…
