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Water main break fails to stop post office work
A flooded backroom and lack of power caused the Hightstown Post Office to operate from the parking lot on Oct. 4. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN A flooded backroom and lack of power at the Hightstown Post Office didn’t stop mail clerks from servicing the community on Monday. The office’s water main broke Sunday morning…
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Library talk to educate parents about kids and eating disorders
Early intervention termed critical. By: Jennifer Potash A parent may ask a teenage child "What’s eating you?" in response to the teen’s bad mood, but the parent may also want to ask the same question to a child at risk of developing an eating disorder. The Princeton Regional Health Department, in partnership with several community…
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OBITUARY: Irving Pawa
Irving Pawa, 80, of Monroe died Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Saint Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he lived in Piscataway and West Orange, and Miami and Boca Raton, Fla., before moving to Monroe in 1982. He was a dean of students and vice president at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he worked…
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War and Music
Passage Theatre’s ‘Willie B. Came Into the Sun’ finds the chords of human pain. By: Susan Van Dongen From left, Adam Overett, Joy Franz and Johnny Tran will perform in Passage Theatre’s Wille B.Came Into the Sun. When playwright Jean Sterret traveled to Vietnam, she kept hearing spontaneous laughter as she walked the streets of…
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Letters to the Herald
For the Oct. 8 issue. District needs to think differently about schools’ poor performance To the editor: I was dismayed to learn last week that the East Windsor Regional School District had failed 11 of its 12 academic goals. I cannot understand why residents of this community are not expressing more concern for this…
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CHS royalty
Central High Homecoming Scott Orr (left) and Natalie Mapp congratulate each other during the pep rally held Friday (Oct. 1) morning at Central High. They were crowned king and queen for this year’s Homecoming celebration at the school. Events, which included a parade, dance and athletic contests, were held Oct. 1 and 2.
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Repair of roof at HHS to start in November
State funding and money from the district’s emergency fund balance will be used to replace a section of the Hightstown High School roof. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN The emergency partial roof replacement at Hightstown High School is expected to begin next month, according to the East Windsor Regional School District’s construction authority. The project…
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 8
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 8 Headline distorts hospital ‘prognosis’ To the editor: Last week, Princeton HealthCare System participated in two public meetings that were organized by the Princeton HealthCare Task Force. We appreciated the community’s interest in hearing what we had to say about our strategic plan and the challenges and opportunities ahead…
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OBITUARY: Elizabeth Matthews
Elizabeth Chisolm Matthews died Saturday, Sept. 25, at Old Bridge Manor. She was born in Ridgeland, S.C., and resided in Newark and Orange before moving to Jamesburg in 1976. She was a laborer in the garment industry in the Newark and North Arlington areas, and a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local…
