Category: archives
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Eagle Scout offers to build split-rail fence on property
Eagle Scout’s project idea was approved by Town Committee Monday. By: Josh Appelbaum Boy Scout Gregory Bredariol wants to build a fence around the West property. The project, part of a service project required to earn the Eagle Scout badge, was approved Monday by the Township Committee. Gregory, 16, of Troop 52 plans to construct…
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Students to learn bus safety
School bus evacuation drill set for Monday. By: Josh Appelbaum The Cranbury School is making sure its students know how to exit school buses in case of an emergency. Vice principal Christine Capaci said all 600 students will learn to assist each other in evacuating buses from front and rear emergency doors when they participate…
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LETTERS: Teachers are professionals
To the editor: Cranbury teachers are true professionals and they deserve to be compensated as such. Our school is integral to the very fabric of our community. It touches the core of every family; highest educational standards, community identification and strong economic base for property values. Without the finest teachers, the school will not…
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Publicity campaign ramps up for new downtown garage
Promotional materials issued; new Web site established. By: Jennifer Potash It’s not just movie stars and rock bands that need public relations campaigns to promote themselves. Princeton Borough just launched a new effort to spotlight the downtown Spring Street parking garage that opened in April. The campaign includes a new parking Web site, www.princetonparking.org, as…
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Man jailed for hit and run
Jamesburg man gets four years in prison for hit and run on June 10, 2003. By: Leon Tovey MONROE A Jamesburg man was sentenced to four years in a state prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault for his involvement in a hit-and-run accident that occurred June 10, 2003, according to…
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DISPATCHES: Unlikely activist takes on war in Iraq
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Mother of soldier killed in Iraq speaks out against President Bush and dubious war. By: Hank Kalet Sue Niederer never expected to find herself on the nightly news. She never expected to be speaking at Rutgers and elsewhere about her views, never expected to find herself being forcibly removed from a…
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LETTER: Stubbornness is a bad policy
To the editor: George W. Bush keeps criticizing John Kerry for shifting his position on the war in Iraq. Is that worse than stubbornly sticking to the same position, even after the evidence indicates you’re wrong? President Bush told the American people that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States, possessed weapons…
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NPDC land deal dies on table
Montgomery to file lawsuit against state for site cleanup. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY After eight years of negotiations over the purchase of the state-owned North Princeton Developmental Center site, the township has stepped away from the negotiating table and announced that it intends to file a federal lawsuit against the state. In response, the…
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Borough wants pay-to-play law
Hightstown Borough is looking to institute a ban on the practice of rewarding political contributors with municipal contracts. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Borough lawmakers are calling for a measure that will ban political contributions to locally elected officials by companies interested in doing business with the borough. The measure is in step with an…
