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Netting butterflies and volunteers.
On Saturday, Aug. 14, the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association hosted a combined Butterfly and Volunteer Appreciation Day. Volunteers and guests toured the Buttinger Nature Center, the Kate Gorrie Butterfly House and the grounds of the 825-acre preserve in Pennington. The day’s events included face painting, butterfly crafts, storytelling with Rebecca Kelly, an illustrated talk,…
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PERCEPTIONS: Some details aren’t forgotten three years later
PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl: Remebering the events of 9-11. By: Steve Feitl A lot can be forgotten over three years. In going through my PDA this week, I was surprised to see many things in my 2001 calendar that I had forgotten about. Other events I may have remembered, but I was reminded of when…
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Honda changes plan for 130 dealership
East Windsor residents meet to discuss the possibility of a Honda dealership being constructed close to their homes on Route 130. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval EAST WINDSOR An informal meeting held Wednesday by the mayor helped ease the minds of some homeowners worried about a proposed car dealership to be constructed on Route 130…
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Deer contraception program stepped up. Unusually high fertility rate is cited.
White Buffalo, the Connecticut firm overseeing Princeton Township’s deer-management program, recently vaccinated 30 does in a stepped up effort to address an unexpectedly high fertility rate among immunized deer. By: David Campbell Twenty-three female fawns and seven adult does were captured and treated with SpayVac, an experimental one-shot birth-control vaccine, in the study area in…
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Preserving what’s precious. Historical Society’s purchase of Updike Farm is theme of annual gala.
Not so long ago, most of the Princeton area looked like the Updike Farm: verdant fields overseen by a house, a barn and a retinue of smaller structures. By: Christian Kirkpatrick In the fields grew wheat and corn. Cows grazed, as well. The houses were spacious and practical, big enough to shelter a large family…
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Community events mark 3rd anniversary of 9/11.
Several municipalities in the area will observe the third anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks this weekend. By: Jennifer Potash Princeton Borough Progressive Patriots, a group of Princeton-area residents, will hold a day of commemoration and protest at Monument Park, located in front of Princeton Borough Hall, on Saturday. Beginning at 8…
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2004-2005 school year gets under way: ‘One more year’ at Montgomery High. As schools open, new sports field makes its debut.
MONTGOMERY On Tuesday, 4,965 students returned to the halls of Montgomery’s four cramped district schools, riding it out one more year until the new, $57 million, 400,000-square-foot high school opens next September. By: Jill Matthews "The rest of the country is shouting ‘four more years’ and Montgomery Township is shouting ‘one more year,’" joked…
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New location for used books
The daily Ongoing Sale of gently used books donated to the Friends of the Princeton Public Library has completed its move to a new location near the Welcome Desk on the library’s main floor. The Friends organization donates all book sale income to the Princeton Public Library for the purchase of new books and audio…
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Council unanimously passes Redevelopment Plan
Hightstown Brough Council approves Redevelopment Plan for the Bank Street rug mill area. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Borough Council unanimously passed the Redevelopment Plan of the Bank Street rug mill area Tuesday night during a council meeting before dozens of residents at municipal hall. The plan calls for the construction of new retail and…
