Category: archives
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PU football still fine-tuning before opener.
Scrimmages helping answer some questions. By: Justin Feil While twAs the days count down until the Princeton University football team’s opener, the Tigers are getting closer to a picture of what to expect this season.o-a-day practices have been helpful, the Tigers have found some of their most valuable information from two recent scrimmages. Thursday night,…
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East Windsor boy is bike racing champ
Six-year-old Lenny Hicks IV won a State Championship title in BMX racing. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval EAST WINDSOR While some 6-year-olds are just taking off their bike’s training wheels, Lenny Hicks IV is flying down a dirt track and jumping multiple bumps on his bicycle. Lenny is an exception to children his age and…
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A time for sacred memories
Their faces haunt me still. Lovely faces, plain faces, homely and irregular faces. They always will but even more so in this Jewish High Holy Day season. SPEAKING UP – BY: Sally Friedman They are the faces in the room walled with photographs that stopped my heart during a long-ago visit to the United…
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Cranbury mulling skate park
Cranbury considering insurance options for proposed skate park. By: Josh Appelbaum The Township Committee is weighing the costs and logistics of insuring a proposed township-run skate park. Township Committeeman Thomas Panconi attended an Aug. 26 meeting of the Recreation Commission and reported to the committee Aug. 30 that the township’s joint insurance fund would meet…
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Vacation volunteering abroad helps family see world anew.
WEST WINDSOR An old adage claims "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." In this case, a little work combined with a little play transformed one family’s vacation into a fun and memorable way to give back to a community. By: Shanay Cadette Instead of a pleasure trip, Audrey Rothbloom and…
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It’s all about the team for MHS stars
By: Redd E. Patrick Juniors Liz Segarra and Scott Roman are both determined to improve on their individual performances of a year ago for the Monroe High School girls and boys cross country teams, but they both seem to be more interested in team goals than personal – the way it should be. As a…
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Letters to the Herald
For the Sept. 10 issue. Kerry, not Bush, focused on Vietnam service record To the editor: Matt Gutkin of East Windsor in last week’s letter to the editor ("Bush attacking Kerry to deflect attention from own record") has it wrong regarding the issue of John Kerry’s military record. It is not the Bush campaign…
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Proposal targets new school cap rules
A state law that lowers the spending cap on school budgets and restricts the amount of money a district can keep as surplus could be overturned. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi A state law that lowers the spending cap on school budgets and restricts the amount of money a district can keep as surplus could be…
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New arrivals at Palmer Square.
Palmer Square plans to welcome a few new retail stores as well as make more space for an existing tenant this fall. By: Jennifer Potash Honey West, a women’s clothing boutique run by sisters Annie and Marisa Perini, will open in the fall. Annie Perini recently worked as a designer for the national boutique Anthropologie…
