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Montgmery schools review state mandates
Board hears presentations on No Child Left Behind program and state special education review. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY At a busy meeting Tuesday night, the Board of Education heard presentations on the school district’s No Child Left Behind program and the results of a state review of its special-education program. Under federal legislation, districts…
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Traffic-calming measures agitate Rocky Hill residents
Some complain of noise at certain intersections. By: Jill Matthews ROCKY HILL Traffic-calming initiatives in Rocky Hill have caught the attention of motorists and nearby residents. On Monday, the Borough Council decided to ask the county if it would be possible to fill in the four brick-like grids, or red street prints, installed…
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WW-P 13s baseball reaches final three
Need three wins for state title By: Bob Nuse MILLVILLE Thanks to three straight wins, West Windsor-Plainsboro was one of just three teams still alive heading into Thursday’s play in the Babe Ruth Southern New Jersey 13-year-old State Tournament. But even as his team rattled off three straight wins, WW-P manager Dave Male still…
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WW-P Legion back in states
Ispirational Gawlak returns for playoffs By: Justin Feil EWING As Rich Gawlak stepped to the Moody Park plate in the eighth inning against Hightstown Post 148 on Tuesday, the crescendo of applause from fans and his West Windsor-Plainsboro Legion baseball teammates seemed a bit out of place. After all, he was seemingly the only…
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Historic farmhouse exempted from senior citizen housing
T.H. Mount Farmhouse in East Windsor will not be subject to age limitations despite being located on age-specific housing property. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval EAST WINDSOR Future residents of the historic T.H. Mount Farmhouse on One Mile Road won’t be subject to age limitations, even though the house is located on age-specific housing property.…
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Borough taxes remain stable
Jamesburg residents won’t see increase in municipal tax By:Joseph Harvie JAMESBURG For the second year in a row, borough residents will not see an increase in the municipal tax rate. A week after receiving state extraordinary aid figures, the Jamesburg council approved and adopted its 2004 $2.6 million municipal budget Wednesday night. In addition…
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Township man gets 3 years for stabbing
East Windsor man plead guilty to one count of aggravated assault in June for stabbing his 18-day-old niece in the chest and abdomen multiple times with scissors. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval TRENTON An East Windsor man was sentenced to three years in prison last week after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated assault…
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Going for the gold
U.S. Men’s Olympic rowing team trains on Lake Carnegie. By: Diane Landis Hackett It is the end of a warm summer day and the U.S. Men’s Olympic Rowers stretch and wait for their coach to arrive at the Princeton University Boat House. The athletes, who have been training six hours a day for at least…
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‘I want to inspire the world’
Disabled Peruvian citizen hiking from Boston to Miami. By: Jennifer Potash Neither rain nor rude drivers nor bad roads seem to stop Julio Montoya on his walk from Boston to Miami this summer. Nor is he slowed by a major physical disability that makes his long-distance trek stand out as a major achievement of the…
