Category: archives
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Plainsboro Village Center construction to begin
Planning Board reviews building designs; work expected to begin in June. By: Shanay Cadette PLAINSBORO Expect to see something other than piles of dirt at the Village Center this summer. In the "very near future, you’ll see something coming out of the ground," Thomas Troy, senior vice president of Sharbell Development Corp., told Planning…
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Greenway Meadows Park to open Saturday with events
A grand-opening ceremony for Greenway Meadows Park off Rosedale Road is planned for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The event comes about three years after Princeton Township and regional land trust Delaware & Raritan Greenway closed the $7.4 million deal to preserve about 55 acres of the former Robert Wood Johnson property for active and…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet
DISPATCHES: It’s time to admit our mistakes in Iraq We gotta get outta this place If it’s the last thing we ever do Eric Burdon and the Animals It is an understatement to say that things have gone terribly wrong in Iraq. There is a smoldering insurgency that seems to be growing by the…
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Strak cools for MHS tennis
By: Joseph Harvie The Monroe High School tennis squad’s hot streak has hit a rough spot. "We’re on somewhat on the slide," coach Jim Kushner said. "We were 9-7. We lost to Sayreville, 3-2. We lost 4-1 to Bishop Ahr. We’re just in a slide." In the previous two weeks the Falcons had defeated Spotswood,…
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Taking time for tea
Church event to give women a breather By: Matthew Kirdahy The First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury hosts an afternoon for women every year because by the end of just about any week, many women find themselves out of gas and low on energy. And when the weekends hit, there often is even less time to…
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Princeton Township mayor named to canal commission
Gov. James E. McGreevey has nominated Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand for appointment to the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission. The commission oversees the development and maintenance of the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park. The nomination is subject to approval by the state Senate. Also appointed by the governor were Richard Albert of Trenton…
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Nursery program so popular parents losing sleep over it
Montgomery Kid Connection has moms and dads pulling all-nighters to be in line for signups. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY It is slowly becoming an unofficial Montgomery custom though perhaps one that many parents would like to avoid. Camping out at the township municipal building in order to guarantee their children spots at the…
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Lack of trees cited at new Montgomery High campus
Environmental Commission urges more plantings. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY Years after the plans for the new high school were adopted and with construction of the school well under way, questions about the environmental friendliness of the school, particularly its landscaping, are being raised by members of the township Environmental Commission. Members of the commission…
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Town targets noisy trucks
Proposed Monroe ordinance would prohibit engine-braking. By: Joseph Harvie MONROE The loud noises that trucks make when using unconventional means to stop their vehicles could end in the township soon. The Monroe Township Council introduced an ordinance that would ban engine-braking on township roads and are expected to vote on the ordinance by June,…
