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Committee revamps grant list
Three properties have been added to the township’s Planning Incentive Grant application for Green Acres funding. By:Sarah Winkelman Three properties have been added to the township’s Planning Incentive Grant application for Green Acres funding. The grant money is from a state program that addresses growing recreational and conservation needs throughout New Jersey. Townships can submit…
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Scholarship opens wounds from Sino-Japanese War
Princeton graduate’s effort to honor Japanese classmate upsets Korean and Chinese students. By: Jeff Milgram In 1934, a young Japanese student enrolled at Princeton University. By all accounts, the student, Fumitaka Konoe, was more serious about making friends than he was about studying. But he was a very special student. His full name was Prince…
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Apartment tenants claim utility bills are flawed
Submetering system at Plainsboro complexes target of complaints. By: Shanay Cadette PLAINSBORO Michael Hawalka owes some $300 in gas and water utility bills and he refuses to pay them. He’s joined by other residents who live in Fox Run, Deer Creek and other apartment complexes in Plainsboro who will not pay their water…
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PHS boys’ lacrosse continues improvement
Little Tigers waiting for big win By: Justin Feil Tyler Moni was well aware of what being a member of the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team has meant in recent seasons. Though just a freshman, Moni wanted to help the Little Tigers continue that success any way possible in his first year. "There’s always pressure,"…
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LIFESTYLE: Aspiring Emerils
Junior chefs learn to make tasty foods and plenty of messes By: Matthew Kirdahy There are two basic rules to being a junior chef. Rule one: Wash your hands. Rule two: Clean as you go. A class of 5-year-old junior chefs and I tried our best to cook by the rules but still made a…
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Mike’s Tavern could be converted to a jazz mecca
Restaurant and club proposed for site on Route 206 in Princeton Township. By: David Campbell A Princeton Township resident is planning to give the site of Mike’s Tavern, the small bar and packaged goods store at Route 206 and Birch Avenue, new life as a jazz restaurant and club. Modeled after popular jazz clubs such…
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Judge holds off on Nyce assets decision
Neil Shuster said he would announce his finding at a yet-to-be-scheduled hearing. By John Tredrea State Superior Court Judge Neil Shuster made no decision Thursday afternoon on whether to lift a freeze on the financial assets of accused murderer Jonathan Nyce. After listening to over an hour’s worth of argument from attorneys involved in the…
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West Windsor Council divided on how to cut tax hike
Many angry words in debate over boosting projected revenues. By: Shanay Cadette WEST WINDSOR Township Council members Monday pointed fingers, hurled accusations and confronted each other and the administration over the 2004 budget proposal. Members have discussed for weeks how to trim Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s proposed 4-cent municipal tax rate hike to 3 cents,…
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Board reorganizes
Cranbury school board swears in two new faces and one incumbent. By: Sarah Winkelman The school board swore in two new members and welcomed back one incumbent during its reorganization meeting Tuesday. Adam Hawes, who was re-elected to a second term, and newcomers Julie Hardaker and Joan Weidner, joined the board after being chosen by…
