Category: archives
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Parking upgrades to begin in July
New trees and parking islands slated for Cranbury School. By: Sarah Winkelman Construction of the second phase of the Cranbury School parking lot is slated to begin July 1, school officials announced Tuesday. On Tuesday, the school board awarded a $130,350 construction contract to Halecon Inc. of Bridgewater. The contract includes rehabilitation of the lot,…
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Letters to the Editor
For the April 16 issue. Board president defends budget, district’s progress To the editor: On Tuesday, voters of the East Windsor Regional School District will be asked to approve our school district’s budget for the upcoming school year. At this time last year, the Board of Education promised that you will see a new…
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Week of April 16, 2004
Flemington, Princeton, South Brunswick, Middletown Richard A. Weidel, Jr., president of Weidel Realtors, and Nancy Lynn Broderick, manager of the Weidel Flemington office, are pleased to announce that Mark Jacobson, sales associate, is celebrating his tenth year as a sales associate with the company. "Mark Jacobson provides the highest level of Five Star service, for…
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Princeton Area Community Foundation offers workshop
The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF) will host a free legal maintenance workshop presented by the ProBono Partnership on Wednesday, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at PACF’s office, 15 Princess Road in Lawrenceville. The workshop is a complete "check-up" on legal issues for nonprofit organizations and includes review of bylaws, legal and fiduciary…
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East Windsor yoga class begins
East Windsor residents seek balance for the mind, body and spirit at Recreation Department yoga class. By: David Pescatore EAST WINDSOR A soaking rain may have kept some away, but it did not stop three township residents from attending the opening session of this year’s adult yoga class. Sponsored by the Recreation Department, the…
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Ban on engine idling in Princeton Township approved
Measure, identical to Princeton Borough’s, grants numerous exemptions. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee approved an ordinance Monday night that bans engine idling on public streets and publicly accessible venues like commercial parking lots. Under the ordinance, which is identical to one already in place in Princeton Borough, vehicles stopped on public streets and…
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‘The United States of Leland’
An earnest juvenile-hall teacher probes the origins of a clean-cut youth’s brutal crime in this semi-autobiographical film. By: Bob Brown Sometimes a film is so fertile with intentions that the main message gets tangled in the underbrush. Screenwriter/director Matthew Ryan Hoge undoubtedly has learned much about human nature from his stint as a teacher in…
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Pitching, defense has Peddie off to 3-1-1 start
By: Neil Hay It is fairly easy to describe the 2004 Peddie softball team in a few choice words. Barbarajean and defense. That is the spin put on it by Peddie Coach Tim O’Reilly after his Falcons defeated visiting Hightstown, 4-0, on Monday. "That is the name of the game for us," said O’Reilly after…
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TVs, corn and politics
New Jersey Democrat Ellen Karcher discusses her life as a senator with Perry L. Drew School fourth-graders. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN Fourth-graders from the Perry L. Drew School got an insider’s view of the State House on Tuesday when state Sen. Ellen Karcher stopped by to discuss civics, politics, and state symbols. Sen. Karcher,…
