Category: archives
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Letter: MoveOn ad unfairly rejected
To the editor: This letter is in reference to the ongoing issue concerning the network CBS and its refusal to air advocacy ads during the Super Bowl. The First Amendment doesn’t mean a whole lot if people are denied access to the airwaves. CBS has a constitutional obligation to air opposing points of view.…
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Three traffic lights coming to Montgomery Route 601
Intersections at Cherry Valley Road, new high school drive and Skillman Road are targeted. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY For those who inch along in traffic at various intersections on Route 601, help is on the way. The Montgomery Township Committee authorized its business administrator Thursday to enter into an agreement with Somerset County for…
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Man killed in accident
Aberdeen man pronounced dead on the scene of Texas Road accident. By: Al Wicklund MONROE An Aberdeen man died in a two-car accident on Texas Road Tuesday. Police said Christopher Marshall, 48, was fatally injured when his westbound 1994 Plymouth Voyager van went out of control and went into the eastbound lane, where it…
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Students deliver on character traits
Barclay Brook School becomes Character County for two weeks. By: Joseph Harvie MONROEThe children at Barclay Brook School are putting their carrier caps on and filling their mailbags. For the next two weeks, Barclay Brook will transform into Character County, with each class to be given an address linked to a specific character trait. "Each…
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Princeton schools seek solution to achievement gap
Statistics on SAT scores, AP enrollment tell troubling story. By: Jeff Milgram During the 2002-2003 school year, 309 Princeton High School students took the SAT, achieving a mean score of 1,246 out of a possible 1,600 points. Asian students registered a mean score of 1,312, while white students came in at 1,239. But blacks scored…
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Borough PTA is short on funds
PTA looks for ways to raise more money. By: Rebecca Tokarz JAMESBURG The borough’s Parent-Teacher Association has not had as much success raising funds this year as it has in the past. And that’s not good news for an organization that supports the district’s athletic programs, class trips, assemblies, the eighth-grade prom and other…
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Exploring New Jersey’s tales, trails
THE STATE WE’RE IN By: Michele S. Byers While snowstorms continue to roll across our frozen state, you’re probably spending way too much time cooped up inside! But before cabin fever sets in, try reading a new book about New Jersey and prepare for some spring exploration. "Tales and Trails: New Jersey’s Places, People and…
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Knit Wit
Christine Lavin will be in stitches with her fans at Trenton’s Mill Hill Playhouse. By: Susan Van Dongen Garrulous singer- songwriter and humorist Christine Lavin is looking for a few good men. Her Feb. 12 performance at Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton will feature Ms. Lavin’s own kind of "man show," where she’ll be on…
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After delay, WW council to view proposed budget
Members to spend week examining document. By: Shanay Cadette WEST WINDSOR Township Council members expect to get a first look at the administration’s budget proposal by today. Members said at Monday night’s meeting that they have already received the capital budget, but there’s been a delay in getting the operating budget proposal. Officials blamed…
