Category: archives
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New office eyed to monitor new developments
Mayor Pucci discusses the start of the Department of Planning and Environmental Protection, which will manage the development of the township and attempt to keep open space preserved. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The township says it will monitor developers more closely beginning this year. Mayor Richard Pucci said Wednesday he planned to discuss creating…
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Falcon track teams start strong
By: Carolyn M. Hartko Both Monroe Township High School winter track teams got off on the right foot to begin the 2003-2004 season by scoring victories against Carteret and Perth Amboy in the first division contest on the schedule. Perth Amboy played host to the double/dual meet last week. In the girls’ competition, the Lady…
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West Windsor to restore money to open-space fund
Lengthy debate and charges that council members were spiteful precede split vote. By: Shanay Cadette WEST WINDSOR The ongoing dispute over an $11,000 expenditure of open-space funds got personal even spiteful for some council members at the township’s Monday meeting. The debate finally ended when the council voted 3-2 Monday to have…
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Contruction impacts roil area schools during 2003
Princeton and Montgomery building programs suffer setbacks. By: Jeff Milgram For the Princeton Regional School District, 2003 marked the beginning of the long-awaited $81.3 million school renovation and expansion project and complaints that the construction was hazardous to students and staff. For West Windsor-Plainsboro, the year marked the arrival of a new superintendent, Robert…
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Schools budget more for programs
The East Windsor School district has announced a 23.3 percent increase in spending on student supplies and programs for next year. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN The school district announced recently that it will be spending nearly $1.2 million on student supplies and programs next year, a 23.3 percent increase from this year. The increase…
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OBITUARIES, Jan. 2, 2004
Jordan J. Roth, Beatrice B. Drier, Lawrence C. Ellery Jr., Rosalie L. Sher. Jordan J. Roth Princeton Charter School student Jordan Jay Roth of Princeton died Saturday at home. He was 6 years old. Born in Boston, he was a first-grade student at Princeton Charter School. He loved dinosaurs, reading and the color orange.…
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Letter: CBPA appreciates aid with decorations
To the editor: The Cranbury Business and Professional Association would like to thank Cranbury, and in particular Fred Carr and Tom Witt, for its generosity in subsidizing the time and expense involved in making the holiday decorations along Main Street possible. These festive decorations are a wonderful opportunity for the local businesses and residents…
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New teachers’ contract ratified in Montgomery
Three-year pact brings an average pay hike of 4.99 percent for each year. By: David Campbell MONTGOMERY The Board of Education this week announced the ratification of a new three-year contract with the Montgomery Township Education Association. "I am pleased that once again the Board of Education was able to demonstrate its professionalism and…
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Faith of the Heart
George Street Playhouse’s production of ‘Agnes of God,’ a taut murder mystery set in a convent, promises to be an emotional and thought-provoking drama. By: Jim Boyle Suzzanne Douglas (left) plays a doctor investigating the mysterious death of a baby in a convent and questions the implicated nun, played by Maria Dizzio (right), in the…
