Category: archives
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KIDS AND COMMUNITY: A peaceful country begins with emotionally healthy people
KIDS AND COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle:The government should do more to help prevent teen suicide. By: Judy Shepps Battle The recent capture of Saddam Hussein indisputably proves our government’s ability to achieve any goal it chooses. Once US leaders made it a top priority to find Saddam and his henchmen, significant manpower and financial…
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Cougar offense unfurled
MHS girls’ basketball off to perfect start with Princeton look By: Justin Feil Frequently these days, Montgomery High girls’ basketball team practices are interrupted for the question: "Why?" And the answer is not as simple as: "Because." Though they returned all but two seniors from last year’s 16-9 team, the Cougars made a major change…
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WW-P South boys look for better results
Pirates drop season opener to Ewing By: Bob Nuse Eric Mooney was hoping to see positive results right away. "As a new coach, you always want to see it happen right away," said Mooney, who is in his first year as the head boys’ basketball coach at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South. "You tend to get…
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PU men drop third straight
Lafayette wins eighth straight By: Justin Feil The Princeton University men’s basketball team could not complete the sweep of its Patriot League schedule. Lafayette beat the Tigers, 47-44, Monday night for its eighth straight win. The Tigers beat Colgate and Holy Cross to open the year. The Leopards came back from a 13-point second-half deficit…
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LIFESTYLE: Hands-on experience
Reiki masters heal clients by using the power of touch to transfer energy. By: Melissa Morgan Like a Native American medicine woman bringing the news of new remedies to her tribe, reiki master JoAnne D’Acunto captivated her audience, sitting around her in a circle, at the South Brunswick Senior Center. During a presentation about the…
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Ethnographic Treasures
The State Museum exhibits the Colin and Janice McBurney art collection from Africa, North America and New Guinea. By: Amy Brummer Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski Plains Indian breastplate of bone and glass beads. Inside the Plexiglas box, a wooden spoon sits among a group of brass boxes adorned with a variety of sculpted figures.…
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Welsh’s holiday twice as nice
WW-PS coach, wife happy newborn twins’ journey brings them home By: Bob Nuse Brian Welsh likes to make sure each soccer season has a theme at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South. "The back of our shirts this year said, ‘Within the journey lies the answer.’ I have a theme and a slogan for everything," said Welsh,…
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Pair charged in South Brunswick home invasion
Resident charged as accomplice in robbery attempt. By: Hank Kalet A home invasion ended with the arrest of two men including one from South Brunswick on Saturday. Police charged Rafael Ramos of Major Road with robbery and burglary and Joseph Ellis, 22, of New Brunswick with robbery, burglary, kidnapping, criminal sexual contact, unlawful possession of…
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‘Stuck on You’
In the Farrelly brothers’ attempt at high-mindedness, a kinder, gentler comedy emerges. By: Bob Brown Matt Damon (left) and Greg Kinnear are inseparable brothers in Stuck on You "For our movies to work," said Peter Farrelly of the filmmaking Farrelly brothers, "audiences must care about the characters. When we develop a film, we start…
