Category: archives
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Pole’s goal provides dramatic win for Monroe girls soccer
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The Monroe Township High School varsity girls’ soccer team must include acting lessons in its practices, because the Lady Falcons went for a dramatic finish to Tuesday’s home game against South Plainfield. Junior Kari Pole broke a 1-1 tie with about three seconds left in regulation, saving her teammates from overtime.…
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Monroe gaining status in field hockey
By: Rich Fisher The headline in Wednesday’s daily paper might be the best indication of how far the Monroe High field hockey program has come in just a short time. It said simply "Metuchen upsets Monroe." It is hard to remember when the word "upset" was placed before Monroe in a headline concerning field hockey.…
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Letter: MTHS will make a great middle school
To the editor: Passing the bond referendum means that our current high school becomes a new middle school. What a wonderful facility to have for a middle school. More space to accommodate the increasing number of students. Better science facilities. More room for lunch periods and physical education. And the best part, no cost…
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OBITUARIES, Sept. 26
Simeon Hutner, George Kammeyer, Joseph M. Lanzetta Jr., Alexander C. Nowasadko, Suzanne R. McGeorge By: Simeon Hutner First president of Unitarian Church MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Dr. Simeon Hutner of Princeton and Ripton, Vt., died Sept. 19 at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury after a long illness. He was 85. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he…
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Summit to convene on downtown parking
Princeton Borough hopes to inform the public and the merchants about parking sources ahead of the winter holiday shopping season. By: Jennifer Potash The parking problem in Princeton is not a lack of spaces, some observers say, but confusion on how to find them. To bring the various parking players together, Princeton Borough elected officials…
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Letter: Candidate misleads on referendum plan
To the editor: I feel compelled to respond to the Republican candidate for Township Council’s misguided claim concerning the innovative land exchange proposal that will ultimately result in a new high school being built on 35 acres in Thompson Park. The candidate states that even if the Dec. 9 bond referendum is approved, the…
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Township seeking volunteers
Volunteers sought for October’s "Clean Up East Windsor Township to Preserve Open Space Month." By: David Pescatore EAST WINDSOR During the month of October, the township will be looking for volunteers to pick up litter while helping to raise money for open space preservation. Dubbed "Clean Up East Windsor Township to Preserve Open Space…
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Alchemy of Abstraction
The artwork of Tim Trelease takes the seeds of simple materials and sows them into something precious. By: Susan Van Dongen "Any time you work with found objects, especially things you find in the trash, it’s an alchemical act," says Tim Trelease, who chairs the arts department at the Peddie School. "Return to the Garden"…
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For the Sept. 26 issue
Diane Lynn Martindell, Josephine Chianese DeAngelo, Marguerite Mae Mentzer Schwear, Earle I. McKnight, George "Bill" Kammeyer. Diane Lynn Martindell PHILLIPSBURG Diane Lynn Martindell, 56, died Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Care Center of Phillipsburg. She was born July 1, 1947, in Allentown, Pa., to the late George Drawbaugh and Madeline Merritt-Drawbaugh. Her husband Wayne…
