Category: archives
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Lonely no more
Teens organize youth visits to nursing home. By: Gwen McNamara When Lauren and Andrew O’Brien would go to visit their great-grandmother at the nursing home at the Pavilions at Forrestal in Plainsboro, they noticed a disheartening reality not every resident would get a lot of visitors. So when their great-grandmother died earlier this year,…
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Letter: Town leaders succeed without preservation
To the editor: I read with interest about the 35 acres on Avenue K in the Outcalt section of Monroe Township that is currently being transformed by the township for parkland and recreation. I want to extend my gratitude to Mayor Richard Pucci and the Township Council for recognizing the importance of acquiring parks…
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Tucker hopes he fits the Bills
PU grad hoping to make third NFL team in three years By: Justin Feil For each of the past three seasons, Ross Tucker has had to start from scratch to impress a new coaching staff. The Princeton University graduate is trying to make his third different National Football League team in three years. The Buffalo…
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Journey to the center of the Americas
Young volunteer helps build houses and relationships in Honduras. By: Jillian Kalonick As 17-year-old Zach Lichtstrahl of Princeton embarked on a volunteer trip to Honduras to build houses, he was equipped with one year of high school Spanish, and had little idea of what to expect. "I at least knew how to ask where the…
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Montgomery teen killed in accident in South Jersey
Nicola E. Cox was on a mission to help the animals she loved. By: David Campbell MONTGOMERY Nicola E. Cox, 18, of Lehigh Court died Tuesday shortly after her car was struck by a tractor-trailer on Route 40 in Salem County. The teenager graduated in June from Montgomery High School and was preparing to…
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Noisten becomes big fish in little PASDA pond
CVCC breaststroker is among finest in the state By: Justin Feil When Laura Noisten was 9 years old, the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association Championship felt like a giant meet. "It was kind of different," Noisten remembered. "I was only used to small meets." Now, the PASDA Championships are one of the smaller meets…
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Summer studies
Volunteers help students with math, English. By: Brooke Olster Monroe children have hardly been slacking off this summer when it comes to keeping up with reading and math. Instead of playing hide-and-seek, for example, with their friends outside, many are spending their summer cozied up in a comfortable chair or couch with a volunteer who…
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Playing a round for Cranbury’s playgrounds
Locals take part in Mayor’s Golf Tournament. By: Matt Kirdahy CRANBURY The conditions were the driest the area had seen in weeks and local golfers took advantage of it at the 15th annual Mayor’s Golf Tournament. The course, Peddie Golf Course in Hightstown, looked untouched. The tee boxes were divot-free and track marks had…
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‘Fen’ remembers when
Cranbury native Joanne (Fenity) Zapicchi looks back on an outstanding track career as she enters Hightstown High Hall of Fame By: Neil Hay From running up and down the Eiffel Tower, to running with her husband, to being among this year’s class of inductees entering the Hightstown High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Joanne Fenity…
