Category: archives
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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…
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MTBA complex makes cosmetic improvements
By: Rich Fisher Although the problem of too few fields still exists for the Monroe Township Baseball Association, what facilities the league does have has gotten a nice facelift this summer. Although the improvements are not being done to the field itself, the James Monroe Park complex has had some other things spruced up, including…
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Use California car standards in New Jersey
EDITORIAL To hear the most rabid environmentalists tell it, adoption in New Jersey of the so-called "California car" would solve all of the Garden State’s air-pollution problems. To hear the business community tell it, bringing the California car to New Jersey would bankrupt many of the state’s industries, starting with automobile manufacturers and car dealerships.…
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Library rent triples at end of year
Library officials renew shopping center lease as new library remains on course for April opening. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Public Library remains on course for a late April completion of its new $18 million building. And with its original lease expiring at the end of this year, library officials approved a new lease Tuesday…
