Category: archives
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McKnight School to be demolished
East Windsor’s Ethel McKnight School is scheduled to be rebuilt, but plans are behind schedule. By: David Pescatore EAST WINDSOR Of all the construction projects at the East Windsor Regional School District’s six schools, the plans for the Ethel McKnight School are at once the most extensive and the simplest tear it down…
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Aug. 22, 9 a.m.: Five for Friday
An albums list lacking in solid albums. By: Hank Kalet Friday’s five is a little different than the last one I offered. This week I look at the Billboard Top 50 albums list in despair. Of the top 20 albums, only Coldplay’s "A Rush of Blood to the Head" is on my to buy list,…
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Survey ranks university No. 2 in key categories
Princeton Review sees school as second in academic program and hardest in getting into. By: Jeff Milgram According to a survey of 106,000 students at 351 top colleges, Princeton University has the second-best academic program in North America and is the second-hardest school to get into. Only Yale was ranked higher in providing students with…
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Leading sociologist accepts Princeton post
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has lured Douglas S. Massey, a leading sociologist and urban policy and immigration expert, away from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Massey will join the Princeton faculty in September. He will have a dual appointment at the Woodrow Wilson School and Princeton’s sociology department. Professor Massey…
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LIFESTYLE: Animal Encounters
Pet shop owners brings his love of all creatures – even creepy and crawly – to children. By: Brook Olster The audience gasped as a 35-pound boa constrictor snake slithered around the neck of a child on Friday. A hedgehog, 4-foot iguana, rabbit and guinea pig were also part of an animal demonstration offered twice…
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Kayaking teens save man’s life
Hightstown High School graduates rescue local man while on their annual kayaking trip on the Delaware River. By: David Pescatore It is a tradition for five friends from Hightstown High School the annual summer kickoff kayaking trip on the Delaware River. They have been going since the eighth grade, when they were all in…
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Twin Rivers missionary returns from South Africa
Recent Hightstown High School graduate Lena Wong returns from ninth mission trip. By: David Pescatore EAST WINDSOR Lena Wong did not attend her Hightstown High School graduation ceremony in June; she had something more important to do. Lena, 17, left a week earlier to embark on a two-month mission to South Africa. "It was…
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Interlocal police deal comes to abrupt halt
Rocky Hill baffled by state’s decision. By: Paul Sisolak ROCKY HILL A new interlocal police partnership between the borough and South Bound Brook has hit a speed bump. The plan, intended to put South Bound Brook police on patrol in Rocky Hill on a part-time basis, was abruptly halted July 25 only a…
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PU study tracks emotion’s role in subverting logic
Emotional impulse and rational thinking clash in different parts of the brain. Anyone who follows the financial markets can see that people do not always make economic decision rationally. But Princeton University researchers think they’ve found out why: People’s choices can depend in part on what region of their brain emerges victorious from a battle…
