Category: archives
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MT SEPA helps meet the needs of campers
Department of Recreation and Monroe Special Education Parent Association team up to provide summer fun for kids. By: Rebecca Tokarz Two volunteer counselors sat on the floor in the corner of a classroom with a handful of second-grade campers, slowly weaving their own lanyard projects as the campers did the same. As they wove the…
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Formento enjoys JO experience
Princeton resident is among nation’s best By: Bob Nuse Just as Portia Formento reached the top of her field hockey world, she came to find it’s time to start all over again. Formento, a Princeton resident who will be a senior at the Peddie School beginning in September, has just returned from a week at…
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West Windsor 10s win state softball title
Dominate field for second straight crown By: Bob Nuse UPPER DEERFIELD Even though West Windsor entered the 10-year-old Little League softball tournament as the defending state champion, manager Andy Forsell began this year’s tournament with modest goals. "We wanted to make it to the elimination round of the district tournament," said Forsell, who was…
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Lawrence planners approve proposal for ETS expansion
Buildings to accommodate 50 percent increase in employees. By: Lea Kahn LAWRENCE The Educational Testing Service gained the Planning Board’s approval Monday night for a proposed 427,500-square-foot expansion at its Rosedale Road headquarters. The company projects a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of employees at the office campus as a result of…
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Republican pledge clearly had its limits
EDITORIAL Remember term limits? About a dozen years ago, just after Bill Clinton captured the presidency and the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, there erupted from the Republican minority a great hue and cry about the need for term limits. Why? Because veteran senators and representatives had been hanging around Washington too long. They…
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Young is enjoying new role
Coaches team into Princeton hoop final By: Bob Nuse Darius Young has played nearly every role possible as a player and coach in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League. "I’ve had the glory and I’ve been the scorer, now I want to see other people have the glory," said the 33-year-old Young, who has…
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Trainer tastes sweet success of harness victory
East Windsor trainer Jimmy Takter knows how to be successful with females — especially those fillies on the track. By: Kyle Moylan EAST RUTHERFORD Having a father in the business, East Windsor resident Jimmy Takter, 43, who has a farm on Old York Road, started to learn about horses in his native Sweden when…
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Deerwood Country Club Estates in time to please golf enthusiasts
After much anticipation, four homesites are currently available at Deerwood Country Club Estates, a Beazer Homes Corp. community set adjacent to one of South Jerseys most prominent golf courses in Westampton, Burlington County. "Many buyers have been waiting for these particular homesites to become available," says salesperson Mary Ann Bechtel. "Offering views of the future…
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Machito’s Legacy
The Greater Hightstown-East Windsor Improvement Project’s free Cultural Unity Concert features the irresistible sounds of salsa, merengue and traditional Latino folk music and dance. By: Susan Van Dongen TIME OFF PHOTOS: FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI From left: Lead singer Luis Ayala, trombonist David Chamberlain and pianist Igor Atalita perform as Direct Latin Influence in Hightstown Aug. 14.…
