Category: archives
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Borough moves to resolve dispute over sewer property
Mayor casts tiebreaking vote to share ownership of site with township. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council Tuesday deadlocked over a proposal to add Princeton Township to the deed for lands surrounding a former sewer plant off River Road, causing Mayor Marvin Reed to be the tiebreaker in favor of the proposal. The council…
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Hightstown Borough Council Briefs
Council to allow more cats;borough appoints a new attorney; water-saving tank By: Sarah Winkelman Hightstown to allow more cats Cat lovers may soon be able to welcome more cats into their homes. The borough is considering an ordinance that would allow up to four cats to reside in each home. Currently, the borough limits the…
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Park group offering new sites for high school
Park Savers suggest alternate plans for site. By: Al Wicklund MONROE A list of eight Monroe Township properties as possible alternate sites for the construction of a new high school was given to the Township Council at its Monday night meeting by Park Savers, a group opposed to using 35 acres of Thompson Park…
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VW EuroVan: Price of nostalgia not exactly cheap
I was looking forward to getting the VW EuroVan Weekender because I thought it would be fun to drive, not to mention a bit of a nostalgic tip-of-the-hat to the days of youth, adventure and future promise. It was, in fact, kind of fun to drive around, but the overall impression was that nostalgia is…
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Township eyes ways to cut cost of station
Committee proposes a $2 million spending cap. By: Matt Kirdahy The Township Committee wants to limit how much it spends on a new police station. On Monday, the Township Committee proposed a spending cap of $2 million on the construction of the proposed new home for the Cranbury police on Station Road. The station originally…
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Brothers overcame early worries to become master scuba divers
Greeks are only two NJ junior to achieve status By: Justin Feil For a few minutes before their first scuba diving experience, Matt and David Greek were a little worried. Make that a lot worried. "I think we were both pretty frightened," said Matt, who was 7 years old on that first dive. "As soon…
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Legion team competed despite injuries
Post 12 played well against top teams By: Rudy Brandl Injuries always hurt most when they leave a team depleted in a certain area. In baseball, there’s trouble when most of those injuries knock off members of the pitching staff. That’s precisely what happened to the Manville-Somerville American Legion team this summer. Post 12 lost…
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Saudi religious police helping foster dissent
To the editor Recently, an American investigation found that the Saudi Arabian royal family contributed money to terrorism. As one can imagine, the offended and angry Saudis sent Foreign Affairs Minister Saud al-Faisal to the White House to ask for the declassification of pages in the American report that implicated the Saudis in terrorism. Whether…
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Long closed session occupies Pennington officials
Focus of meeting was unknown matters pertaining to Karen Waldron, who is borough administrator and borough clerk. By John Tredrea For more than two hours Monday night, Pennington Borough Council was in closed session, discussing unknown matters pertaining to Karen Waldron, who is borough administrator and borough clerk. When the council re-emerged from behind closed…
