Category: archives
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Having a salty time on a belated Father’s Day
TANGENTS by John Saccenti In the ever changing world of me, John Saccenti, minor holidays are often celebrated on days other than those assigned by greeting card companies. So, it was no surprise to me that my father and I were fortunate enough to have Father’s Day fall on a gorgeous Friday afternoon last week,…
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Business of winning booming in Montgomery
All-star 11-year-olds win state baseball crown again By: Justin Feil They don’t wear business suits, but the Montgomery 11-year-old all-star baseball team treats the Cal Ripken New Jersey state tournament something like a hostile takeover. For the second straight year, Montgomery closed the deal, this time with a 10-0 win over Marlton in five innings…
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Traffic light sorely needed
Police say Lincoln Avenue intersection is dangerous. By: Rebecca Tokarz JAMESBURG A yet-to-be built traffic light at the oddly configured intersection of Lincoln, East and West Railroad and Gatzmer avenues can’t come soon enough, police officials said. "That intersection has become increasingly difficult in recent years because of the significant growth in traffic," Police…
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Letters to the Herald
For the Aug. 1 issue Borough budget stresses need for tax convention To the editor: Congratulations to Hightstown resident Mitch Dorum for his realization that local officials can’t, and won’t, control our ever-spiraling property tax rates (letter, July 25). Now we can only hope that Mr. Dorum and others, appalled at Hightstown’s recent smoke-and-mirrors…
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Young Frenchman jogs the world for peace
Stops by Princeton on way down East Coast, to Mexico and points south. By: Stephanie Kmec Some people run for health. Others to find inner peace. Sylvain Quenel is running for world peace. The 22-year-old Frenchman who has become famous for his around-the-world jog stopped in Princeton Sunday, resting briefly at the home of Sharon…
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Water rates could rise
Elizabethtown eyes hike. By: Jennifer Potash Cranbury residents could find themselves paying 11.6 percent more for the water it buys from the Elizabethtown Water Co. if a proposed rate hike is approved by the state Board of Public Utilities. The water company has filed a petition with the BPU seeking an across-the-board 11.6 percent increase…
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Swimming all in the family
Loughrans help West Windsor capture PASDA division By: Bob Nuse It seemed inevitable that eventually Chris and Jan Loughran’s children were going to find their way to the swimming pool. Both parents were members of Princeton University’s swim program. Chris, a member of the Class of 1979, and Jan (nee Denise), a member of the…
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Local group pushes for Wesley Clark candidacy
Retired general target of grass-routes presidential effort. By: Jennifer Potash A group of local residents is seeking to reinstate the draft for a former military man retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark. His new position? U.S. president, they hope. The Internet-based movement to coax the former four-star general to seek the Democratic nomination for president…
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‘Crimes of the Heart’
Somerset Valley Playhouse explores family dilemmas. By: Stuart Duncan Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart walks a thin tightrope, somewhere between melodrama and parody. The work, first presented at the Humana Festival in 1979, reached New York the following year. It won the 1981 Pulitizer Prize for Drama. Critics like to describe it as outrageously…
