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  • MILESTONES

    Issue of May 20-23 GOOD DEEDS    Fleet demonstrated its commitment to funding programs that strengthen communities and provide opportunities by becoming a year-round platinum sponsor of Special Olympics New Jersey. A $25,000 check was presented to SONJ recently as athletes train for the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games, which will take place May 30-June…

  • Chit-Chat-May 22

    Sparkle Week ‘trashed’ by bargain hunters By: Merle Citron    Sparkle Week has become something of a tradition in Lambertville.    Ellen Pineno, who is the office manager for the Lambertville Area Chamber of Commerce, told me, "You won’t believe this. I got an e-mail from someone who wanted to know where the festival was where the…

  • Princeton Township budget brings 5-cent tax hike

    Unanimous approval for $27.5 million spending plan. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee unanimously approved a $27.5 million 2003 municipal budget Monday night that carries a 5-cent increase in the municipal tax rate.    Under the approved budget, the owner of a home assessed at the township average of $411,847 would pay $2,347.53 in municipal…

  • Giving a voice to memory

    Former Plainsboro resident and poet contributes to township’s veterans memorial. By: Michael Redmond Early on Memorial Day, Plainsboro Township will be dedicating its newly constructed Veterans Memorial Garden at the Municipal Building with appropriate ceremony.    Among the township’s invited guests will be Charles H. Johnson, a longtime resident of Plainsboro until he moved to Red…

  • Obituaries-May 22

    Thelma Davidson    EWING — Thelma L. Davidson, 81, died Tuesday, May 13, at her home in Ewing.    Born in Ringtown, Pa., and a resident of Ewing for 50 years, she retired from the State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation, and was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ewing.    Widow of Paul Davidson and…

  • Perfect strangers win as doubles pair

    MHS’ Voutier, Eckhardt hoping for sectional title By: Justin Feil    Jordan Voutier and Jeremy Eckhardt didn’t even know each other before the start of the Montgomery High boys’ tennis season and weren’t even playing together when the season began. But soon after, the two formed a solid union as the Cougars’ first doubles pairing.    Thursday…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 20

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 20 By: Library will seek recovery of funds To the editor:     A recent letter from Mr. Paul Kapp noted the lack of public outcry over a $100,000 "mistake" on the new library construction project and the apparent "nonchalant allocation of this mistake to the contingency fund."    Let me clarify…

  • WW-P anti-bullying policy under study

    Policy also calls for employee training and programs to prevent bullying, harassment, intimidation and hazing. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education took a first look last week at a new policy to prevent bullying, intimidation, harassment and hazing in district schools.    The policy provides thorough definitions of bullying, intimidation, harassment and…

  • Clinton urges international cooperation at fund-raiser

    Trenton talk benefits Greenwood House. By: Jennifer Potash    TRENTON — Former President Bill Clinton called for greater cooperation and partnerships among world nations as a means of fostering peace during a visit to the state capital on Sunday.    Mr. Clinton spoke before an audience of 1,800 in The War Memorial’s Patriot Theater as part of…