Category: archives
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Presidential hopeful sees leadership void
Former Vermont Democratic Gov. Howard Dean in fund-raising visit to Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash Looking at the political landscape, Howard Dean, who is running for president of the United States, finds a Democratic Party bereft of a soul and a country headed in the wrong direction for financial recovery. "No Republican has balanced the budget…
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North girls’ track so close again
Kieling continues to pick up points for Knights By: Bob Nuse While Paul Glass knows his West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ track and field team isn’t going to contend for any championships this year, he also knows there isn’t another group of athletes he’d rather be coaching. "They’re a pleasure to work with and they’re…
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Scores drop in new high school exam
State 11th grade proficiency test proves tougher than the old version. By: Jeff Milgram When New Jersey Department of Education officials announced they were switching to a new 11th-grade proficiency exam in 2002, they knew they were raising the bar for graduation standards. They found out just how high they raised the bar Thursday when…
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Mildred Fox
Mildred C. Fox, 84, of Monroe, died Friday, April 25, at her home. Born in Newark, Ms. Fox lived in Kearney before moving to Monroe in 1966. She attended Boroughs Business School and then worked as a payroll clerk and bookkeeper for IT&T and Peter Pan Intimate Foundations, both in the Newark area. She later…
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Hudak feels for his weary softball warriors
By: Carolyn M. Hartko If there’s one positive trait that the Monroe High School girls’ softball team seems to have in abundance this year, it’s resilience. After getting stomped by Bishop Ahr 13-3 in last Friday’s mercy-rule-shortened game, the Lady Falcons came back and fought the Lady Trojans (7-2) in a respectable 3-1 contest at…
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OBITUARIES, May 2, 2003
Richard M. Ludwig, Antoinette Buzzerio, Sophia Litt, Claire Beskind, Charlotte M. Gilligan. Richard M. Ludwig English professor, university librarian Richard M. Ludwig of Princeton died Monday night at home. He was 82. He was an emeritus professor of English and the former associate university librarian for rare books and special collections at Princeton University.…
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Blaze strikes borough house
A Hightstown family is forced to relocate after its house catches fire. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Just before 2:45 p.m. Monday, Gayle Wilton heard a voice over the baby monitor that didn’t belong to her 18-month-old daughter. "There’s someone in our house," she told her husband, Art, who left their basement office to check…
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Garage foes continue fight
Borough will move ahead with project despite appeal. By: Jennifer Potash Concerned Citizens of Princeton filed an appeal Tuesday of a lower court’s dismissal of its lawsuit to halt Princeton Borough’s downtown garage development. The appeal, submitted by attorneys R. William Potter and Robert Zagoria on behalf of the nonprofit organization, involves legal technicalities with…
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Bordentown fest honors iris cultivator Franklin Carr
Annual Iris Festival set for May 10 features art, flowers, outdoor entertainment. By: Vanessa S. holt BORDENTOWN CITY Frank Carr’s hybrid irises were not limited to the traditional blue and purple of the species, but wandered up and down the spectrum, reaching radiant hues of peach and gold through his careful cultivation. Mr. Carr…
