Category: archives
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Letter: Expansion plan needs support
To the editor: Congratulations to the South River voters for their support of education and approving their March 11 school bond referendum by a 2-to-1 margin. The taxpayer of an average home will see an increase of $93 per year to cover approximately $6 million of the total $11 million dollar project. No trailers…
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Ceremonies launch Princeton school renovation projects
Ground broken this week at five schools. By: Jeff Milgram Five years ago, the Princeton Regional Board of Education formed an ad hoc committee to study the district’s facilities needs. The committee ultimately recommended the district renovate and expand all six of its school buildings. This week, the board broke ground for construction at five…
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Woman hit by car on Nassau Street
Police seek the help of witnesses. Princeton Borough police are seeking witnesses to an accident in which an elderly borough woman was stuck by a car Sunday afternoon while crossing Nassau Street. Mary Meyers, 73, of Spruce Circle was crossing Nassau Street about 20 feet east of Linden Lane when she was hit by a…
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Warring thoughts: debating the strikes on Iraq
In Hightstown this week, many students had the war on their minds. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN On the eve of spring, Wednesday, downtown Hightstown is sunny and calm. By the middle of the afternoon, there are six hours until the president’s deadline; less than one working shift worth of time left in President George…
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‘Brother Men Who Fly’
World War II memoir opens the book on some lost Army fly-boys. By: Dennis O’Neill In the 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, The Razor’s Edge, returning World War I aviator Laurence Darrell (portrayed by Tyrone Power) reflects on the death of a comrade: "And then I think of a guy I knew.…
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Letter: Appreciation for craft fair
To the editor: The Cranbury Education Foundation would like to thank all of the people who helped to make our annual craft show a success. We would especially like to thank co-chairs, Chris Moll and Deanna Anderson, for all their hard work and cheerful organization. We also would like to recognize all the committee…
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Roeder decides not to run again
Three to be unopposed for West Windsor Council. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR After more than a decade of public service in township government, Councilwoman Rae Roeder will not be running for re-election in May’s race. Her absence leaves incumbents Charles Morgan and Kristin Appelget and newcomer Franc Gambatese to run unopposed for the…
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Post Forum: March 21, 2003
Should the state fund a greater portion of local special education costs? Should the state fund a greater portion of local special education costs?
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Deer cull is finished for the season
280 deer killed and 20 expected to be vaccinated. By: David Campbell The third year of Princeton Township’s lethal deer-management program quietly wrapped up Wednesday night, ending the cull with 280 deer killed in just under a month. Vaccinations under the first year of the township’s experimental birth-control program in the southeast corner of the…
