Category: archives
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WW-P High School South to hold Korean festival tonight
WEST WINDSOR Get ready for an evening of all things Korean. The Korean Bilingual Class and Korean Club at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South are sponsoring the third annual Korean Festival at the high school off Clarksville Road tonight. Dinner will start at 6 p.m. with a show to follow from 7 to 8:30…
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Route 92 back on horizon
Draft environmental impact study due out in April. By: Gwen Runkle Whatever happened to Route 92? After nearly six decades of planning and more than three years of environmental study, debate has slowly faded away over the proposed 6.7-mile limited-access roadway that would link Route 1 and Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike. But…
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Three Montgomery teens charged with having fake guns
Incidents involved school buses, police say. By: Paul Sisolak MONTGOMERY Three Montgomery High School students were charged Tuesday with being in possession of imitation firearms, said Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest and Montgomery Police Director Michael Beltranena. According to Mr. Forrest, two incidents spurred the police involvement. On March 5, he said, one…
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Fried may pursue county executive post
Washington Township committeeman considering bid if Prunetti decides not to seek re-election. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON Republican Township Committeeman Dave Fried said he’s "seriously considering" a run for Mercer County executive this year if Republican Bob Prunetti decides not to seek another term. "There’s obviously a lot of speculation out there that (County Executive)…
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What’s in a name
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING By: Local historian Joseph H. West, in the early part of the last century, wrote the following for the Allentown Messenger. Both concern the use of historic names for the area’s villages and roads, an issue still being debated today. Hungry Hill Very few persons are now living who remember when the whole…
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Holmes, PU back in ECAC semifinals
Senior, Tiger women’s ice hockey team looking for title By: Justin Feil Annamarie Holmes can still remember well the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team’s only Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament semifinal appearance, in 1998. "I definitely remember it," said Holmes, now a Princeton senior. "It was a completely unexpected event. I remember it, especially…
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School board reacts to war comments
East Windsor school board members addressed recent comments from one member which have been deemed controversial. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN War is an issue that divides a people. Now, the right to talk about war has divided the East Windsor Board of Education. Several board members spoke out, during Monday’s meeting, either to support…
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Master of Color
A joint exhibit on Leonard Nelson is on view at the Marsha Child Contemporary gallery and the Montgomery Center for the Arts. By: Jim Boyle Leonard Nelson "was apparently one of the early originators in color fields. He’s a bridge to modern abstract expressionism," says Skillman resident and art historian Sam Hunter. Above, "Alma’s Garden"…
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Musical memory triggers
CRIMSON COMMENTS by Rose McGlew By: So many memories lurk just below the conscious surface, waiting for the perfect trigger to send them to the forefront. Every memory has its own trigger: the smell of a certain perfume, a secret location shared with a childhood friend, the slant of light on the water at sunset.…
