Category: archives
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New special-ed program will cut costs in WW-P
But school budget projected to increase 4.3 percent. By: Gwen Runkle Special education was the focus Tuesday night as the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education approved a preliminary budget for the 2003-2004 school year. The board voted 6-1 with two abstentions to approve the draft budget for submission to the county superintendent of schools…
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A community in mourning
Cranburians in shock over fatal accident By: Matt Kirdahy The prayers and thoughts of Cranbury residents are on one thing this week the Kishyk family of Symmes Court. Therese Kishyk, 42, and Stephen Kishyk, 11, died of injuries suffered in an accident 7 p.m. Sunday on Old Trenton Road. The two were returning home from…
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Striving for even Better Beginnings
The Hightstown-based nonprofit group received national recognition this month. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Luz Horta considered the possibility of winning and thought to herself, "This might be nice." That was an understatement. She figured there was a chance, of course, but winning? Well, it happened. And Ms. Horta got to change her sentiment from…
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Falcons’ girls basketball team scrappy’til the end
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The final game of the 2002-2003 season was typical of the way most games went this winter for the Monroe Township High School girls’ basketball team. They played hard, had some early success, but in the end fell 59-49 to 13th seeded Highland Park in the opening round of this year’s…
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Think globally, park locally
GUEST OPINION, Feb. 28 By: Dawn Cariello The Princeton Borough Council recently approved a resolution urging President Bush and the Congress to exhaust all diplomatic means before initiating military efforts to disarm Iraq. Some residents are upset that the council is delving into areas that don’t affect the day-to-day management of the borough. Others counter…
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Letters to the editor
For the Feb. 28 issue By: Board member responds to critics To the editor: I want to respond to the letter regarding my comments during the Feb. 10 school board meeting. The militarization of our society, and the protests against that trend, absolutely have relevance to our students and our district’s curriculum. Our students…
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Hillier plans blend of housing, parkland, research
But neighbors of Textile Research Institute want the site preserved. By: David Campbell Architect J. Robert Hillier presented the Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment Wednesday night with a plan to build on Textile Research Institute lands off Carnegie Lake that he said promises new senior housing and parklands for Princeton residents, and a research…
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Rider names sixth president
Mordechai Rozanski, president of the University of Guelph in Ontario, to take post Aug. 1. By: Lea Kahn Mordechai Rozanski, a child of Holocaust survivors who rose to become the president of a top Canadian university, has been named the sixth president of Rider University in Lawrence. Sporting a Rider University lapel pin in his…
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Vote permits Elm Court expansion
Borough endorsement follows township approval. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday permitting expansion of Elm Court, the affordable-housing development for senior citizens and the disabled. Nevertheless, the issue sparked a small debate. The ordinance makes the existing 88-unit Elm Court development straddling the borough’s border with Princeton Township and…
