Category: archives
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Women’s relationship to food, Part I: the emotional issues
HEALTH MATTERS By: Dr. Heidi Dalzell The following is the first of a three-part series examining women’s relationship to food, female body image and eating disorders. The week of Feb. 23-March 2 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Eating disorders are complex problems that affect people of all ages, races and economic backgrounds. The National…
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Kohl makes most of first year with MHS hoops
Point guard has Cougars in position for Skyland title By: Bob Nuse Jay Kohl knew his time would eventually come. He loves basketball too much for it not to. Kohl, a senior at Montgomery High, spent the first three years of his Cougar basketball career playing for sub-varsity teams. As a junior a year ago,…
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PU to end program’s raced-based policy
Program seen as not defensible in court. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton will stop using a minority-only admission policy for a summer program after this year, said Robert K. Durkee, the university’s vice president for public affairs. Mr. Durkee said the race-based admission policy could not be defended successfully in court. "It will go forward this…
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Wood top in Mercer in 100 backstroke
HHS junior Alex Wood edged out Lawrence’s Chris Faubel by .23 seconds. By: Neil Hay Alex Wood became the first Hightstown swimmer to win at the Mercer County swimming championships since 1991 when he placed first Sunday in the 100 backstroke finals in 1:02.46. As a team, the Rams placed sixth overall with 111 points,…
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PDS girls use big run in win
Panthers to face top-seeded Rutgers Prep By: Justin Feil The Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team didn’t have the same sort of start in the Prep B state outbracket game against Purnell on Wednesday that they’ve enjoyed in recent games. After nine minutes of play, the eighth-seeded Panthers trailed ninth-seeded Purnell, 16-12. "The past few…
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MTHS tuition on the rise
Jamesburg will pay more to attend the high school By: Rebecca Tokarz JAMESBURG The cost of sending Jamesburg students to Monroe Township High School is on the rise, as is the number of students expected to attend the school next year. Tuition for Jamesburg students attending MTHS will rise 3 percent from last year, bringing…
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V40 wagon: the unknown and unappreciated Volvo
Interior features include leather seating surfaces, steering wheel, handbrake lever and gearshift knob; "simulated" wood trim; premium speakers; and a trip computer. Just as people do, some vehicles have a higher profile than others. I’m not talking size here, but how they register with the car-buying public. In marketing speak, that would be "how this…
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Mary Glowacki
Mary "Mamie" Glowacki, 76, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with both of her daughters present. Born in Perth Amboy, she lived in South River for many years before moving to Monroe in 2002. She was a communicant of St. Mary of Ostrambrama R.C. Church of South River,…
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Letter: Smaller class sizes better for students
To the editor: In last week’s Cranbury Press, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read comments attributed to Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein by a letter writer that class sizes of 35 to 40 children in our local schools are "adequate." Study after study has proven that our kids learn most effectively in small, focused…
