Category: archives
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Horsch power
Falcons’ junior helps to aid surging MHS By: Ken Weingartner The way Matt Horsch sees it, no sport is as rewarding as wrestling. "It’s definitely my favorite sport," said Horsch, a junior at Monroe High School. "No sport is like wrestling. You have to work so hard, and it definitely pays off when you win."…
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Plumsted awards recycling contract
TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer The Township Committee has awarded a contract for container service at our recycling center to the lowest bidder, Central Jersey Waste and Recycling Inc. of Hamilton. The low bid of Central Jersey was $181.20 to provide and empty each 30-yard recycling container for 2003. The township has the option to…
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Motherhood, Mary and the Toaster
The paintings of Eileen Kennedy-Dyne, on view through Jan. 24 at Princeton’s Erdman Gallery, veer from domestic life to feminism with sprinklings of scripture. By: Ilene Dube Painter Eileen Kennedy-Dyne finds whimsy in domestic life. Her work is on view at the Erdman Gallery in Princeton through Jan. 24. Above, "Special Today." A classic white…
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 17 By: Should Chinese Army own garage project? To the editor: The following letter was sent to Mayor Marvin Reed and the Princeton Borough Council: On Jan. 21, you should not approve the contract with the developer for downtown construction. You are pleased with the selected local developer.…
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KIDS AND COMMUNITY: A new way to abuse over-the-counter cold medicines
By: Judy Shepps Battle "Robo Fire." Sounds like the name of a child’s action figure or video game. But it is far from innocuous and definitely not a harmless activity. Robo Fire is the street name for the dangerous practice of combining cough medicine and cigarette lighter fluid to produce a quick hallucinatory high. Ingredients…
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WW Council to act on zoning, credit cards
By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR The Township Council plans to introduce a new zoning ordinance and discuss the possibility of allowing residents to pay taxes, recreation fees and other municipal expenses with a credit card at its meeting Tuesday. The zoning ordinance, which was drafted by the township Planning Board, would create a new…
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Items of interest about historic Allentown
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From the Allentown Messenger dated April 4, 1957, an elementary primer of random facts on the history of Allentown and Upper Freehold. This is the first in a two-part series. Allentown, one of the oldest towns in New Jersey was settled about 1705 when Nathan Allen of Shrewsbury, purchased from Robert Burnet,…
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Clay molds third win for PU hockey
Records 45 saves in upset of Harvard By: Justin Feil By the end of the first period against Harvard, Princeton University’s Trevor Clay was feeling pretty good about his play. And, just as important, so was the Tiger men’s ice hockey team. But most important of all was that Princeton and Clay were able to…
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WW council eyes local ban on ‘pay to play’
Trying to cut the tie between campaign contributions and awarding government contracts. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Worried that campaign contributions may be influencing who gets township government contracts, a majority of the Township Council is pursuing an ordinance to ban the practice known as "pay to play." "People shouldn’t have to make a…
