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Visiotrs from Illinois spend holiday season looking for lost dog
Couple desperately searches for Summer Sausage By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE Hannah and Rick Arbizzani didn’t plan on spending their Christmas vacation in New Jersey. The Illinois couple were here on business in December when their 8-year-old miniature dachshund, Summer Sausage, slipped out through an open car door on Dec. 17 and they have been…
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Princeton Temperature Record – December, 2002
By: Tom Lederer The Princeton Temperature Record is based on readings from a Nimbus Ultra digital thermometer with an accuracy of 0.2 degrees F. Readings, taken in Princeton Township near the Princeton Shopping Center, are rounded to the nearest degree. DATE HIGH LOW December 31, 2002 54 38 December 30, 2002 46 27 December 29,…
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WW-PS wrestlers second at NB tourney
WW-PN, PHS also in wrestling tournaments By: Bob Nuse They crowned 14 weight class champions at the North Brunswick Raider Invitational on Friday and none of them were from West Windsor-Plainsboro South. But that didn’t stop the Pirates from finishing second as a team in the 11-team wrestling tournament, which included some pretty good competition…
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Red Cross reports shortfall of donations
Weak economy blamed By: Jeff Milgram Red Cross officials are blaming a weak economy for a $100,000 shortfall in the organization’s local fund-raising efforts. "I think the economy is hurting most charities right now," said Kevin Sullivan, the CEO of the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey, headquartered in West Windsor. The Red Cross…
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Getting to Know You
Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Symphony cross the Atlantic to meet American audiences. By: Susan Van Dongen With a world-weary expression, a cigarette hanging loosely in her hands and quite a bit of cleavage peeking out of her blouse, Marianne Faithfull really looks the part of a chanteuse in post-World War I-era Germany.…
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Parenting Pearls: Creative children are happy children
By: Mae Sakharov No sooner are the holidays over, and the new year rolls around when one’s attention is turned to April 15, the deadline for filing income taxes. It is not presumptuous to assume tax time is not everyone’s favorite hour. Many people dread this time of year, except for those highly organized individuals…
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WW art sale to boost plans for arts center at old firehouse
Only paperwork remains before township takes over facility By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Plans to convert the old Princeton Junction firehouse into a community arts center are moving full-steam ahead. Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced this week that, with the completion of an environmental assessment of the grounds, the township is processing paperwork to take…
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West Windsor contract talks to labor into January
Five labor union pacts expire at end of year By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Five township labor unions are without new contracts today. Township and union leaders expect negotiations will continue into at least January before consensus is reached. "I have no new information on the contracts," said Deborah Sopronyi, assistant to Township Administrator…
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North girls leave no doubt
Knights pound pair of teams for first tourney title By: Justin Feil The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ basketball team left no doubt who was the best team at the St. Peter’s Tournament this year. The Knights, who fell in the title game to North Brunswick by 13 points last year, won both games this…
