Category: archives
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Retired State Police detective: 90 percent of teens get high
By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE City resident Jim Conover said statistics say 70 to 75 percent of teens today get high on drugs, but he disagreed, claiming it’s closer to 90 percent. He was the keynote speaker and an honoree Oct. 17 at the South Hunterdon Municipal Alliance Community Awareness and Volunteer Recognition Night, held…
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Exploring New Jersey’s backroads at the ‘Speed of Life.’ By: Susan Van Dongen Above, autumn on Route 511 in Boonton Township. If it wasn’t for Cleveland, New Jersey would be the most maligned place in the nation. The opening credits for The Sopranos don’t help the state’s image, either. While A3 growls the theme song,…
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Ecstast ‘hot drug’ sold at dance clubs
By: Sue Kramer LAMBERTVILLE Club drugs are in a category of their own, according to retired State Police Lt. Jim Conover. Mr. Conover drew on his many years of experience in drug enforcement with his talk at last week’s South County Municipal Alliance Community Awareness and Volunteer Recognition night when he said a drug…
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Man’s Search for Meaning
Ben Shahn interprets the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke in an exhibit on view at the Eisenberg Gallery of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University. By: Susan Van Dongen "In Rooms Withdrawn and Quiet" Young, beautiful people with long lives ahead of them capture the imagination of our youth-oriented pop culture. It’s left…
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Seminars, Meetings and Events
TUESDAY, NOV. 5 Business Network International, Princeton Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m. at Merrill Lynch, 4th floor, 7 Roszel Rd., West Windsor. Info: (609) 371-2580. Le Tip of Princeton, networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Best Western Palmer Inn, Route 1 South, West Windsor. Info: (609) 243-0001, ext. 13. Registration req. Trends in Online Training, breakfast demonstration…
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Prosecutor: Parents beware of teens carrying pacifiers
By: Sue Kramer TRENTON "Aside from all the problems you might have if your daughter is raped or sexually assaulted in some ugly fashion, kill yourself if you ever let your kid go to a teen night at an adult club. "There is absolutely no reason on the face of the earth to have…
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Triumph of Hope
Photographer Harvey Stein lends a human face to the AIDS epidemic. By: Daniel Shearer Photo by Harvey Stein Seen through the lens of photographer Harvey Stein, the faces of AIDS are not gaunt. They are not the faces of people withering away in hospital beds, not people who have succumbed to despair. They are, in…
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Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday
School cafeteria will be busy Tuesday By: Casha Caponegro Cranbury residents will get their say Tuesday when they step up to the polls and vote for one of two candidates for Township Committee. Polls will be open at the Cranbury School cafeteria from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Democrat Rebecca Beauregard and Republican John (Jack)…
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School construction begins Monday with ceremony at site
Ground breaking ceremony marks start of new wing By: Casha Caponegro Construction of a new addition to the Cranbury School is set to begin next week. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Monday outside of the school, near the site of the new addition. The school faculty and staff, along with representatives of…
