Category: archives
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BACK PORCH: Cruising to another world helps leave troubles behind
By: Melissa Morgan I lounged by the pool with the breeze off the Caribbean water in my hair. I sipped on a fruity drink with a nice big chuck of pineapple on the rim of the frosty glass and listened to the beats of a Calypso band. Oh, how I long for two short weeks…
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Councilman backs Laudenberger, Woomer
Letter to the editor To the editor: In Hightstown this Nov. 5 we will be voting for two council seats. While I have been on council for this past year I have tried to look at all sides of an issue, and to make decisions based on facts and the impact on our families. This…
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Treatment can help those suffering with excessive perspiration
HEALTH MATTER By: Dr. John E. Vine For those who suffer from excessive perspiration, every day is a social, functional and emotional challenge. Hyperhidrosis is an often inherited condition that occurs when parts of the body produce more perspiration than is needed to cool off the body and maintain appropriate body temperature. There are various…
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Demos Constantine Bakoulis
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP Demos Constantine Bakoulis, 69, died Oct. 2 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in New York City, he was raised in Hightstown and graduated from The Peddie School. He served in the Army two years before receiving a bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton University in 1954.…
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Robert ‘Bob’ Perrine
CRANBURY J. Robert "Bob" Perrine, 81, died Wednesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. Mr. Perrine was born in Cranbury, where he was a farmer all of his life. He graduated from Cranbury Elementary School and Middlesex County Vocational School. An Army Air Forces veteran, he served as a mechanic in Dayton, Ohio, during…
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Photo history display to be dedicated
26 photos and two maps will be displayed at Monroe Senior Center By: Al Wicklund MONROE The township Senior Center will have a dedication ceremony Monday for the display a photographic history of the township recently put up in the center’s conference room. The ceremony will celebrate the collaborative efforts of the…
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Environment panel joins effort to slow bypass review
DOT denies claims that process is being rushed. By: David Campbell The Princeton Environmental Commission on Wednesday night agreed to join with conservation advocates in urging the state Department of Transportation and state and local officials not to rush the review of environmental and historic impacts from alternatives to the Millstone Bypass. By a unanimous…
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Library facing another construction setback
The most recent estimate of a Dec. 1 start for the project may be pushed back into 2003. By: Jennifer Potash The start date for construction of the new Princeton Public Library appears to be a moving target. Library officials said Tuesday the most recent estimate of Dec. 1 may be pushed back into 2003.…
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Service cuts loom for Crosstown 62
Taxi program is running out of money. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Human Services Commission is concerned its popular senior-citizen transportation program may face cuts in service next year due to financial constraints. Crosstown 62, which provides transportation to doctors’ offices and local shopping centers for senior citizens and the disabled in Princeton Borough and…
