Category: archives
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It’s Archaic
Artifacts show human habitation nothing new on Toll Brothers site. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR With all the fighting over who gets to build what on developer Toll Brothers’ 293-acre property off Bear Brook Road, amateur archaeologist Marc Moran finds all the fuss kind of ironic. For centuries upon centuries, long before Toll Brothers,…
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Donors pick up Drumthwacket rehab tab
Costs balloon to twice the original $300,000 estimate. By: David Campbell Renovations to the governor’s residence at Drumthwacket cost almost twice the original $300,000 estimate, according to a statement recently released by the Drumthwacket Foundation. The renovation work to the 19th-century Greek Revival mansion cost about $590,000 and included removal of lead paint, installation of…
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Windsor man receives ‘hero’ award
Wanderings By: Ken Weingartner WASHINGTON – Bob Knight is a nurse, not a hero. Saving lives is just part of his job. At least that’s the way the Windsor resident views the events of January 1999. Others would disagree. One is the East Brunswick resident whose life was saved by Mr. Knight after an automobile…
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Downtown plaza proposals, as well as protests, set tonight
Borough Council to continue work on design as opponents want project abandoned. By: Jennifer Potash WEST WINDSOR The township has not given up in its fight against developer Toll Brothers. The Township Council announced Monday night it has joined with the township Planning Board and Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh to file a motion with the…
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Addition of Dumex to double Derma sales
Dumex, a manufacturer and distributor of wound care products and other medical devices, had sales in 2001 of more than $9 million. By: George Frey Derma Sciences Inc. of West Windsor, a maker of professional skin care and wound management products, announced July 31 that it has agreed to purchase Dumex Medical Inc. of Toronto,…
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‘Basket Full of Elvis’
Princeton artist’s creation is on view at Graceland. By: Jeff Milgram Baskets can be small or big, simple or complex. Some baskets are meant to hold something, others are just meant to look good. And now, thanks to Princeton basket-maker Helen Schwartz, they can shake, rattle and roll. Yes, all you fans of "The King…
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WW-P student transformed to Senate insider
As a page, high school junior hobnobs with nation’s political leaders. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR For most teen-agers, summer jobs mean checking out groceries or babysitting a pesky neighbor, but not for Alisha Levine, 17, a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. On Monday, she returned from Washington, D.C., where for the…
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Hearings set on study of Revolutionary War sites
The National Park Service will hold a series of meetings to allow the public to comment on its findings in a study of Revolutionary War places in New Jersey. The Crossroads of the American Revolution study, which is now available on the Web at www.nps.gov/crossroads, will be presented at the following: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 7-9…
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Unlikely leader emerges in fight for smoking ban
PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 13 By: Packet Editorial Nearly two years have now passed since Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg snuffed out the Princeton Regional Health Commission’s attempt to ban smoking in restaurants and bars, ruling that only the New Jersey Legislature has the authority to regulate smoking in public places. Since then, the states of…
