Category: archives
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Petitioners call for referendum on garage
But Borough Council must OK a referendum and members are not supportive. By: Jennifer Potash With petitions on the Internet and volunteers signing up passersby on street corners, a coalition of Princeton Borough residents is seeking to put the question of the proposed downtown development directly to the voters. The idea has little support among…
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CRANBURY: Docents provide an education
Volunteers, called docents, keep museum running By: Casha Caponegro The Cranbury Museum would not be able to function smoothly without the assistance of an educated group of volunteers, called docents. These men and women each spend one Sunday a month at the museum, leading people through exhibits and fielding questions about the many artifacts and…
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Fees for passport services to increase
Under the new fee system, an individual over age 16 will pay $10 more, or $55, for a passport. By: Jennifer Potash Fees for U.S. passports will increase Aug. 19, Princeton Borough Clerk Carolyn Kafka said. The borough is a passport acceptance agency where residents may apply for or renew passports. The U.S. State Department…
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Week of July 29, 2002
From Princeton and Princeton Junction PRINCETON Josh Wilton, branch manager, recently announced that three sales associates at the Princeton Office of Weichert, Realtors have been honored for their achievements in May. Anne Haas led the office in sales throughout May and is a member of the 2001 New Jersey Million Dollar Club at the prestigious…
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Police award criminal justice scholarship
Hightstown High School graduate Brian Patterson has aspirations of joining the U.S. military and then becoming an agent for the FBI. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN To hear his mother, Eileen, tell it, Brian Patterson has been looking forward to a life in law enforcement since he was in the seventh grade. On Tuesday, about…
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A taste of Jersey freshness
Corner Copia in East Windsor hosted the third annual Jersey Fresh Wine & Food Festival last weekend. By: Chris Karmiol EAST WINDSOR Last weekend’s soaring temperatures, with humidity to match, slowed many down. A wine festival held at Corner Copia on Route 130 did too. The Jersey Fresh Wine & Food Festival, which made…
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Michael Schmid
Michael "Mickey" Schmid, 78, of Monroe, died Tuesday, July 30, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Born in Kunzenburg, Germany, he settled in Middlesex County and lived in Monroe for more than 56 years. He was a heat and frost insulating technician in the asbestos field for more than 50 years, working out of…
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State: Workers filed fraudulent Medicaid claims
The Division of Criminal Justice announced the indictment of seven employees of Maximus Inc. of East Windsor for obtaining fraudulent health benefits. By: Chris Karmiol A borough man is one of seven employees of a company in East Windsor being charged with third-degree Medicaid fraud, according to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public…
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PU’s Hindman signs with Angels
Left-handed hurler will be able to graduate with senior class By: Justin Feil After missing the majority of his sophomore and junior years at Princeton University in between undergoing Tommy John elbow surgery in August 2000, Scott Hindman didn’t want to take any more risks with his baseball future. The Inverness, Ill. resident took an…
