Category: archives
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State budget affects schools
To the editor: I was disappointed to read recently that our Assembly people, Gary Guear and Linda Greenstein, had voted for the State Budget that passed last week. This budget could not have been worse for our area. Just as our schools are really starting to bulge with new students, the state budget that Mr.…
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Cecil E. Thorn
HIGHTSTOWN Cecil E. Thorn, 71, died Sunday at home. Born in Fitzgerald, Ark., he was a longtime Hightstown resident. Mr. Thorn was a cook for Mr. B’s Restaurant in East Windsor and Anthony’s Chicken & Ribs in Hightstown many years. He was an Air Force veteran. Son of the late Cecil and Effie Thorn,…
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Computer classes teach technology
High school student has unique job By: Casha Caponegro Computers have increasingly become a necessity in modern life over the past decade. Students rely on them to research and compose school assignments. Corporate executives use them to communicate with affiliates across the globe. Bargain hunters shop on eBay and other online auction sites to find…
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In the end, board made right decision
EDITORIAL: The borough Planning Board’s decision to reverse itself and back the school district’s expansion plans was a good one. Never let it be said we only speak up when it comes time to criticize. Two weeks ago in this column we took the Hightstown Planning Board to task for voting unanimously to oppose the…
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Pustay starts for Mercer All-Stars
BASEBALL: Mercer went on to defeat the Lower Bucks American Legion All-Stars by a score of 5-2. By: Neil Hay They played the Mercer-Lower Bucks Legion All-Star Game the other night at Moody Park. That Hightstown Post 148 had only one representative, Matt Pustay, should come as no surprise. After all, Hightstown is one of…
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Township’s deer reflector program deemed a failure
Proponent says the conclusions are invalid because a proper test of the reflectors’ effectiveness was not made. By: David Campbell A spokesman for Princeton Township’s deer committee said recently analyzed data confirms his earlier conclusions deeming the township’s deer reflector pilot program a failure. But a proponent of the reflectors said the conclusions are invalid…
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MONROE: U.S. presidents were fair toward Jewish Americans
Edith Zamost, speaker at the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey’s American Jewish Experience, says presidents exhibited fairness when it came to the Jewish By: Al Wicklund MONROE Through U.S. history, the nation’s presidents as a whole were great symbols of fairness in the American Jewish experience, but they also were fallible and many…
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Garage opponents call on borough to park its plan
Despite objections, Borough Council voted 5-1 on a resolution setting the 42-foot-tall garage at 513 parking spaces. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council focused on the design of a proposed parking garage during a special Tuesday meeting, but a group of residents and downtown merchants wanted the council to concentrate on a more fundamental…
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P-C 15’s unable to retain District One Babe Ruth title
By: Bob Nuse EWING In all-star tournament situations, you need to come to play right from the start. A year ago, the Princeton-Cranbury 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-star baseball team did just that. The team won early in the tournament, stayed in the winners’ bracket and captured the District One championship. This year, P-C opened…
