Category: archives
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Princeton grad’s best-seller on Six-Day War wins acclaim
Arabs and Israelis are still fighting the 1967 conflict says Michael B. Oren. By: Jeff Milgram Arabs and Israelis are still fighting the Six-Day War, says the Princeton-educated author of a new, critically acclaimed, best-selling book about the June 1967 conflict. "Today, Arab demonstrators, many bearing posters of Nasser, are demanding a showdown with the…
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University hoping it can keep Roman relief on display
Art museum offers to return sculpture after learning it was illegally taken out of Italy. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton University’s Art Museum has offered to return an ancient Roman sculptural relief to the Italian government after it learned the work was taken out of Italy without a legal export permit. But the university has opened…
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Legislation to promote Revolutionary War sites
TRENTON U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-12) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11) jointly introduced legislation Monday to establish the Crossroads of the American Revolution as a National Park Service Heritage Area. The congressmen announced the legislation at a news conference at the Old Barracks Museum. The Crossroads of the American Revolution effort is intended to preserve,…
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D. Aileen Blanchard
D. Aileen Blanchard, 83, of Monroe and Searsport, Maine, died Tuesday, July 2, at her home in Clearbrook. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Blanchard was a resident of Brookville and Commack, Long Island, before moving to New Jersey nine years ago. She was a summer resident of Searsport, Maine for the last 50…
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Thomas J. Conroy
Thomas J. Conroy, 73, of the Holiday City West section of Berkeley Township, died Sunday, June 30 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Flushing, N.Y., he lived in Jamesburg before moving to Holiday City West in 1990. He was employed as a truck driver with Teamsters Local 701 of East Brunswick for…
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MHS’ Lott changes channels
Cougar boys’ head basketball coach steps down for administrative position By: Justin Feil Pat Lott began coaching YMCA boys’ basketball for seventh and eighth graders in 1983 as a favor for a friend. Lott continued to climb the coaching ladder until he reached Montgomery High, where he’s been the boys’ varsity head coach for the…
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C-P Little Leaguers overwhelmed by Florence bats
Hope pitching depth, offense can carry them through losers’ bracket By: Justin Feil HAMILTON If the Florence team that showed up to face the Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old all-star squad Saturday comes to every District 12 Little League Final Eight game, Ray O’Brien isn’t sure there’s anyone that can beat them. "I haven’t seen a team…
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Lillian Miller
Lillian Miller, 77, of Kendall Park, died Sunday, July 7, at Praxis Health Care in Easton, Pa. She was a native of Metuchen. Services were held Wednesday, July 10, at Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave. (Route 27), Metuchen. Interment followed at Hillside Cemetery in Metuchen.
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As EPA head, Whitman isn’t protecting us
PACKET EDITORIAL, July 9 By: Packet Editorial For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the leadership of former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman has snubbed its nose at the Garden State, and turned its back on the responsibility it bears to preserve and protect our nation’s…
