Category: archives
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Cranbury Library offers adventures in reading
Library wants kids to know they can have adventures in reading By: Casha Caponegro The Cranbury Public Library wants children to know that reading can take them on wild adventures. To bring home this point, the theme of this year’s annual summer reading club at the library is "Wild Wild Safari." It began on June…
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Cranbury in their hearts
Spanns say time in town was too short By: Angel Chan As Evelyn Spann and I are about to sit down in her half-packed home, a neighbor drops by with a large bag, a large smile, and a quick, "Thought you’d need lunch!’" and exits as naturally and nimbly as she entered. Effusively vibrant and…
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Flap over child may trigger council changes
Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh may consider a telephone conference system for Borough Council members that have to miss a meeting for child-care reasons. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Sometimes, bigger pictures can come from small incidents. At Monday’s Borough Council meeting, Councilman Richard Pratt, sitting in his seat at the dais with his toddler son, Ian,…
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MONROE: Giving students that homey feel
District studies the internal structure of proposed schools By: Al Wicklund MONROE With plans to build a 1,800-student high school, the district is looking at ways to give the large school a small school feel. "We’re working on how to keep a 1,600- to 1,800-student building homey. We want the building to have a…
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Martin Visconti
EAST WINDSOR Martin Visconti, 61, died Friday at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he lived in South Brunswick 10 years before moving to East Windsor 19 years ago. Mr. Visconti was a senior vice president with Veronis, Suhler & Stevenson Partners LLC in New York City for 13 years. He is…
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Adrift in a dream
A new world awaits kayakers on the D&R Canal By: Carolyn Foote Edelmann "You kayak where? In Princeton? At Alexander?" "All the time, because Griggstown Canoe rents kayaks as well as canoes at the Turning Basin." "What’s that?" "Where mule-drawn canal barges used to stop and turn to return to New York, often after…
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Pledge decision draws local reactions
Local civic and religious leaders responded this week to a U.S. appeals court ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. By: Sarah Winkelman The controversial ruling by a federal appeals court last week declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional has drawn the attention of several local civic and religious leaders. On June 26 the…
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Track athletes, gymnasts, wrestlers took center stage
HHS YEAR IN SPORTS By: Rudy Brandl My 13th full year covering Hillsborough High sports was anything but unlucky. In fact, it was another spectacular year that continued the school’s recent tradition of athletic excellence. HHS boasted team and individual champions at Somerset County, Skyland Conference, Central Jersey Group 4 and State Group 4 competitions.…
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WW Council has full plate for Monday agenda session
Appointing attorney and reviewing cable TV contract among topics. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR From appointing a township attorney to reviewing a proposed franchise agreement with Comcast Cable, the Township Council is expected to tackle a slew of issues at its agenda session Monday night. First, the council is expected to vote on re-appointing…
