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  • Pick the ‘must read’ book for Princeton

    Field narrowed to six authors for Princeton Reads program. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township residents soon will be asked to vote on the one book all residents should read in the fall.    The Princeton Public Library intends to launch the Princeton Reads program in October. The intent is not only to encourage…

  • Web is just the ticket for paying those fines

    New Jersey Office of the Courts service allows payment of parking tickets and some moving violation offenses online. By: Jennifer Potash    New Jersey residents who like to shop or pay bills online now may pay misdemeanor traffic tickets using the Internet.    The New Jersey Office of the Courts recently launched a service to allow citizens…

  • All about butter for HHS student learning in Germany

    Elizabeth Bell, a Hightstown High senior, has spent the past eight months studying and living in Germany. By: Chris Karmiol    Senior year for most high school students is about the prom, graduation and yearbook signings. For Hightstown High School senior Elizabeth Bell it’s about butter.    "I really have never seen so much butter in my…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 14

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 14 By: County health department is needed To the editor:    New Jersey will soon receive $27 million in federal funds to strengthen its public health infrastructure and hospital preparedness to respond to acts of terrorism. These funds will go to New Jersey counties that have county-level oversight, such as county…

  • Youth urged to combat violence with creativity

    Student Art Night will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at The Arts Council of Princeton. By: Jeff Milgram    The Coalition for Peace Action and The Arts Council of Princeton are saying Y.E.S. to stopping school violence.    Y.E.S. — which stands for Youth Empowerment in Schools — will hold Student Art Night from…

  • Council upholds Renaissance Commons approval

       JAMESBURG — A bid by two borough residents to have a decision by the Land Use Board to approve the construction of an office building overturned was unsuccessful. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — A bid by two borough residents to have a decision by the Land Use Board to approve the construction of an office…

  • Borough hairstylist to celebrate 50th anniversary

    From the days of being a barber shop to today’s hairstylist, the Varo family has been dealing with hair in Hightstown since 1952. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — When inspiration struck Jim Varo to ditch his milk delivery route and go into business for himself, times were a little different. In 1952, a shave and…

  • BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Salutatorian

    Sarah DeFilippis put together an impressive resume. By: Pam Koharchik    Her Allentown High School resume is very impressive — member of the National Honor Society, founding president of the English Honor Society, senior class president, Principal’s Award of Leadership, member of the President’s Council, writer for the Nutshell (the school’s newspaper), Class of 2002 salutatorian.…

  • FROM ROOSEVELT: Car wash blues

    I’d like to wash my van. Well, I don’t have to be the one to wash it. By: Linda Schuster What I mean is, if I could make one wish of, say, a magic genie, it would be this: I wish my van to somehow arrive at a washed state of being.    We have all…