Category: archives
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MHS baseball looks for CJ II crown
Cougars need consistency for second title in four years By: Bob Nuse As a freshman, Andrew Baldino was part of the Montgomery High baseball team that captured the Central Jersey Group I championship. Now that he’s a senior, Baldino would like to end his Cougar career with the same sort of successful run through the…
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Peddie buys Old Hights Theater
The school’s board of trustees will likely decide on one of three plans for the building next month. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN The Peddie School recently closed a long-awaited deal to buy the Old Hights Theater on South Main Street. The building, located at 120 S. Main St., has been dormant since 1979. Charlie…
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Ralph Godney
HIGHTSTOWN Ralph Godney, 79, died Wednesday at home. Born in Jamesburg, he was a lifelong Hightstown resident. He retired from American Cyanamid Corp. in 1991 and enjoyed gardening. Son of the late John and Anastasia Godney, he is survived by his wife, Mary Godney; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lauren and Edward Bolar of Raleigh,…
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Let George fund his own sports palace
EDITORIAL: A new arena for the Nets and Devils should be the furthest thing from Gov. James E. McGreevey’s agenda. It isn’t often we find ourselves agreeing with Bret Schundler, the former mayor of Jersey City and Republican gubernatorial candidate whose solution to almost every public policy problem seems to be cutting taxes, eliminating tolls…
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Bertha B. Eide
EAST WINDSOR Bertha B. Eide, 93, died Sunday at her daughter’s home. Born in Scranton, Pa., she was a Trenton resident before retiring to the Poconos. She was a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God many years and served as chairwoman for the Women’s Missionary Council of New Jersey. She was a member…
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Manasquan ousts Falcons from tennis states
By: Ken Weingartner Jim Kushner knows tournament seedings don’t mean much in sports. "The way it works out," he said, "is the strongest team is going to win anyway." That was the case last week as the Monroe High boys tennis team lost 5-0 to Manasquan in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey…
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Hightstown edged in states, 3-2
BOYS TENNIS: Ninth-seeded Hopewell Valley bounced the eighth-seeded Rams in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournament. By: Neil Hay It was one-and-out Friday for the Hightstown tennis team, whose foray into the state tournament was a brief one. The Rams, seeded eighth in Central Jersey Group III, enjoyed the home…
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Borough traffic panel wants an alternative to Route 206
Resolution calls for a bypass around Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash A Princeton Borough advisory committee is calling on the state to build a new alignment of Route 206 in order to bypass as much of Princeton as possible. Residents have long complained about the heavy truck and auto traffic on the highway, known as Stockton…
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Washington school board accepts budget cuts
But board president says district will not adhere to Township Committee’s suggested items to cut. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON The Board of Education will not appeal the Township Committee’s decision to reduce its budget, but the district does not plan to accept the governing body’s recommendations regarding items to cut. The Township Committee opted…
