Category: archives
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A decorated athlete wins on a number of levels
With strong spirit and dedicated coach, 11-year-old is a Special Olympics medal-winner. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY Andrew Gamache might be the township’s most decorated athlete. At least, for an 11-year-old. The frenetic fifth-grader ran, jumped and threw his way to three gold medals at last weekend’s Somerset County Special Olympics, earning the right to…
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West tract access to be widened
By: Casha Caponegro Due to safety concerns, the township temporarily will widen the access road leading from North Main Street to the West property. The Township Committee approved by a 3-2 vote Monday the widening of a 100-foot stretch of the access road to a 20-foot width, which would safely allow two-way access onto and…
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Power isn’t enough; nation needs friends
Harvard public policy expert Joseph S. Nye Jr. gives talk at university. By: Jeff Milgram As powerful as America is, it still needs friends to fight terrorism, a Harvard University professor of public policy told a standing-room-only audience at Princeton University on Wednesday. "We live in a world where a demented group or a demented…
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Commentary is divisive
Letter to the editor To the editor: Dr. Abalos, your commentary on the new high school mural is divisive and self-serving. Would you really have the good people of the East Windsor school district believe any of your academic dribble? How can you perceive anything bad, offensive, historically incorrect or poorly done in this mural?…
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Lee Roy Brown
DENVER Lee Roy Brown died April 23 at home. Born in Shreveport, La., he was a longtime Trenton resident before recently moving to Denver. Son of the late Willie and Alberta Brown, brother of the late Johnny and Jimmy Brown and brother-in-law of the late Bonnie Johnson, he is survived by four daughters and…
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Don’t attack talents
Letter to the editor To the editor: My husband and I were totally appalled to read the article in the paper about the mural at Hightstown High School ("Questions raised over mural’s ethnic inclusiveness," May 3, 2002, Page 3A). We are in favor of free speech, but not attacking someone’s personal talents and artistic ideas,…
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EDITORIAL
School takes action to ensure students’ safety Despite a lack of action from the Township Committee, the ongoing problem of traffic circulation in the Cranbury School parking lot appears to have been solved. Restrictions on when parents can enter the school lot to drop children off for school have been in place for two weeks…
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The Carversville Inn
A passion for fresh ingredients, good service and top-notch American/Continental fare makes dinner at this country inn in Carversville, Pa., an event to remember. By: Richard Burns The Carversville Inn Aquetong and Carversville roads Carversville, Pa. (215) 297-0900 Food: Excellent Service: Excellent Prices: Moderate-Expensive Cuisine: American/Continental Ambience: Country plain Hours: Lunch: Wed.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.;…
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Council trims school budget
JAMESBURG- Borough and district will use shared services to offset cuts By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG The Borough Council and Board of Education have an agreement to share property maintenance costs and joint purchasing that they believe will offset a cut in the school tax levy. A cut in the school budget made by the…
