Category: archives
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Answers concerning COAH money
Letter to the editor To the editor: This letter is responding to "Questions about COAH money" presented in your April 12 edition (Page 10A). As consultants for Hightstown’s proposed transfer of Manalapan’s COAH funds, we would like to take this opportunity to answer Ms. Barr’s questions and to clarify the program. Manalapan can transfer some…
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‘Sisterhood’ brings its agenda to New Jersey
Princeton University graduate seeks to build self-esteem of young black women. By: Jeff Milgram When Angela Coleman attended Princeton University more than a decade ago, she ran track and field, studied psychology and African-American studies and served as a Big Sister. Before she graduated cum laude in 1992, Ms. Coleman, who grew up in Newark,…
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Boychoir says new policies combat sexual abuse
School is hit by reports of incidents 20 years ago. By: Jeff Milgram The American Boychoir School in Princeton Township, hit by reports of sexual abuse of students that date back more than 20 years, says it has put into place procedures that "make the school a safe and healthy place." The reports surfaced Tuesday…
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Win streak nets HHS a 5-2 mark
BOYS TENNIS: The Rams winning streak began last week with a 3-2 win over Hopewell Valley at home. By: Neil Hay With four straight wins and a 5-2 record, the Hightstown High School School tennis team is off to one of its best starts in years. The Rams’ string of wins began back on April…
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Local residents express Israeli support
About 100 East Windsor residents traveled to Washington, D.C., with two local rabbis Monday to support Israel in its fight with the Palestinians. By: Chris Karmiol As an act of unity and support for Israel and its struggle against its neighbor Palestine, about 100 East Windsor residents bused to Washington, D.C., Monday for a rally…
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Council eyes more money for revitalization
The Borough Council this week introduced an ordinance to borrow another $200,000 for the downtown revitalization project. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Borough Council is considering a $200,000 bond ordinance as a safety net for unforeseen downtown revitalization costs. Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh said the ordinance is a supplemental appropriation designed to cover extraneous or surprise…
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Falcon girls tested at Matawan Relays
By: Carolyn M. Hartko Monroe Township High School may have the best girls’ track team among the small schools in the Greater Middlesex Conference, but on Saturday the Lady Falcons found out that there are a lot of outstanding track and field athletes in Groups I and II around the state of New Jersey this…
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PHASE THREE
Keep goals and dreams at any age By: Arnold Bornstein My friend, who happens to be a psychiatrist, once told me that I have "goalitis." I’m not one of his patients and I asked indignantly if having goals is an illness. He jokingly (I assume) said yes because at my age I still had goals…
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Low-flying planes get noisy reaction
New flight patterns at Newark Airport have special impact on Montgomery. By: Jennifer Potash Look. Up above. What’s that low-flying object? It’s a bird. It’s a tights-clad super hero. No, it’s a commercial jetliner! To some residents of Princeton Borough, Princeton Township and Montgomery, commercial airplanes seem to be flying much lower and generating a…
