Category: archives
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Silva taking wait and see approach to season
By: Rich Fisher If you’re looking for an in-depth analysis of how the Cranbury School baseball team will be this year, check back in a few weeks. "It’s just too early to tell how they look," coach Frank Silva said. "I don’t’ know what I can even say at this point." The Vikings, coming off…
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Pauly shores up PU bullpen
Tiger sophomore finds success as closer By: Justin Feil Princeton University baseball coach Scott Bradley was just following a lead from an old friend when he first looked at pitching prospect Thomas Pauly, then a lanky right-hander with a big sweeping side-armed motion for Episcopal of Jacksonville in Florida. "One of the big reasons…
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Board fails to support bank, CVS plan
Proposal includes major changes at intersection on Montgomery border. By: David Campbell A Princeton Township advisory board Wednesday night voted to reject a developer’s plan to build a Commerce Bank and CVS drugstore near the Montgomery Township line off Route 206. The Site Plan Review Advisory Board of the Princeton Regional Planning Board voted 4-1,…
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Committee hopefuls file in Cranbury
Democrat Rebecca Beauregard and Republican John Ziegler Sr. are running unopposed in the primaries. By: Casha Caponegro Two Prospect Street residents have thrown their hats in the ring for a seat on the Township Committee. Democrat Rebecca Beauregard and Republican John Ziegler Sr. are both running unopposed for their party’s nomination for a three-year seat…
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Hightstown nine lacking intensity
BASEBALL: Losses to Ewing and Nottingham this week extended the Rams losing streak to four games and dropped their record to 0-5. By: Neil Hay It is getting late early for Hightstown baseball. The Rams played better Monday but not well enough to prevent their fourth straight loss, bowing 2-1 in eight innings to 4-0…
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Margaretta ‘Betty’ Hart Layton
HIGHTSTOWN Margaretta "Betty" Hart Layton, 85, died Saturday at home. Born in Mercerville, she lived in Mercerville and Pennington until recently moving to Meadow Lakes in Hightstown. She was a 1934 graduate of Trenton Central High School and had been a bookkeeper with Hopewell Valley Golf Club 22 years. Mrs. Layton was a member…
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Analyst urges getting tough on Pakistan
Says Pakistan allowed thousands of al-Queda soldiers to slip through its borders. By: Jennifer Potash LAWRENCE America’s greatest hope for security in central Asia may be taking a tougher line with Pakistan on terrorists, according to a former intelligence analyst. Julie Sirrs, a specialist on Afghanistan formerly with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, provided…
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Adelante! to attend seminar
Students in the high school’s Latino student club will get a look at what college life is like at Rider University next week. By: Chris Karmiol Next week students from Hightstown High School’s Adelante! club will get a firsthand taste of college life while at the same time learning some keys to success. The high…
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Traveling Light
Traditional folk group The Be Good Tanyas play the Union Firehouse in Titusville April 14. By: Matt Smith Most bands can trace their beginnings to a teen-age jam session in their drummer’s parents’ garage, or maybe a want ad in the back of the Village Voice that led to a regular gig at some dive…
