Category: archives
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Lawrence post office open late
The Trenton Circle Branch Station on Business Route 1 in Lawrence Township will be the only local post office open until midnight on tax day. By: Scott Morgan Local procrastinators take note: If you’re planning on filing your taxes at midnight Monday, you’ll have to go to Lawrence to do it. The U.S. Postal Service…
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Second outing is a charm
Caracappa hurls North baseball to first win By: Justin Feil Doug Caracappa was the tough-luck loser in his first outing of the baseball season. The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North junior threw a two-hitter, but lost, 1-0, as the Knights did not collect a hit against WW-P South. By the time Caracappa took the mound for…
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James Ritter
EAST WINDSOR James Ritter, 78, died April 2 at VA Medical Center, Lyons. Born in Hightstown, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Ritter was a retired self-employed carpenter. A Coast Guard veteran of World War II, he was a past commander of VFW Post 5700, Hightstown, and member of American Legion Post 148,…
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University panel rejects selling Israeli-tied investments
The Princeton Divestment Campaign cites troop occupation and human rights abuses. By: Jeff Milgram A key university committee has rejected a call for Princeton to divest itself of more than $100 million in investments in companies that have ties to Israel. The Resource Committee of the Council for the Princeton University Community voted on March…
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Taking advantage
Falcons not wasting charitable early schedule By: Redd E. Patrick The schedule maker has been kind to the Monroe High School golf team this season. Not only did he schedule three programs right off the bat that are young and struggling in the early going and who are all in the Blue Division of the…
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Local novelist uses wartime Germany as setting
Encounter with a German border guard in the early Cold War days started the now retired dean thinking about a book. By: Al Wicklund MONROE Stephen Lourie of The Ponds uses the sights and history of Germany from 1912 through the end of World War II as a backdrop in his first novel,…
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Blevins paces Falcon softball victory
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The Monroe Township High School varsity softball team opened the week on a positive note with a 6-2 victory over Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division rival Cardinal McCarrick. The win boosts the Lady Falcons’ record to 2-3. "We played very well defensively," Falcon head coach Jean Elias said. "And we finally…
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Survivor shares a story straight from the heart
‘Every day is a blessing.’ By: Al Wicklund MONROE People who donate their organs can save lives, Steve Franzman of South Brunswick told members of the Clearbrook section of the National Council of Jewish Women Monday. Mr. Franzman should know. His life was saved by a heart transplant in 1994. Mr. Franzman said he…
