Category: archives
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Pedestrian struck and killed by car
A Dayton woman was killed Thursday as she was crossing Route 522. By: John Saccenti A South Brunswick woman was hit by a car and killed Thursday while crossing Route 522 near the Georges Road intersection, police said. Marjorie A. McKinnon-Vernola, 54, had just left the Foodtown in the Liberty Mall Shopping Center on Georges…
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Experience could be key on the diamond
Monroe High School baseball team looking to build on last year’s 15-9 season. By: Ken Weingartner Most years, a coach would feel pretty confident entering the season with six senior starters among a solid group of experienced players. This isn’t one of those years. That’s because nearly every team in the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue…
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A special problem for women, incontinence has many causes
HEALTH MATTERS By: Dr. Alexander P. Vukasin Defined as the failure to store urine and empty urine out of the bladder appropriately, urinary incontinence is a condition which affects millions of Americans, the majority of whom are women. Because any kind of bladder control problem adversely affects a person’s quality of life, it is imperative…
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Borough’s budget angers official
Hightstown’s Public Works director, Larry Blake, is upset with budget cuts made to his department compared to others in the borough. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Larry Blake is mad. With the new municipal budget, just introduced by Borough Council last Monday, he feels it is his division, the Department of Public Works, that is…
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Hand gets 25 years in wife’s murder
James Hand pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter earlier this year in connection with the death of his wife, Lori Ann Petrone-Hand, in October 2000. By: Chris Karmiol TRENTON A former East Windsor resident was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week for beating his wife to death at their Windsor Regency Apartment a…
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Deer-cull foe found guilty of defiant trespass
Bill Laznovsky plans appeal of Tuesday ruling. By: David Campbell Following four hours of testimony and cross-examination, a municipal court judge Tuesday found an anti-deer-cull activist guilty of defiant trespass for setting foot on the Princeton Sewer Operating Committee’s facility off River Road during business hours without a permit. Princeton Municipal Judge Russell W. Annich…
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Letters to the Editor, March 29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 29 By: All parties can win in Arts Council dispute To the editor: We should all be grateful to the parties to the Arts Council building dispute for focusing our attention on some important concerns, among them the future of people of modest income and of color in Princeton and…
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Suit alleges defect caused death
The father of a 16-year-old Hightsown High School student killed in a one-car accident in July 2000 has sued the maker of the minivan she was driving. By: Mark Moffa A Hightstown High School girl killed two years ago died because the minivan she was driving had a defect that caused the vehicle to catch…
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