Category: archives
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Many hats, plus 88 keys to success
Billy Huang places third in prestigious national piano competition. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR At 15, Billy Huang may look like your average, busy high school freshman, but he is not just the vice president of the freshman class at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, a stellar tennis player and a guitarist in a…
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HHS principal faces battle with blood cancer
William Roesch hasn’t slowed down in his role as Hightstown High’s top teacher since he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in January. By: Chris Karmiol "No, I wouldn’t think about wearing a wig," said William Roesch, the principal of Hightstown High School, whose hair has thinned considerably. "And we’re not changing the school rule about…
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Delay irks Mironov
DOT delays in getting bike and pedestrian paths underway in East Windsor are disappointing the mayor. By: Chris Karmiol EAST WINDSOR At the township council meeting this week Mayor Janice Mironov expressed her disappointment with the sluggish pace of the Department of Transportation on bicycle and pedestrian accommodations for the Hightstown Bypass and Route…
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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…
