Category: archives
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EDITORIAL
It’s important to keep aiding those in need The amount of giving in 2001 was unprecedented. There were piles of food and warehouses full of clothes and boxes of checks, all earmarked for victims of Sept. 11. The giving continued, to a certain extent, when we hit Thanksgiving and Christmas, a time traditionally set aside…
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Elder Claude Watkins
HIGHTSTOWN Elder Claude Watkins, 70, died March 11 at home. Born in Trenton, he moved to Hightstown in 1962. He retired from Roosevelt Hospital, Edison, after 30 years. He was an assistant pastor and elder with Calvary Full Gospel Church, Plainfield. Husband of the late Lenora Moore Watkins, he is survived by a son…
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Jury mulling murder case
JAMESBURG- Man accused of shooting borough resident in 2000 By: Al Wicklund A state Superior Court jury was expected to go into its third day of deliberation today (Friday) to determine the fate of an East Brunswick man charged with murdering a Jamesburg resident two years ago. Superior Court Judge Deborah Venezia released the jury…
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Program helps students to think ‘green’
A Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association effort teaches students how to ‘Think globally, act locally.’ By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY The school district is making use of a novel resource in its environmental science program this year: the environment. Montgomery has been chosen as the site of a Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association pilot program aimed at…
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Peddie returns solid squad
GIRLS LACROSSE: Twelve players return to the Falcons squad which finished 16-3 with a Mid-Atlantic Prep League championshiop banner. By: Neil Hay With 12 players back from a year ago, the Peddie girls’ lacrosse team is set to make another run at a winning record. A year ago the Falcons finished at 16-3 and won…
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FORUM: Updike
What should the Cranbury Township Committee do with the 50-acre Updike property? What should the Cranbury Township Committee do with the 50-acre Updike property?
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Planners OK Chinmaya temple
Board unanimously approves application By: Casha Caponegro After nearly two years of deliberation, the Chinmaya Mission and Ashram received approval to build a temple and religious school in Cranbury. After discussions about parking, lighting and topsoil, the township Planning Board on March 14 unanimously approved an application and site plans for the proposed complex, which…
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School bus accident sends 15 to hospital
Seven Hightstown High School students were taken to local hospitals this morning after their school bus was involved in an accident in Twin Rivers. By: T.J. Furman EAST WINDSOR Fifteen people were sent to local hospitals this morning when a bus carrying students to Hightstown High School collided with a commuter van in Twin…
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West Windsor downzoning efforts face uncertain future
Township Council and Planning Board take conflicting paths. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Ever since the Township Council introduced an ordinance a few months ago to downzone the Route 1 properties of Sarnoff Corp. and American Home Products, now known as Wyeth Inc., it has been harshly divided and counting on the Planning Board…
