Category: archives
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High school students to take on ‘Damn Yankees’
Hightstown High School’s annual musical production will take place this weekend in the school’s auditorium. By: Chris Karmiol The orchestra played fanfares that the cast did not know existed. The director noted that two pages of dialogue were skipped. The sound board operators tried to figure out the cause of humming feedback through the speakers.…
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Expansion OK’d for clubhouse restaurant
West Windsor Planning Board approves 600-square-foot addition for Cranbury Golf Course. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR The township Planning Board unanimously approved a 600-square- foot addition to the Cranbury Golf Course’s clubhouse Wednesday. The one-story addition would provide 45 more seats for the clubhouse’s bar and restaurant, eliminating the use of the outdoor tented…
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Greenway group offers to help on Updike tract
Organization geared up to help protect open space By: Casha Caponegro Cranbury may get some help from Delaware and Raritan Greenway Inc. in preserving the 50-acre Updike property as open space. The nonprofit organization has already successfully worked with the township to preserve the 30-acre Frosztega property, located along North Main Street near the intersection…
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Mildred C. Cronce
HAMILTON Mildred C. Cronce, 79, died Feb. 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Texas, she lived in Hightstown before moving to Hamilton five years ago. Wife of the late Roland B. "Tuffy" Cronce Jr., she is survived by three stepdaughters, Melissa Grishaber, Kathy Cronce and Ellen Jean Cronce of…
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Chinmaya vote expected Thursday
By: Casha Caponegro A vote is expected Thursday on an application from the Chinmaya Mission and Ashram to build a temple and religious school in Cranbury. A hearing on the plan will continue that night. The presentation first was made Feb. 21, during which they presented their final application and designs. The mission first proposed…
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Borough looks to bury unsightly wires
In addition to the visual blight caused by the numerous wires, squirrels use the lines for easy access to chew on the roofs. By: Jennifer Potash The tangled tale of wires obscuring Princeton Borough’s historic houses and landmarks may be unsnarled soon. After meeting with representatives from Public Service Electric & Gas Co. and Verizon…
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Night of appreciation in Hightstown
The Borough Council gave awards to the Firefighter, Police Officer and First Aid Worker of the Year at its Monday night meeting. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Monday was a night of appreciation at borough hall. While Borough Council recognized the borough’s 2001 emergency workers of the year, the council itself was rewarded with a…
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Princeton Packet Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year
Buono became star for WW-P South girls By: Justin Feil It was a year ago when Gio Buono returned to the locker room following the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ basketball team’s season-ending loss to Marlboro in the Central Jersey Group IV finals. Surrounding Buono, who was a junior, were four seniors who had all…
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Report Cards show schools’ numbers
The state released the annual School Report Cards this week, including those for the East Windsor Regional School District. Links to the full Report Cards are included. By: T.J. Furman The state Department of Education released its annual School Report Card for each public school in New Jersey Wednesday, showing how schools compare to state…
