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  • Students going for the gold

    By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — Brookside School students took part in school olympic events Tuesday that tested their endurance, patience and wits.    But, they weren’t athletic events, but academic ones, testing their scientific knowledge and problem solving skills.    For the past two weeks, the students at Brookside have been engaged in various competitions, testing their…

  • Cable firm’s debt load clouds picture

    On Feb. 15, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded RCN’s debt rating to low "junk" status. By: David Campbell    Cable provider RCN is facing mounting financial problems including a downgrading of its debt and predictions of possible bankruptcy.    The bad financial news came a few days before the company announced the addition of Yankees Entertainment and Sports…

  • Professor: Terror suspects entitled to rights

    ‘This is a matter of giving due respect to principles of liberty and to the principles underlying our constitution.’ By: Jeff Milgram    While he gets angry when he reads stories about the victims of the World Trade Center attack, Princeton University constitutional expert Christopher Eisgruber believes the federal government must protect the rights of accused…

  • Feb. 22, 2002

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Basking Ridge, Christoph Barrett, 25 Stockmar Dr, $795,000, 10/18/01 Basking Ridge, Kerry Collins,…

  • Talk to focus on ABM treaty

    By: Casha Caponegro    What effect will President George W. Bush’s decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty have on the United States and its foreign policy?    This issue will be discussed at the next installment of the Cranbury Community Education’s World Dialogue program, "Global Security" at 3 p.m. Sunday.    The discussion will be moderated…

  • Neighbors ask questions about burnt mission

    The minister at the uninhabitable Bethany Chapel and Missionary Home on Stockton Street in Hightstown answered many questions posed by neighbors about the condition of the mission this week. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — A week after a fire damaged the rear of a Stockton Street mission home, some residents feel the blaze was inevitable…

  • School renovation budget looks good

    Interim athletic facilities a concern. By: Jeff Milgram    Estimates by the architects and construction management firm show that the Princeton Regional School District’s $81.4 million renovation and expansion plan will come in slightly under budget — by a margin of about $68,000.    "Our goal is to come in on budget and on time," Superintendent Claire…

  • Sarkuni farm enters preservation program

    Land purchased for $2.9 million creates a total of 1,750 acres of open space By: Casha Caponegro    The Sarkuni farm has officially been preserved.    The state Agricultural Development Committee announced Tuesday that it has purchased the 125-acre parcel along Plainsboro Road for $2.9 million from the Sarkuni family. SADC now will deed restrict the land…

  • School board: Proposed budget needs trimming

    After the district administration presented its entire budget Monday, along with a 16.1-percent tax levy increase, the school board said cuts would need to be made to the spending plan. By: Chris Karmiol    The East Windsor Regional School District administration released its entire proposed 2002-2003 budget this week, calling for tax hikes in both East…