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Monroe gets state help to pay for road extension
Road will provide another route from Matchaponix Road to Main Street in Spotswood and ease traffic on Spotswood-Englishtown Road. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The township will use $250,000 in state transportation aid for an extension to Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road. Plans are to construct a half-mile section of roadway to connect Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road and…
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Harold Gould
Harold K. Gould, 49, of Lawrence died Monday, Feb. 11, at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital, Trenton. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from Lawrence High School and attended Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey, in Ewing. He worked with Super G Supermarkets. Son of the late Allison and Annie Gould,…
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Kreps drug program receives honor
The KIKS program stresses a peer-to-peer system of communication to resist drug abuse, smoking, drinking and inappropriate sexual behavior. By: Chris Karmiol A drug prevention program implemented by the Melvin H. Kreps School, Kids Intervention With Kids in Schools, KIKS, has been recognized by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as a state-of-the-art and exemplary…
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Cultural adjustment
Students in the Hightstown High School ESL program face the difficult task of adjusting to a new culture while planning for college or a career. By: Chris Karmiol Note: This is the third in a series chronicling the English as a second language program in the East Windsor Regional School District at various grade levels.…
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Pratt’s idea makes sense for the future
EDITORIAL: A law to require property owners to maintain sidewalks abutting their property already exists in Hightstown, but it would be wise to hold off on that plan on Stockton Street. The reaction of the Borough Council to the estimates to repair the sidewalks, curbs and driveway aprons along Stockton Street can be best summed…
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Hightstown clinches Valley Division title
BOYS BASKETBALL: The Rams will hoist their first banner to the rafters in eight years after beating Princeton 56-46 last week. By: Neil Hay For those who are unimpressed with the style of play currently in use by the Hightstown High boys’ basketball team, all coach Don Hess and his players have to do is…
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Locals irked over Main Street traffic
Dealing with Main Street traffic By:Casha Caponegro Residents and police officials agree there is too much traffic on Main Street during the morning rush hour. At a communitywide meeting on Jan. 31, Shelly Mastran, a consultant hired by the Historical and Preservation Society to form guidelines for future township planning, said one of the main…
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Numbers Game
Guitarist Brian Dickerson is finally finding success with his band Liquifyed. By: Matt Smith If a tree falls in the forest, does a record company executive hear the sound? For a struggling young band trying to land a much-coveted major-label deal, it’s nearly impossible to get your CD an honest listen at one of the…
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Enron is a bellweather for deregulation
DISPATCHES By: Hank Kalet The energy industry appears scared. And it should be. Thanks to the collapse of the industry’s poster child, Enron Corp., deregulation has gotten a black eye. Government officials in New York, California and elsewhere are beginning to rethink whether taking regulators out of the energy business was such a good idea.…
