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AROUND CRANBURY
A week for school spirit By: Lorraine Sedor Robert L.Copeland, son-in-law of Rita and Edward Durner of South Main Street, and brother-in-law of Joan Wittman and Edward Durner Jr., both of Cranbury, has accepted the position of Superintendent of Schools for the Piscataway School District in Middlesex County. Bob began his career with the Princeton…
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Expansion in voters’ hands
Few attend final Q&A By: Casha Caponegro Three residents came out learn more about the school district’s plan to expand during a question and answer night at the Cranbury School Tuesday Voters will be asked to approve a $7.3 million school expansion project during a referendum Jan. 22. The proposal includes a new gymnasium and…
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Sending their love overseas
The Red Cross Club of Hightstown High School has teamed with other area clubs to send 1,000 Valentine’s Day cards to U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany. By: Chris Karmiol Hightstown High School’s Red Cross Club has assembled an army, of sorts, to spread Valentine’s Day cheer to American soldiers posted in Dexheim, Germany. After sending…
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EDITORIAL
Expansion plan is wise investment Gov. James E. McGreevey appears ready to take the state in a new direction on needle-exchange programs. At a press conference last week introducing his nominee for health commissioner, Dr. Clifton R. Lacy, he declared that the time may be at hand to let drug addicts get free needles as…
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Students test geographical wits
In the Kreps School’s annual geography bee, Pramod Thammaiah came away victorious with a chance to advance to the state bee. By: Julie Gartland Pramod Thammaiah, a seventh-grade student at the Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Jan. 10 and a chance at a $25,000 college…
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Montgomery Democrats reverse bridge decision
Historic Opossum Road span will now be one-way instead of two-way. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY After voting in October to re-open the Opossum Road bridge to two-way traffic, despite dedicated and prolonged public outcry, the Township Committee quietly reversed itself Wednesday night. The committee, which shifted party control earlier this month, voted 3-2 to…
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Peddie second in tournament
VOLLEYBALL: The Falcons emerged from the Academy of New Church Tournament in Pennsylvania with a 4-1 record and a second-place finish. By: Neil Hay The Peddie School girls volleyball team enjoyed a productive weekend with a second-place finish in the eight-team Academy of New Church Tournament. It was the first time ever that Peddie made…
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Rams fall, but show heart
WRESTLING: Hightstown defeated Allentown over the weekend, but fell to the tough Hornets Wednesday afternoon. By: Neil Hay "Hamilton. That is the measuring stick," said coach Mike Russo before the Hightstown wrestlers squared off with the talented Hornets Wednesday in Hamilton. The Rams wrestled hard, they wrestled with heart. But the Hornets still proved to…
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Man charged with murders
MONROE- Brtyan Tykot is being held on $1 million bail By: David Koch MONROE A Monroe resident has been charged with the shotgun slayings of three North Hanover residents. Brtyan Tykot, 35, of Garvey Drive in Monroe is being held at the Burlington County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Burlington County Prosecutor…
