Category: archives
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North Jersey’s last frontier should be saved
THE STATE WE’RE IN: A column from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation By: Michele S. Byers More than a century ago, the City of Newark acquired 35,000 acres of the pristine Pequannock River watershed in upper Passaic, Sussex and Morris counties, at the heart of the New Jersey Highlands. Before chlorine treatment, the best way…
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Tessie Gehling
Tessie Cimine Gehling, 94, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, at the Monroe Village Health Care Center. Born in Brooklyn, she lived there before moving to South River and then Monroe in 1970. She was a member of Nativity of Our Lord R.C. Church in Monroe. Her husband, Ernest E. Gehling died in 1991 and her sister,…
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CARE to host talks on school plan
The $7.3 million project goes to Cranbury voters Jan. 22. CRANBURY Citizens Advocating the Referendum for Education has scheduled a series of neighborhood coffees designed to present information on the Jan. 22 school vote. The $7.3 million plan calls for construction of seven new general classrooms, a gymnasium, special education, preschool-disabled and basic-skills class…
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Arts Council’s neighbors hit street with concerns
A petition calls for plans to comply with zoning and not be ‘detrimental’ to the neighborhood. By: Jennifer Potash As The Arts Council of Princeton revises plans to expand its Witherspoon Street facility, nearby residents are working to get their objections on the record. A petition, calling for any proposed plans to comply with the…
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Tea, herbs shop to supplant a downtown hardware fixture…
Another nuts and bolts downtown retailer succumbs. By: Jennifer Potash In about 10 days, another downtown Princeton mainstay will fade into history. Urken’s Hardware and Supply, which opened more than 60 years ago, will shut its doors on Witherspoon Street. The building was sold to Paul Shu, owner of Holsome Teas and Herbs at 20…
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Princeton man charged with molesting juveniles
By: David Campbell Princeton Township police arrested a man on New Year’s Day on charges he sexually molested two juveniles over a two-year period. Keith Brandon Martin, 38, of Lake Drive was charged Tuesday with aggravated sexual assault, lewdness and two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said…
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125 courses on tap for adults
Princeton Adult School registration is under way. Registration is now under way for the winter-spring semester at Princeton Adult School. Offerings this year include 125 courses ranging from lectures on world affairs and talks by noted Princeton authors to a 12-week movie series and a variety of computer workshops. Students can register by mail or…
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Unhappy Harvard professors could find new home at Princeton University
It would be a homecoming for Cornel West, who served as director of Princeton’s Program in African-American Studies until 1994. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton University would welcome three black Harvard University professors who are reported to be rankled by the school’s president, Lawrence H. Summers. It would be a homecoming of sorts for one of…
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Ralph F. Vincelli
Ralph F. Vincelli, 68, died Saturday, Dec. 29, at Robert Wood Johnson-University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in Queens before moving to Monroe 31 years ago. He was a manager for both American Blue for 30 years and later Marco Photo for 15 years, both blueprint enlarging companies in New York…
