Category: archives
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Monroe seeks food and toys for the needy
Launches annual drive for Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas toys and dinners. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The annual drive for Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas toys and dinners for families in need soon will be providing the makings for happier holidays for some 100 households in the community, Rita Whitney, director of the township Office on…
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‘The Man’ is back
Sean’s return makes it a Homecoming like no other By: Ken Weingartner Sean Denehy has lived in Monroe for just a couple years, yet right now it’s hard to imagine anyone more beloved. He is not large in stature, about 5-foot-8 and now weighing around 130 pounds, but it could be argued that no one…
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University’s Spies takes a top post at Brown
By: Jeff Milgram Richard R. Spies, vice president for finance and administration, will leave Princeton University after 30 years to become executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to the president at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Mr. Spies will begin his duties Jan. 15, according to a statement from Brown. "At a time…
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Township Council sells senior center
The council accepted a bid for $270,000 to sell the township’s senior center to Joseph and Livia Mezrich of Poplar Run. By: Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR Despite questions by the second-place bidder, Township Council members accepted a $270,000 bid to sell the present senior center building at Dutch Neck and Hickory Corner roads. Council…
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Best effort not enough for North field hockey
Knights fall to South Plainfield in shootout By: Justin Feil There were games this season when the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North field hockey team could reflect on how it could have done more, particularly in losses to top area teams like Steinert and Allentown. The Knights expected a lot of themselves in just their second…
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Smart Homes 2001
NEW! Packet Magazine: Home automation Inspired bath hardware Eco-friendly furniture Smarter cell phones
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Scout completes Eagle Project
Letter to the editor To the editor: As a Boy Scout from Troop 59 I recently complete my Eagle Project at the Rocky Brook Environmental Resource Area in Hightstown, also known as Bank Street Park. My project consisted of building new benches in the park and refurbishing the lumber on the pre-existing tables. I would…
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Talking Terrorism
Program to discuss causes By: Casha Caponegro How has the worldwide refugee situation over the past 10 years contributed to the events of Sept. 11? Frederick Barton, a professor of economic policy and lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Studies, will address this issue in…
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No new illnesses at Monroe High
Testing of the building has continued to yield negative results. By: Nick D’Amore MONROE No illnesses were reported this week at Monroe High School and testing of the building has continued to yield negative results. Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said Richard Lynch, an independent consultant and industrial hygienist, had done a lot of work on…
