Category: archives
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Residents denounce cable television service
The 10-year franchise agreement between West Windsor and Comcast expires in March. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Township residents wasted no time logging in a long list of complaints about Comcast Corp.’s cable television service at the first of a series of public hearings as part of the township’s refranchising process Monday night. The…
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Concert to benefit victims of Sept. 11
By: Melissa Morgan Cynthia Jay and the members of the East Windsor-Hightstown Chorale hope to produce much more than beautiful music at a benefit concert to support the families of victims from the Sept. 11 tragedy. Chorale members will come together Sunday at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury Religious leaders, Scout…
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DEP reviewing arsenic samples
By: Casha Caponegro The township is one step closer to cleaning up the arsenic discovered at Cranbury-Millstone Park in February. Mayor Michael Mayes, Committeeman Alan Danser, Township Engineer Cathy Marcelli, Township Administrator Fred Carr and representatives of the Environmental Commission met with the state Department of Environmental Protection Tuesday to view the site of the…
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DISPATCHES: Other charities are in need if assistance
Sept. 11 groups limiting what’s available for other causes. By: Hank Kalet The holiday season is generally considered a time of giving. Beginning with Halloween and trick-or-treaters seeking donations for the United Nations Children’s Fund and running through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to the end of the year, Americans generally open their wallets and…
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Seeing the world through art
Mary Ellen Brennan’s love of art was spawned at an early age. By: Al Wicklund MONROE When Mary Ellen Brennan was quite young, she met a woman artist who helped her paint the world as she sees it. "As a child, I loved to look at things. I started painting when I was about…
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More get sick at high school
Twenty-two students were sent home complaining of headaches and dizziness By: Nick D’Amore MONROE Since Monroe Township High School reopened Monday, more students and staff members have fallen ill for unknown reasons. Board of Education President Joe Homoki said Thursday that about a dozen students and one staff member complained of headaches, dizziness and…
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Hun soccer set for St. Benedict’s
Top team in country will be tough foe Bob Nuse Nobody beats St. Benedict’s. Well, at least in the last four years nobody beats St. Benedict’s on the boys’ soccer field. The Gray Bees have gone 117 games without a loss since the second game of the 1997 season. They’re generally considered the No.…
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LOCAL ELECTION WINNERS
Results from area races By: * denotes incumbent BURLINGTON COUNTY GOVERNOR James E. McGreevey (Democrat) — Bret Schundler (Republican) — Constantino Rozzo (Independent) — Bill Schluter (Socialist Party USA) — Mark Edgerton (Libertarian) — Michael W. Koontz (N.J. Conservative Party) — Kari Sachs (Socialist Workers Party) — Jerry L. Coleman (Green Party) — George Watson…
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Tigers hope to roar past Penn
PU looking to upset Ivy co-leader By: Justin Feil The Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania football teams met in the preseason for a scrimmage that ended prematurely due to a thunderstorm. Since then, it’s been the Tigers that flashed briefly like lightning and the Quakers that have roared like thunder. Princeton is 1-5…
