Category: archives
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Plainsboro Preserve offers gracious living
New Calton Homes’ neighborhood the ‘jewel in Plainsboro’s open space crown’ Homebuyers are discovering an outstanding opportunity for gracious living at The Estates at Plainsboro. Even with very little fanfare or advance word, this wonderful new neighborhood has become exceptionally popular in fact, approximately half of all available locations have already been spoken for,…
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Miller’s improvement helps Panther team
Junior, PDS football face tough challenge Saturday By: Bob Nuse As quickly as Ken Miller has progressed on the football field, he often finds himself wondering what his play would have been like if he had started his career a little sooner. "I wish I had gotten into it earlier," said Miller, a Princeton Day…
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Hindu festival and dance coming to Plainsboro
The Plainsboro Public Library will hold its seventh annual Diwali celebration with a dance competition on Sunday, Nov. 11, 6-8 p.m., in the Community Room of the Administration Building. Deepavali ("a row of lights"), known colloquially as Diwali, is the most popular of all Hindu festivals. Celebrated in late autumn, it heralds the Hindu calendar’s…
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Veterans memorial taking shape in Plainsboro
By: Gwen Runkle PLAINSBORO Plans for a proposed veterans memorial at the township municipal complex have begun to take final shape. Jon Yee and Karen Waitkus, respectively director of graphic design and landscape architect for CUH2A Architecture, Engineering and Planning, presented concept drawings to the Township Committee on Wednesday. The formal unveiling of the…
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Falcons nearly stun Piscataway in county field hockey tournament
By: Carolyn M. Hartko If Piscataway was expecting an easy time against Monroe in the opening round of this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Girls’ Field Hockey Tournament, then Tuesday’s game provided a rude awakening. The 3rd-seeded Chiefs did come out on top, 2-1, in overtime, but the 6th-seeded Lady Falcons did not make it easy.…
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Ruth E. ‘Sue’ Schnoering Taylor
TRENTON Ruth E. "Sue" Schnoering Taylor, 76, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident. She worked for Italian People’s Bakery 12 years and owned Sue’s Steak Shop 10 years. She was a member of the DAV Ladies Auxiliary. Daughter of the late Edward…
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Sharp rise in gas bills proposed by PSE&G
Municipal officials say increase not justified. By: Gwen Runkle The annual natural gas bill of residential customers of Public Service Electric and Gas Co. could rise as much as 11 percent come December if the state Board of Public Utilities grants the company’s request. PSE&G filed a petition in May asking the state Board of…
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Woodlands celebrates clubhouse opening
State-of-art clubhouse unveiled at Hamilton active adult community Beazer Homes Corp. unveiled its state-of-art clubhouse at The Woodlands at Hamilton recently during a ribbon cutting ceremony that prompted cheers from 70 current and soon-to-be homeowners at the new active adult community. Hamilton Township Mayor Glen D. Gilmore addressed the enthusiastic crowd and cut the s…
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Anthrax scare: It’s vital to knowthe facts and act responsibly
HEALTH MATTERS By: David Herman, M.D. You can no longer pick up a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast without hearing the term anthrax. Just what is anthrax? Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It occurs most frequently as a disease of herbivores (e.g., cattle, goats or sheep) that…
