Category: archives
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Don’t smoke, don’t give up on trying to beat the habit!
HEALTH MATTERS By: Geri Karpiscak, RNC The statistics confirm what most people even smokers will readily admit: that smoking is hazardous to your health and that it is beneficial for those addicted to nicotine to quit. Easier said than done. People have enjoyed the dangerous habit of smoking for hundreds of years. In…
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By Any Other Name
British pianist Anthony Hewitt will make his debut with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra during its 2001-2002 season-opening concert Sept. 30. By: Susan Van Dongen A simple name change can bring major transformation. Think of Norma Jean Baker, Ralph Lifshitz and Gordon Sumner better known as Marilyn Monroe, Ralph Lauren and Sting, respectively. Add the…
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Falcon football team looking to cut turnovers
By: Ken Weingartner Ken WeingartnerThe Packet Group Handle with care. That phrase might be imprinted on every football used by Monroe High the remainder of the season. The Falcons have committed 15 turnovers as they’ve opened the campaign 0-3. "The offense moves the ball, then shoots itself in the foot," Monroe coach Jim Griffin said.…
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Fontanez makes presence known on field
PU freshman is rookie of the week as women’s soccer stays unbeaten By: Justin Feil Kristina Fontanez has taken a new approach to meeting people at Princeton University. The freshman is playing outstanding soccer for the women Tigers, who improved to 4-0 with a 3-0 win over Stony Brook on Tuesday, and people are starting…
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Public gets use of PNC Parking
A lease agreement with PNC Bank, allowing public parking in its lot on Main Street, was approved by the Township Committee and signed by Mayor Michael Mayes on Monday. By:Casha Caponegro A lease agreement with PNC Bank, allowing public parking in its lot on Main Street, was approved by the Township Committee and signed by…
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Jamesburg to sell unused property
Most of the lots are either too wet or too small to be of value, except to neighbors. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG Twenty-five borough-owned lots, all smaller than the minimum size required for development or on wetlands, are scheduled to be to be sold at a public auction. The Borough Council Wednesday adopted a…
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Put attacks in context
Letter to the editor To the editor: This is to applaud the thoughtful and thought-provoking letter from Cynthia Richards published in the Windsor-Hights Herald of Sept. 21, 2001. I believe every act criminal, terroristic or otherwise arises in a context and that our best interest might lie in informing ourselves of the context…
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Raiders take charge early in first victory
Notch 28-7 win over Watchung Hills By:Rudy Brandl WARREN – Danny Phillips returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and the Hillsborough High football team never looked back in Friday night’s 28-7 victory at Watchung Hills. Phillips scored on two four-yard runs later in the first half and Steve Hess hit paydirt on…
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Stress similiarities, not differences
Letter to the editor To the editor: Not too long ago when many of our ancestors immigrated to this country they came here with the dream of improving their lives by taking advantage of all the United States had to offer; freedom, opportunity and equality. Nearly all of them wanted to be sewn into the…
