Category: archives
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Peddie prepares for graduation
Thomas A. DeGray, the school’s retiring headmaster, will address the students on the hard work and effort they have put into their studies at Peddie. By: Sarah Winkelman HIGHTSTOWN The Peddie School will graduate 125 seniors in its 137th annual Commencement ceremony at the school’s center campus at noon Sunday. Retiring Headmaster Thomas A.…
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State offers tax relief to borough
The state is giving the borough $350,00 in extraordinary state aid, which borough officials say should significantly reduce a proposed 21 percent municipal tax hike. By:Nick D’Amore JAMESBURG The state is giving the borough $350,00 in extraordinary state aid, which borough officials say should significantly reduce a proposed 21 percent municipal tax hike. Officials…
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Peddie, Turco go out as champs
BOYS LACROSSE: The Falcons delivered for their outgoing coach, Bob Turco, with a 10-6 win over Lawrenceville in the state Prep A title game the school’s fourth such championship in six years. By: Neil Hay What a way to go out. On top. As they have produced all year long, the Peddie boys’ lacrosse…
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Residents to board: Don’t develop Baker Farm
Under the current draft Master Plan, the 170-acre tract would be rezoned from residential to allow for possible commercial development. By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR Local residents urged township Planning Board members to oppose development of the Baker Farm on Old Trenton Road during ongoing Master Plan hearings Wednesday night. "We don’t want…
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WW-P service staff seeks end of pay impasse
Workers confront school board over lack of a contract. By: Gwen Runkle The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education stared out at a sea of blue Tuesday night as more than 100 district Service Association members dressed in blue T-shirts packed the auditorium of the Thomas R. Grover Middle School rallying for school board support to…
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Borough, library poised to swap land for roadwork, landscaping
The exchange would give the borough more room for a left-turn lane on Wiggins Street. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council and the Princeton Public Library agreed Tuesday to swap 3 feet of land. But before the papers are signed, the Borough Council wants to make sure the swap doesn’t limit the borough’s options…
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A forgotten tragedy: Resident survived sinking of Rohna
Herman Vinnet was among some 2,000 U.S. soldiers involved in one of the greatest and least known sea disasters in World War II. By:Al Wicklund MONROE Herman Vinnet was among some 2,000 U.S. soldiers involved in one of the greatest and least known sea disasters in World War II. Mr. Vinnet, now a resident…
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David J. Murphy
David J. Murphy, 84, died May 18 at home. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., he lived in Levittown, Long Island, for 34 years before moving to Clearbrook 22 years ago. After receiving his pilot’s training at Stockton Air Field in California and Roswell Air Field in New Mexico, he served in the Army Air Force as…
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Skaters to get help from civic association
The Jamesburg Civic Association is proposing to bring a circus to the borough to help raise money for a planned skate park. By:Nick D’Amore JAMESBURG The Jamesburg Civic Association is proposing to bring a circus to the borough to help raise money for a planned skate park. Mike Sanders, JCA president, said the association…
