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  • Princeton lawyer to be honored by chamber

    Thomas Jamieson will be named the Citizen of the Year by the Greater Mercer County Chamber of Commerce. By: Kristin Roper    The Greater Mercer County Chamber of Commerce has chosen Princeton Township resident Thomas Jamieson, partner-in-charge at the Princeton law office of Pepper Hamilton as Citizen of the Year.    According to the chamber, the award…

  • U.S. Census shows local Latino boom

    The community is working to meet the needs of its Latino population, which has grown dramatically during the past decade. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Recently released U.S. Census numbers for 2000 show that although the borough’s population grew by less than 2 percent over the past 10 years, Hightstown’s Hispanic or Latino population has…

  • OBITUARIES

    Joan McMahon, 64    MANVILLE – Joan McMahon died March 14 at home. She was 64.    Born in Monongahela, Pa., she was a resident of Manville.    Mrs. McMahon was employed as a laboratory technician in Quality Assurance at Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical in Raritan for 30 years.    She was a communicant of Christ the King R.C. Church…

  • Pennington expected to hold line on taxes

    The budget is scheduled for a public hearing and adoption vote by Borough Council on April 30. By: John Tredrea    Pennington Borough’s tax rate would stay the same as last year’s, 53 cents per $100 of assessed property value, under a proposed 2001 budget introduced by the borough council Monday night.    The budget is scheduled…

  • Tracking the role of women throughout American history

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — A member of the audience became part of Esther K. Gelbard’s American Women in History presentation at the Monroe Township Senior Center Tuesday.    Ms. Gelbard, a Concordia resident, as part of her Women’s History month talk, introduced her audience to a variety of women who had made contributions or gained some…

  • League gets ready for school election

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Six candidates for the Board of Education will share the platform 7:30 p.m. April 2 when the League of Women Voters of Monroe Township hosts a candidates’ night in the township high school’s lecture hall.    The campaign event was announced Monday at the league’s monthly meeting at the township hall.…

  • PHASE THREE: Measuring the importance of doctors

    PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Our columnist reflects on the role doctors play. By: Arnold Bornstein    In my childhood it seemed that people tended to put doctors on a pedestal and treated them like gods, while today even with the startling progression of medicine and research, the tendency appears to have lessened, and perhaps this…

  • WW-P district gets state aid back

    The restoration of $190,000 in state aid for the schools will likely have no impact on this year’s tax rate. By: David M. Campbell    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has been awarded nearly $190,000 in restored state aid for the district’s $112.5 million 2001-2002 budget, but the added revenue likely will have no impact…

  • Survey: River Road flooded with deer

    The road is the site of the highest number of deer accidents in Montgomery, according to a survey of residents conducted by the Township Environmental Commission. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — River Road is the most dangerous when it comes to deer-vehicle accidents, according to the results of a now-complete survey released by the Township…