Category: archives
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Vote on schools delayed by state
The referendum target date has been moved from April 17 to May 15. By: Jeff Milgram The Princeton Regional Board of Education has dropped its plan to hold a $78.2 million school renovation and expansion referendum on April 17, two key board members said Thursday. The referendum is now tentatively scheduled for May 15. The…
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Parking meter hikes still await state approval
The Borough Council approved the ordinance in December. By: Jennifer Potash In December, after months of discussion and debate, the Princeton Borough Council approved parking meter rate hikes. Three months later, the rates have yet to take effect because the overall ordinance remains under review by the state Department of Transportation. The parking meter…
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East meets West
Madam Hengyi Aixinjueluo, grand niece of the last emperor of China, teaches and exhibits her work in central New Jersey. A collection of her ink and watercolor paintings are on view at Rider University’s Art Gallery. By: Susan Van Dongen LAWRENCE Hardship can take a person down some frightening roads, yet those journeys may…
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Cranbury to reimburse South Brunswick for sewers
Officials expect an agreement between the two towns to be finalized in April. Cranbury will pay almost $4.5 million for 30 years of underpaying for use of sewer lines. By: Matthew Armstrong and Nick D’Amore An agreement that will require Cranbury Township to reimburse South Brunswick for 30 years of underpaying the township to use…
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Shedding light on the life of an unlikely hero
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Sacajawea, Bird Woman, lived a cruel life. What we know of her comes from a reliable source, the published accounts of Captains William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. We have stamps, and now a coin, imprinted with the image of a young Native American woman. She played a significant, fleeting role…
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Happy man sleeps well
Exploring Antarctica — and a life to go with it By:Faith Bahadurian Charles Neider was first drawn to the fierce beauty of Antarctica in 1931 when, at 16, he heard legendary explorer Richard E. Byrd speak about his 1928-30 explorations there. Over the course of three visits between 1969 and 1977 Mr. Neider…
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SENIOR CORNER
Chapter A The Senior Citizens Chapter A meet the first Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Municipal Complex. We are open to new members. Our next meeting will be April 5. Hillsborough Education Foundation is sponsoring a crafts program that will be available to any senior in the community. This portion will…
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Rose Feller Kornblum
Rose Feller Kornblum, 94, died Thursday, March 15 in Monmouth Junction. She resided in Philadelphia for many years before moving to Monmouth Junction. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Edward, is deceased. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Dolores and Wally Share of Sunrise, Fla.; her son and daughter-in-law, Stanley and Betty Kornblum…
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Pennington set to act on sewer rate hikes
The increase would be about $80 for a typical family. The public hearing is scheduled for April 30. By: John Tredrea The annual sewer bill for a typical Pennington Borough family would go up about $80 under an ordinance introduced by a unanimous Borough Council vote Monday night. The ordinance is scheduled for a public…
