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Homeowners vow suit over flawed stucco
About 30 Cherry Valley Country Club residents gathered in a neighbor’s home with lawyers to discuss their options concerning the construction of their houses. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY Residents in the Cherry Valley Country Club community are planning to sue developer DKM for structural damage they say resulted from a synthetic stucco product applied…
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A visit to the wilderness of Alaska
By:Al Wicklund MONROE Alaska is a big state. It’s a wonderful place to visit in summer, definitely not in winter. Also, it’s a good place for those who don’t care for crowds. Paul Haller, the Senior Center’s premier armchair traveler, shared that information with his audience during a photo-slide and talk program on Alaska…
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Council hires Cornerstone Architectureto develop community center choices
The borough will study the feasibility of building a community center next to the borough library or at another site. By: Eric Schwarz The Borough Council on Monday hired Cornerstone Architectural Group of South Plainfield for $8,400 over the objection of Council President Stanley Jasiak, who called the study "jumping the gun." "I thought we…
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PU hoops begins Ivy ‘tourney’ tonight at Yale
Four teams set to fight for league championship By: Justin Feil Glen Miller and James Jones agree. This season has been good no, make that great for the Ivy League. Brown, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale the four top teams in the conference will all meet each other over the next six…
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Peddie boys place second at Easterns
BOYS SWIMMING: Coach Chuck Batchelor was initially disappointed, but later realized his team swam its best and outperformed last year’s squad. By: Neil Hay Standing on the deck at Lehigh University last weekend, with the final scores showing that his Peddie boys swim team had finished second at the Eastern Invitational swimming championships, coach Chuck…
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A good time to look at women’s history
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Kathleen Krull’s new book makes the point that history has not been kind to women and does so in a witty way. March is Women’s History Month for good reason. History has not been kind to women. Kathleen Krull’s new book makes this point in a witty way.…
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Official: Report cards spur encouragement, concern
The school district’s evaluation and grants director is particularly concerned about the fourth-grade achievement test results. By: Michael Arges There is cause for both encouragement and concern in the State Report Card results for the East Windsor Regional School District, Suzanne Harkness, district evaluation and grants director, explained during Monday’s school board meeting. Dr. Harkness…
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Community Park principal retiring
Toby Kline’s retirement will take effect Nov. 1, but Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn hopes to hire a replacement by the start of the 2001-2002 school year. By: Jeff Milgram Toby Kline, the highly respected principal of Community Park School, plansto retire before the end of this year, along with three long-time Princeton Regional School District…
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Schools plan daytime activitiesfor Friday’s ‘Read Across America’
Students will ‘drop everything’ and read By:Eric Schwarz Children in Weston and Roosevelt schools will celebrate the life of author Dr. Seuss on Friday with special events, including guest storytellers who will read to the students to mark Read Across America Day. At Weston School, teachers and students will do activities and puzzles identifying Dr.…
