Category: archives
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Cranbury prepars for Craft Fair
By:Brian Shappell Just because the Cranbury School will be closed to school events this weekend doesn’t mean hundreds of people won’t be roaming the hallways. The fourth annual Craft Show, to benefit the Cranbury Education Foundation, will be held on March 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 11 from 11 a.m. to…
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Employee effort spurs charity drive
The Wawa on Route 206 in Montgomery has helped raise over $2,000 for children with cancer and blood disorders. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY Employees and customers of the Wawa at Route 206 and 518 have risen above and beyond the call of duty to help severely ill children. The Wawa has raised $2,267 for…
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Math Team counts on success
March Madness is rapidly approaching for one Cranbury School team. But this team won’t be shooting jump shots, it’ll be doing math problems. By: Brian Shappell March Madness is rapidly approaching for one Cranbury School team. But this team won’t be shooting jump shots, it’ll be doing math problems. The Mathcounts team placed first in…
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Peddie 14th at National tournament
WRESTLING: Despite three Falcons placing in the top 10 individually, coach Keith Holcombe was disappointed in his team’s performance. By: Neil Hay This National Prep School Wrestling Tournament might be remembered by the Peddie School as the year of unfulfilled hopes. "We did not do as well as we had hoped," said Peddie coach Keith…
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Astronomy club is seeing stars
By:Al Wicklund MONROE Last Christmas Day, 48 people observed a partial eclipse of the sun from the parking lot behind the Concordia bus shelter. They parked their cars facing the sun. With their eyes protected by eclipse viewers and while seated in the comfort of their cars, they witnessed the eclipse, courtesy of the…
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Joan Gontek
Joan B. Cichocki Gontek, 71, of Lawrenceville died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., she lived in Trenton and Lawrenceville more than 50 years. Mrs. Gontek had worked many years with The Medical Center at Princeton. Daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Tomsich Cichocki and…
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PHS ‘diplomats’ shine in Model UN
The high school club has experienced unprecedented success during the 2000-2001 school year. By: Carly Rothman This year, under the new leadership team of co-presidents Syon Bhanot, a junior, and Ya’ir Aizenman, a senior, and vice president Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, also a senior, the Princeton High School Model United Nations club has achieved unprecedented success. In…
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Council gives OK to street repaving projects
North 13th Avenue will be redone over summer By:Eric Schwarz The borough will repave North 13th Avenue from Brooks Boulevard to Dukes Parkway this summer, and install a sidewalk aside the athletic field between the middle school and Bleecher Street. The paving is among several jobs the borough will contract for this summer, including repaving…
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New Plainsboro budget cuts taxes
A public hearing on the spending plan, which drops the tax rate by a penny for the second straight year, is set for March 28. By: David M. Campbell PLAINSBORO The Township Committee unanimously introduced its $14.3 million 2001 budget, bringing a nearly $1 million increase over last year’s $13.4 million budget, but a…
