Category: archives
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Wawa eyes Monroe site
MONROE Wawa, the Pennsylvania-based convenience-store chain, has submitted an application again to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for a 4,676-square-foot combination food market and gas station. By:Al Wicklund MONROE Wawa, the Pennsylvania-based convenience-store chain, has submitted an application again to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for a 4,676-square-foot combination…
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Toll strategy emerges at latest hearing
Developer attorney, project manager playing ‘good cop, bad cop’ By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR The Township Planning Board squared off against Toll Brothers again Wednesday night in the ongoing hearings for final approval of the Estates at Princeton Junction, and a Toll strategy seems to be emerging: good cop, bad cop. The hearings,…
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Cantu named mayor for 21st straight year
27-year committeeman foresees more progress for Plainsboro By: David M. Campbell PLAINSBORO Mayor Peter Cantu was selected mayor for the 21st consecutive year at the township’s reorganization meeting Tuesday night. The Township Committee voted 5-0 on the mayoral choice, and shortly afterward reappointed Neil Lewis as deputy mayor by a second unanimous vote. Mayor…
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Daniel Papera
HILLSBOROUGH — Daniel "Vinny" Papera died Dec. 28, 2000, at home. He was born in Raritan and lived there before moving to Hillsborough in 1996. Mr. Papera was a chief engineer in the boiler room at National Starch in Bridgewater for 15 years. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He was a State…
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Anne M. Poloskei, 79
MANVILLE — Anne M.(Puza) Poloskei died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at the Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center in Somerset. She was 79. Born in Manville, she lived in New Brunswick before moving back to Manville in 1971. Mrs. Poloskei worked for Diehl Manufacturing of Finderne and the Palquo Industries of Green Brook, retiring in…
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New year starts with splitcouncil trying to work together
Wrestling over naming council president endswith unanimous vote for Mike Vanderbeck By:Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN Despite pledges to work across party lines, the Borough Council began 2001 with uncharacteristic partisan votes, division among council members and confusion. Discord began at the New Year’s Day meeting with the usually mundane approval of the meeting’s agenda,…
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East Windsor man charged with murder
Body of Lori Ann Petrone-Hand located after 10-week search By:Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR – First-degree murder charges were filed Wednesday against East Windsor resident James Hand in the death of his wife, Lori Ann Petrone-Hand. Ms. Hand had been missing since early October and family members reported the disappearance to East Windsor police on…
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O’Grady becoming PHS hoops leader
Junior captain, Little Tiger girls gain confidence with first win By: Justin Feil There’s a certain sense of fulfillment that comes with being a captain. Megan O’Grady has that feeling this season as one of three captains along with Jamie Cipriano and Jacque Brooks for the Princeton High School girls’ basketball team. O’Grady admitted that…
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If you’re trying to help wildlifesurvive cold, give them water
Birds need food, but mammals can still find lots to eat By:Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR If you are concerned about the welfare of wild birds and animals living near your home this winter, Diane Nickerson, director of the Mercer County Wildlife Center in Hopewell Township, says providing water may be the most helpful.…
