Category: archives
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New computers act as Cranbury teachers’ aid
The Cranbury School administration is keeping students on the cutting edge of computer technology. By:Brian Shappell The Cranbury School administration is keeping students on the cutting edge of computer technology. Last week, teachers at the school started the academic year with multiple computers in every classroom, some with up to five terminals. “We’ve been able…
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PU to open football season at Lafayette
Hughes makes Tiger coaching debut By: Justin Feil The players, the coaches, the fans have been looking forward to this for eight months. Roger Hughes’ first game as head football coach at Princeton University has finally arrived. The Tigers will take on Lafayette 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fisher Field in Easton, Pa. It’s a matchup…
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Committee mulls benefits for retirees
More than a dozen township employees attended Monday’s Township Committee meeting to urge the committee to support the implementation of retirement benefits for the workers. By:Brian Shappell More than a dozen township employees attended Monday’s Township Committee meeting to urge the committee to support the implementation of retirement benefits for the workers. The committee discussed…
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Manville man killed in Bridgewater accident
James Thoden, 45, pronounced dead Thursday morning By:Eric Schwarz James Thoden of Manville, who worked for Somerset County, was killed in an accident Thursday morning as he worked on a crew installing a traffic light in Bridgewater. Mr. Thoden, 45, of Lincoln Avenue, was helping to install a light on Commons Way at Hotel Avenue…
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Backstage
Cinema verité goes ghetto in this behind-the-scenes look at the world of rap music. [rating] By: Kam Williams Rap has a bad reputation for a reason. Almost since its invention, rap music has been taking the rap for the escalation of our moral degeneracy. Feared and idolized by disparate segments of society, these self-styled "gangstas" live…
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Princeton mulls new crackdown on young drinkers
Measures would allow officers to enforce underage drinking laws on private property. By: Jennifer Potash and David Weinstein Princeton Borough and Princeton Township may soon crack down on underage drinking. The Borough Council and the Township Committee are considering separate but similar ordinances that would allow police officers from the two municipalities to enforce underage…
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Nurse Betty
A star-struck housewife meets two unrepentant killers in a film starring Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Renee Zellweger. [R] By: Kam Williams Nurse Betty is one of those "can’t miss" movies that looks good on paper but somehow fails to measure up on screen. It has a brash young director in Neil LaBute (In the Company…
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Life saving practice
Scenes from a drill By: Phil McAuliffe Sunday, members of East Windsor Fire Co. No. 1 participated in a drill at the Carduner Shopping Center, simulating the rescue of a resident from a smoke-filled basement. For more scenes of the company’s drill, check out this week’s issue.
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Community organizations
Nonprofit and civic organizations based in Hillsborough Concerned Citizens for a Better Hillsborough P.O. Box 22 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 (908) 874-3191 E-mail: [email protected] Web page: www.geocities.com/ccbhnj/ccbh.htm Concerned Citizens for a Better Hillsborough is a local, non-partisan group of citizens who have watched as laws for controlling development and for governing our township have been…
