Category: archives
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Reach out and touch the wheel — with both hands
By: This message is for the woman we saw driving straight down the middle of the highway unsteadily at 25 miles an hour taking up both lanes – hang up and drive! This message goes out to the man we saw weaving erratically on the road using no turn signals and failing to keep…
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Woman dies from crash injuries
Burlington Township woman killed By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD – A Burlington Township woman died after being involved in a two-car collision on Route 130, police said. At 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Susan McCune, 56, was traveling south on Route 130 near mile post 52 when she made a left turn into the Liberty Two Diner, police said.…
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Navy Lieutenant Quattrone sails into Hall of Fame
It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame By: Neil Hay It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame. Quattrone, Hightstown Class of 1992 and a graduate of the United States Naval…
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Capturing Cranbury on canvas
By:Brian Shappell Painters can create countless different interpretations of Brainerd Lake. On Sunday, a crop of budding local artists will have another chance to craft their own. This weekend marks the fourth in the five-part Art in the Park series sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council. North Main Street resident Judy…
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Couple celebrates 40th hair salon anniversary
Couple have been at same Farnsworth Avenue location since 1960 By:Michael Maugeri BORDENTOWN CITY – Four decades ago, satisfied customers walked out of Betty Ann’s Hair Care Salon, perhaps sporting a bouffant or beehive hairdo. The hairstyles may have changed, but not the satisfied customers. In fact, Betty Ann Castonguay and her husband, Paul,…
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Toll Brothers wins right to build in West Windsor
The Estates at Princeton Junction appellate ruling as well as rulings on two nearby tracts could bring 2,400 housing units to West Windsor. By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR – An appeals court has rejected township attempts to block the long-delayed Estates at Princeton Junction and unexpectedly paved the way for additional mass residential development…
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More travel, gardening in her future
Veteran Princeton Township clerk to retire By: Jane Karlicek She has attended countless Princeton Township Committee meetings during her 16-year tenure, but she’s not an elected official or a local gadfly. And next month Pat Schuss can begin using those meeting nights for other purposes. Appointed to the position of township clerk in 1984, the…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR 8/17
From the Aug. 17 edition of the Register-News By: La Leche League La Leche League of Jobstown, a non-profit breastfeeding support group, meets at 10 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month (except August and December) at the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church. Babies and children are welcome. For information, contact Maura, 265-3912. Summer playgroups Family of…
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Band camp ready to hit right notes
Boot camp for bassoons By:Michael Arges It’s boot camp for bassoons next week at the annual Hights-town High School band camp. Camp participants will keep time during the week with activities designed to help them perform in the school’s bands, as well as compose a few friendships – regardless of their level of experience.…
