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Not a b-a-a-a-d life for this young stud
Champion alpaca can mate twice a day, but he’s no cheap date By: Jeff Milgram In the world of alpaca sheep, Tattoo is a Leonardo DiCaprio, if not quite yet a Warren Beatty. Tattoo is a good-looking young stud, weighing a trim 154 pounds with a shiny black fleece that resembles dreadlocks. He has the…
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WW-P school board to revisit configuration issue
Survey to sample public opinion By: David M. Campbell The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education consented to reopen a discussion on elementary school grade configuration in response to a request Tuesday night by Superintendent of Schools John Fitzsimons. After receiving the board’s consent, the administration promptly initiated a survey of public opinion with a questionnaire…
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Residents remember B-25, Empire State Building crash
By:Al Wicklund PERSONAL HISTORIES The Cranbury Press series,Histories,” offers our readers a chance to recount their memoies of news events from the recent past, ranging from a year to 60 years ago, some of which they many have witnessed, others that have been stamped in their memories. Do you remember where you were when: …
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Borough Council moves toward open space tax
The council voted to draft an ordinance that would place the 2-cent tax on the November ballot. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council has moved closer to putting a referendum for a 2-cent open-space tax on the November ballot. The council voted 5-1 Tuesday to draft an ordinance that would place the tax on…
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Strong local ties for new police officer
Patrolman Tash was born in Princeton Borough By: Jennifer Potash For new Princeton Borough Patrolman Christopher Tash, joining the local police force is like returning home. Officer Tash, 26, who joins the department full time on Monday, was born in the borough, where several of his family members still reside. His aunt, Robyn McKee, recently…
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Artists for social change
Like the mythical bird fabled to live 500 years, then burying itself on a funeral pyre to rise from its ashes, Friends of PHOENIX aims to give a new, renovated and healthy life cycle to this third millennium By:Ilene Dube The story goes that, several years ago, 50 to 75 people would show up at…
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Scocchi going Dutch
Montgomery teen to swim in international competition By: Justin Feil Carla Scocchi has been to state swimming meets, she’s been to regional meets and she’s even competed in national meets. In a little over a week, the Montgomery resident will fly across the Atlantic Ocean to Holland to compete in her first international swimming meet.…
