Category: archives
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Council approves operating budget
By:Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR The Township Council held a third meeting for May this week, taking steps to set the township’s budget and tending to other municipal business. The introduction of the operating budget for the year was approved at Tuesday’s meeting by a unanimous vote. A public hearing on the budget has been…
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MHS girls out of CJ 1 playoffs
By: Rudy Brandl All Manville High losses to Bound Brook in softball are difficult. This one was brutal. The Manville girls were cruising along with a 4-1 lead in last Thursday’s Central Jersey Group 1 quarterfinals before disaster struck. Visiting Bound Brook caught a few breaks and put together consecutive two-run rallies to steal…
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Preschool graduation at Monroe Township High School
By:Bernadette Yannacci MONROE — Some had a little trouble keeping their caps on, while others were a bit too shy to wave at their proud parents in the audience while accepting their diplo mas. No netheless, this graduation at Mon roe Township High School was a tad more fun than the typical litany of speeches…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
WW-P’s Kiuchi has joined tennis elite By: Bob Nuse Yoku Kiuchi has done a lot of winning over the course of his four years with the West Windsor-Plainsboro High boys’ tennis team. Each year Kiuchi has taken another step up the ladder for the Pirates, and each year the results have been the same —…
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Students are climbing the walls
By:Matt Armstrong Students at Monmouth Junction recently have been scaling the walls to new heights. Lite rally. A climbing wall was installed at Monmouth Junction School last week and students have been tra versing the walls ever since. The Parent-Teacher Association paid for the project. Parents came to the school May 10 to help their…
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Kingston trails to get make over
By:David Weinstein Dust off your work gloves and break out your lop-shears; Saturday in Kings ton is a celebration of National Trails Day. And to get that celebration going, the Kingston Greenways Association, now three years old, has organized a day to maintain, clean and fresh en up about a mile of trail used for…
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The halls are alive with the sound of music
By:Brian Shappell &nbs p; Nothing but sweet sounds are coming from the Cranbury School band room. Anoth er busy academic year at the school is drawing to a close on the heels of the Spring Concert and the band’s annual competition in Kutztown, Pa. “There’s a lot of support here — this…
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Committeeman objects to parking plan
Any progress made in improving the circulation and parking in the Cranbury School may have taken a step backward. By:Brian Shappell CRANBURY – Any progress made in improving the circulation and park ing in the Cranbury School may have taken a step back ward. Town ship Committee member Greg Overstreet appeared at the May…
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Smoking ban approved
The ordinance will affect all bars and restaurants; opponents vow to fight measure in state court. By: Jennifer Potash Despite threats of litigation from smokers’-rights and licensed-beverage groups, the Princeton Regional Health Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to adopt the most stringent smoking ban in the state of New Jersey. Smoking will no longer be…
