Category: archives
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Lecture looks at dinosaurs nearby
By: centraljersey.com WEST WINSOR – William B. Gallagher of Rider University will shed light on dinosaur discoveries in New Jersey in his talk, "Dinosaurs in Your Backyard" at Mercer County Community College on Thursday, April 7, at noon in the Communication Building, Room 110, on the West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Free and…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Growth is LPS budget challenge
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — At the Lambertville Public School, there is good news in two areas. However, one of them is leading to an expense while the other is bringing hefty savings. The savings first: Thanks to a conscious effort by the administration, teachers and staff, the school has been able to…
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LAWRENCE: Author tells of woman’s crusade for equal rights
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Susan B. Anthony — she of the $1 dollar coin — and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are both well-known figures in the arena of women’s rights and the push to grant women the right to vote. But it was the lesser known Alice Paul who took up the charge in the…
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Sen. Shirley Turner
By: centraljersey.com I don’t like taxes and neither do my constituents. We all accept that some form of taxation is required for services that keep society civilized and that improve our quality of life. However, the taxation system should be fair and assure that the money collected is spent wisely and efficiently. Fundamental to the…
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Pennington health session Saturday
By: centraljersey.com Pennington Borough residents and merchants can meet members of their new health department – from Montgomery Township – from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borough Hall. Early this year, Pennington Borough Council voted to get public health services from Montgomery Township instead of Hopewell Township, which had been providing them to Pennington for years.…
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Michele Byers
By: centraljersey.com "Star Trek" fans will recall that Starfleet’s prime directive when encountering an alien civilization was noninterference. But for alien species invading this state we’re in, the opposite is true. Nearly one-third of New Jersey’s 3,000-plus native plant species now are considered rare. We are losing our native wildlife to invasive flora and fauna…
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Wai-Yip Chau, M.D.
By: centraljersey.com It’s no secret that carrying extra weight can dramatically affect a person’s overall health, self-esteem and ability to perform everyday tasks. And the heavier a person is and the longer they remain overweight, the more at risk they are for serious diseases and complications. In fact, obesity is associated with more than 30…
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Locals help Peddie swimmers at winter championship meets
By: centraljersey.com In the first two meets of the short-course championship season, Peddie swimmers swam to 28 top three finishes at the 9/10 and 11/12 Silver/Bronze Championships. In 12-year-old events at the 11/12 Silver/Bronze Championships at Raritan Valley Community College, Nika Blank (East Windsor) placed third in both the 100 free (1:01.28) and the 100…
