Category: archives
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Some ‘paternal’ advice
By: centraljersey.com Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and…
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Linda Seida
By: centraljersey.com WEST AMWELL – Police are on the lookout for a vehicle that was used in a suspicious incident Valentine’s Day, frightening a 12-year-old boy along Route 179. The boy was gathering mail from his family’s mailbox at about 5:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of Route 179 when the vehicle and its driver…
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NJ has key role in Philly ‘foodshed’ plan
By: centraljersey.com You may not be aware that the entire Garden State is part of greater Philadelphia’s "foodshed" – the region that supplies locally grown food to the Philly metropolitan area. A newly released "foodshed" plan underscores the need to protect and nurture the region’s local food supply system, something often taken for granted. The…
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Professor to discuss Islam
By: centraljersey.com Yvonne Haddad, a professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, will present a public talk titled, "Islamophobia and the Reconstruction of Muslim American Culture," on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 016 of Princeton University’s Robertson Hall. Professor Haddad’s fields of expertise…
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William T. Myers
By: centraljersey.com During the Revolutionary War, the residents of Princeton received much of their information from various city newspapers. These newspapers arrived with the stage coaches that daily stopped in town on their routes between New York and Philadelphia. The print was often still wet from the presses, in which case they were hung up…
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Giglio’s favorites
By: centraljersey.com Food: Pizza Team: Green Bay Packers Color: Blue Athlete: Michael Phelps TV show: House Subject: Science Sports moment: First race in PASDA as a 5 or 6 year old touching out another swimmer to win.
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Fireworks funds needed
By: centraljersey.com This event offers businesses an opportunity to promote their products and services to the Montgomery community. Individual donations of any amount are being accepted. Checks may be made out to: Township of Montgomery, 2261 Van Horne Road, Belle Mead, NJ 08502 The money is being deposited into a trust account dedicated only for…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell conversion plan draws more criticism
Planning Board holds second hearing on application By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Residents at last week’s Planning Board meeting lashed out at a developer’s proposal to convert unbuilt townhouses for people 55 and older into three- and four-bedroom homes for families of all ages. Sharbell says it needs to convert the 150 units…
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RESULTS
By: centraljersey.com PU men’s hoops The Princeton University men’s basketball team suffered its first Ivy League loss of the season when it dropped a 75-65 decision at Brown on Saturday. The loss dropped the Tigers to 8-1 in Ivy play and just behind 9-1 Harvard in the Ivy League standings. Kareem Maddox had 19 points…
