Category: archives
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MHS grad Popescu earns crew gold
Helps U.S. win junior world title By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor Paul Popescu was happy just to make the United States Junior National rowing team. Winning the Junior World Championship gold last Sunday in Racice, Czech Republic, was a giant bonus for the Montgomery High School graduate. "We had good speed in practice,"…
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Question: Should city buy plot?
By: Linda Seida – Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE – Voters will determine if the city should spend nearly $200,000 on slightly more than half an acre of undeveloped land in the floodplain to preserve it as open space. The question will be put to voters on Nov. 2 as a non-binding referendum, but Mayor David Del…
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Familiar name is winner
Younger Inman is CVCC champ By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor It’s not a typo on the Men’s Club Championship plaque at the Cherry Valley Country Club. John Inman, not his two-time champion and perennial-finalist father, Mark, captured the recent Men’s Championship Flight with a 1-up win over John Williams. "It’s something I’ve always…
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Library happenings
By: centraljersey.com Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the municipal complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200. Library hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Registration is required for all…
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TOPIC: How do you feel about your children’s schools?
As teachers and administrators throughout New Jersey get ready for the start of classes next month, what are your thoughts about the education your children will be getting this year?
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Deli owner given life for murder
By: Davy James – The Packet Group A Kendall Park resident was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Aug. 20 after being found guilty of conspiring to kill his business partner. Raymond Troxell, 49, of Christopher Avenue, was sentenced at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick after being found…
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Health matters
Da Vinci prostatectomy: a minimally invasive option By: John A. Watson, M.D. – Princeton HealthCare System In prostate cancer surgery, millimeters matter. Located just beneath the bladder, the prostate is attached to numerous nerve fibers and blood vessels that play an important role in urinary continence and sexual function. To spare these nerves and vessels…
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Making his run at Eagle Scout
Cranbury teen builds running track at Cranbury School By: Natalia Knochowski – Staff Writer CRANBURY – Last year, Mark Brennan started his Eagle Scout project by raising over $5,000 in a 5K run through Shadow Oaks. This year, 17-year-old Mark completed the last piece of his project and used the money raised to construct a…
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Landlord ordinance still being reviewed
By: Linda Seida – Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE – Residents who want to see stronger controls over apartment rentals and harsher penalties for violators will have to wait a while longer as officials debate a range of stiffer fines. The City Council last week began a discussion of the governing ordinance to "make it a little…
