Category: archives
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Dowers, defense aid PHS lax win
Little Tigers win third straight By: Justin Feil – The Packet Group One year ahead of schedule, Robby Dowers has become a defensive leader for the Princeton High School boys lacrosse team. The junior had to when Jay Dwyer was lost to a season-ending injury. "When I heard the news that Jay was getting shoulder…
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Never forget
Annual ceremony is reminder of Holocaust’s survivors and victims By: centraljersey.com Staff photos by Phil McAuliffe Never 8NEVER Maria Prato Staff Writer MONROE – It was about remembering – both the lives lost and those who survived. More than 100 people were on hand Sunday at the Richard P. Marasco Performing Arts Center at the…
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Do governments need lobbyists?
By: Hank Kalet A year after the state comptroller’s office criticized local governments for spending nearly $4 million on lobbying the state over a two-year legislative cycle, the practice remains alive and well and very expensive for taxpayers. According to a story in The Star-Ledger on Monday, municipal governments and other local government entities –…
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Rescue Mission Holds 6th Annual Adam Shanks Miniature Golf Event
By Karla Pollack For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Gay Abbott-Young, CEO, (609) 695-1436, ext. 101, [email protected] Trenton, New Jersey – The 6TH Annual Adam Shanks Mission Miniature Masters Tournament will take place on February 26th (snow date March 5th) at the Rescue Mission of Trenton. The miniature golf tournament takes place indoors within the Rescue…
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Enticing children to read
By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer MONROE – It began with a couple of rough circles but in a few strokes of a pencil those circles took on features and a personality all their own. The transformation began in front of an assembly of Woodland Elementary School students on April 13, as illustrator Chris Soentpiet…
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Cranbury budget passes
By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer CRANBURY – Cranbury voters came out in large numbers to pass the school district’s $16.7 million budget Tuesday in a 514-291 vote. Of the 2,073 registered voters in Cranbury, 812 came out to cast their ballot, nearly double the 444 that voted in last year’s school elections. "I feel…
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Man killed, toddler injured
By: Matt Chiappardi – Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – One man is dead and a toddler remained hospitalized with serious injuries after an early morning car crash Wednesday. James J. Johnson Jr., 52, of Middlesex, was killed at 6:02 a.m. when the box truck he was driving on Mercer Street left the road, crossed the…
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Sports takes
Schneider, Pratt show off power By: centraljersey.com 8TAKESThe Allen & Stults Blue Angels and the Muscle Maker Grill Black Diamonds played to a 12-12 tie in HEWYBL T-Ball action. The Blue Angels were led by two grand slams by Jillian Schneider and two doubles by Ethan Altaro and Justin Ford. The Black Diamonds also had…
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Communiversity looks for big turnout Saturday
By: Lauren Otis – Staff Writer With cool sunny weather forecast for Saturday, the Princeton community can look forward to a people- and fun-packed Communiversity. The event, sponsored jointly by Princeton University and the Arts Council of Princeton, runs from noon till 5 p.m. Saturday, and will feature scores of businesses, arts organizations, performers, craft…
