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CRANBURY-test-article: PNC says ‘no’ to township on discount for building purchase
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Discussions over converting the PNC bank building into a library-community center have come to a standstill after representatives of the bank informed local officials that they were not prepared to donate the building or come down on the price. ”When we went to set up this phone call,…
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Campaign 08: Let the games begin for real
Let the games begin. No, not the Olympic Games. They’re history. Not the Friday night high school football games, the Thursday-through-Saturday college games or the Sunday and Monday night NFL games. They’re mere spectator sports. Not even the blatant gamesmanship of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. They’re just the exhibition season, the hype that…
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PLUMSTED: Packing the Sack for needy students
By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer PLUMSTED Donating school supplies for students in need is not a new effort here. The New Egypt MOMS Club has held a supply drive for the past five years, known as Pack the Sack. This year, the club’s realized goal was to fill backpacks for 42 students of…
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MILLSTONE: Miller rides Lucky Jim to victory
By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer MILLSTONE Luck had nothing to do with it. Lucky Jim is simply good. Lucky Jim won Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders Crown Trot at the Meadowlands Racetrack by 1½ lengths over Arch Madness. It was Lucky Jim’s 17th victory in 18 races this year and pushed his seasonal earnings…
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Corzine plan for mortgages needs study
Gov. Jon Corzine’s detractors (and there seem to be a great many these days) are having a field day bashing New Jersey’s chief executive on any number of fronts. After drowning his ambitious financial restructuring plan in a torrent of outrage last summer, they jumped all over the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s more recent, scaled-down…
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Let’s not fuel our unhealthy addiction
It was inevitable, we suppose, that as soon as the price of gasoline hit $4 a gallon, all the tired old arguments for opening up the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New Jersey to oil drilling would be trotted out again. And it was inevitable, especially with sticker shock at the pump coinciding…
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CRANBURY: PNC says ‘no’ to township on discount for building purchase
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Discussions over converting the PNC bank building into a library-community center have come to a standstill after representatives of the bank informed local officials that they were not prepared to donate the building or come down on the price. ”When we went to set up this phone call,…
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Princeton Youth Hockey Tiger Cub Registration is Now Open
By Maureen Thompson-Siegel PRINCETON YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TIGER CUBS PROGRAM The Princeton Youth Hockey Tiger Cubs is a learn to play ice hockey program for beginner players born between the years 2002 and 2005 who are able to stand and skate on the ice. Sessions are on Saturday and Sundays mornings at Baker Rink on the…
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Car Wash to Benefit Deacons Food Cupboard
Rebecca Lucas The Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg will be holding a car wash to benefit the new construction of the Deacons Food Cupboard building located behind the Church at 175 Gatzmer Ave, Jamesburg NJ. The Deacons Food Cupboard serves over 125 familes in the surrounding area and is in need of funds to complete construction of the…
