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To Your Health-March 13, 2008
Pomengranates ‘hot’ new super fruit By Dr. Terry Shlimbaum, Special Writer Pomegranates are the “hot” new super fruit filled with phytonutrients, which help to protect a body against heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Pomegranates are filled with minerals such as calcium, folic acid, potassium and iron, making it a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants are…
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Cranbury not happy with COAH rules
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Cranbury residents want to send a message to the township and state —new affordable housing obligations would destroy the character of the town. More than 300 residents gathered in the Cranbury School cafeteria Monday night for a meeting designed to educate the public on the proposed changes to…
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Monroe school candidates discuss budget, state aid
By Davy James, Staff Writer MONROE — Candidates for school board support this year’s proposed school spending plan, but, they say Monroe faces unique challenges due to the amount of state funding it expects to receive next year. Four candidates will be running for three, three-year seats on the school board, including all three incumbents.…
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Molly Elizabeth Brown
HIGHTSTOWN A Funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church for Molly Elizabeth Brown, 19 months old, who recently died. Burial was in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Molly is survived by her parents, Sean and Erin Brown; brother Gavin; maternal grandparents Tom and Regina Logan of Princeton…
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Reader responds to letter concerning little league game
David Christoffersen, Main Street Your March 13 edition included a letter titled, "Reader expresses concern with Little League program" written by Danny Toto. Mr. Toto complains about a 2007 league playoff game he said was ended prematurely by the league’s president, and suggests an apology is owed to the players. I witnessed the end of…
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Joseph R. Andrews, Jr.
PRINCETON JUNCTION — Joseph R. (Bob) Andrews Jr., 74, died Friday at home. Born in Trenton, son of the late Joseph R. and Ethel B. Potts Andrews, Mr. Andrews had resided in the Princeton Junction area for the past 40 years. Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife of 49 years, Stephanie Charydczak Andrews; two…
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John J. Dzurkoc
WEST WINDSOR John J. Dzurkoc, 79, died March 11 at Merwick Rehabilitation Hospital and Nursing Care in Princeton. Born in Trenton, son of the late John J. and Anna Pazej Dzurkoc, he was a resident of Princeton Junction and a parishioner of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Princeton. Mr. Dzurkoc was a longtime employee…
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Staten Island men face drug charges
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Three Staten Island men have been charged with selling marijuana at the Marketplace Shopping Center on North Main Street, after police seized drug paraphernalia and $7,000 worth of marijuana March 14. The Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force received an anonymous tip regarding men who would be traveling to the…
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Finding new lives for old bicycles at SBHS
By Davy James, Staff Writer It just sits in a corner of your basement collecting dust. Perhaps it’s jammed haphazardly into an overcrowded storage shed. It’s that old, unused and sometimes even forgotten bicycle, the one that serves little purpose once its owner’s riding days are over. But that bike and others like it can…
