Category: archives
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A pre-Christmas look at NJ gas prices for 2007 by AAA
As New Jersey motoritsts hit the road this pre-Christmas weekend, they might ponder the changing face of gas prices, especially if their travels take them beyond the Garden State. New Jersey continues to enjoy the some of the nation’s lowest prices at the pump but prices here have risen 70 cents over the past year,…
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Utility seeks OK for tower
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer A Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G) representative spoke at the Nov. 27 Township Committee meeting, seeking approval to approach the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a diversion of certain Green Acres properties to install a new tower for a transmission line. According to Karen Johnson, spokeswoman for PSE&G, the…
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Christmas Quaker meeting
Sunday, Dec. 23 The Crosswicks Friends Meeting will hold its annual candlelight service at 7 p.m. in front of the historic Crosswicks Meetinghouse on the village square at Front and Church streets in Crosswicks. Planned with families in mind, the service will consist of readings, group singing of familiar carols, and the lighting of…
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Thor Woronczuk
EAST WINDSOR Thor Woronczuk, 68, died Monday at home. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, he immigrated from the Ukraine to the United States and settled in Newark and was a resident in East Windsor for the last several years. He graduated from the Arts High School in Newark. He majored in history at Newark State…
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Some tough pills for borough’s mill
Council says no to latest redevelopment changes By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council has rejected the latest amendments to the ordinance guiding the future redevelopment of the former rug mill, including a payment in lieu of rehabbing the nearby municipal building, a construction requirement the landowner has said he cannot do.…
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Irving Theron Blanchard
LAWRENCE Irving Theron Blanchard, 82, died Tuesday at Capital Health Systems at Helene Fuld, Trenton. Born in Braintree, Vt., he formerly lived in Freehold and Hightstown before moving to Lawrenceville 15 years ago. He was in the Navy as a sonar man second class from 1945 to 1949. He was last employed by Kimberly-Clark…
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Reorganizing
The Hightstown Borough Council and East Windsor Township Council will both hold their annual reorganization meetings on New Year’s Day. The Borough Council will meet at noon; the Township Council at 2 p.m.
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Ten free trees offered with membership to The Arbor Day Foundation
Ten free trees will be given to those who join The National Arbor Day foundation. The free trees are part of the nonprofit foundation’s "Trees for America" campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting and enclosed with planting instructions. To become a six-month member of the foundation and receive…
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London biopharma company to open U.S. headquarters in Princeton
Antisoma plc, a London-based biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of novel products for the treatment of cancer, announced the opening of its United States headquarters in the Princeton area. Chris Smyth, head of clinical operations at Antisoma, has been appointed vice president, U.S. operations. The new office will focus on the clinical and regulatory…
