Category: archives
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Revised background check regulations still meet opposition
Montgomery measure aims to protect township’s youth By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY The Montgomery Township Committee last week revised certain portions of a proposed ordinance that would require background checks of any adults having unsupervised contact with Montgomery youth. Some of the revisions included the removal of potentially controversial language, including use of the words…
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Man charged with sexually assaulting girl, 7
EAST WINDSOR A township man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old family member. Township police on Sunday charged Manuel Machicela, 53, with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said they responded to a report of domestic violence in building A of the Windsor Castle Apartment Complex around 11:15…
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Peace is Patriotic event slated Monday in Princeton
The Coalition for Peace Action will host its seventh annual Peace is Patriotic event Monday that includes a picnic at Monument Park in front of Princeton Borough Hall followed by a program of speakers at Nassau Presbyterian Church. The bring-your-own picnic will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. and participants are encouraged to bring…
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Police encourage kids to use helmets
Offering free Rita’s Water Ice to those spotted By: Michelle McGuinness The Cranbury Police Department will make wearing a bicycle helmet cool this summer by offering children age 16 and under coupons for free Rita’s Water Ice if they’re seen wearing them. Cranbury officers who are on patrol from the end of June through the…
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Montgomery police officer faces theft charge
Grand jury indictment for allegedly shoplifting a nutrition bar from a convenience store By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY A Somerset County grand jury returned an indictment Thursday against a Montgomery Township police officer charging him with shoplifting and official misconduct following an April incident at a Montgomery convenience store. The officer, 32-year old Christopher Jaeger,…
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Borough Council sides with police administration in pay grievance
Patrolman appeals overtime ruling to governing body By: Nick Norlen Princeton Borough Council sided with the borough police department Tuesday in a grievance hearing to determine whether a patrolman should have received double-time or time-and-a-half during a shift he switched with another officer. The hearing before council was an appeal of a grievance aired previously…
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Joyce Carol Oates receives humanities award
Joyce Carol Oates, the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the 2007 Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association. She was recognized at the association’s annual conference in Portland, Ore. "Ms. Oates has long been recognized as a giant of literature," said Roy Speckhardt, the…
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WW measure aids short-staffed boards
A new method for determining a quorum By: Greg Forester WEST WINDSOR Township Councilman Charles Morgan introduced a measure Monday that should help the township’s Cable TV Advisory Board function more properly in the face of unfilled seats. Mr. Morgan’s provision reduces the number of members the board needs to conduct official business at…
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Garden State Chauvinism
Those who think New Jersey is nothing more than a toxic wasteland, get over it. Harry C. Dorer’s photographs offer proof that New Jersey offers so much more than ‘What exit?’ By: Anthony Stoeckert Harry C. Dorer was just doing his job. A roll- up-your-sleeves, old-time newspaper man who took pictures for Newark newspapers for…
