Category: archives
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Man who mailed threatening letters gets two-year term
By: Vic Monaco A Croydon, Pa., man has been sentenced to two years in jail for sending threatening letters to municipal entities and school districts, including East Windsor Regional. James Thomas Weed, 55, was sentenced June 15 in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia by Judge Cynthia M. Rufe to two years incarceration and three years…
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Barclay property sold at auction
Apple and Oranges Inc. paid $2.1 million By: Lacey Korevec The township auctioned the Barclay North and South properties for $2.1 million on June 15. Apple and Oranges Inc. was the highest bidder at the auction. According to Max Spann, president of Max Spann Auctioneers, Apples and Oranges Inc. is owned by a private individual…
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Princeton hoops vet is Young at heart
By: Bob Nuse Freddy Young is like the guy at the beach who gets sand kicked in his face, then turns out to be the toughest guy out there. For years, the Princeton High graduate played in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League. In eight of the first 11 years of the league, Young…
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8th-graders say goodbye to GMB
By: Bill Greenwood JAMESBURG Excitement was in the air Monday night at Grace M. Breckwedel School. As the school’s wind ensemble provided the evening’s soundtrack with its version of the graduation-day staple "Pomp and Circumstance," 54 eighth-grade honorees marched two-by-two down the center of the school gym’s floor in their caps and gowns, red…
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O’Brien is ready for Post 218 run
Hopes win helps Legion team get hot By: Bob Nuse TRENTON Clint O’Brien is one of those guys who, when you see him playing Legion ball, you can’t believe he’s still around. And yet, he still has another year to play after this one. Which is good news for Princeton Post 218 as it…
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Open border … for ideas
Princeton University immigration forum seeks perspectives from all sides of the debate By: Nick Norlen At this immigration forum, everyone is invited except the pundits. An Immigration Reform Round Table, sponsored by the Princeton University Center for Migration and Development, the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the New Jersey League of…
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Celebrating graduation
The Cranbury School class of 2007 graduated on Monday By: Michelle McGuiness To the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance," played on piano by music teacher Jaclyn McKeever and student Ethan Barron, Cranbury School eighth-graders stepped past a barrage of flashing cameras and took their seats in the school’s gym on Monday. Above the soon-to-be-graduates stretched…
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Michener the Man
James Michener is remembered as a writer, politician and art lover. By: Ilene Dube In the nearly 20-year history of the James A. Michener Art Museum, during all the exhibits celebrating Bucks County’s artistic heritage, the man for whom the institution was named may not have been foremost in the minds of museum-goers. An exhibition…
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Becker to plead not guilty
Ex-priest and president of the Jamesburg Historical Society to be arraigned today By: Bill Greenwood JAMESBURG A 62-year-old Helmetta man who has served as president of the Jamesburg Historical Society will be arraigned today (Friday) in state Superior Court in Middlesex County on one count of second-degree sexual assault. Ronald Becker, of Raintree Court,…
