Category: archives
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Hidden Oases
The Lambertville and Mill Hill garden tours offer a peek inside those secret spaces devoted to peace and meditation. By: Jessica Loughery Trenton is an unlikely haven for gardening enthusiasts. Even a smaller city like Lambertville, with its tiny adjacent lots, would seem to provide only the smallest of plots for those in love with…
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Standing ovation
Princeton Symphony gala supports music in the schools By: Christian Kirkpatrick Nearly 300 supporters of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) met Saturday at Drumthwacket to enjoy a few of their favorite things: good food, lovely surroundings andof course music. It was the organization’s annual gala, this year titled "The Schools Are Alive with the…
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A call to rein in homeowner boards at statewide conference
By: Cara Latham TRENTON While many await a state Supreme Court decision on a Twin Rivers case, residents of private communities across the state packed a conference in Trenton this week and called for legislation to prevent homeowner association boards from abusing their power. Several of the speakers at the conference Monday at the…
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OBITUARIES, May 25, 2007
Walter B. Foster Jr., Basil J. Ferrara, Peter A Mistretta, Suzanne G. Dyckman, Evelyn B. Thurm, Alfonso Buono Walter B. Foster Jr. Savings and loan president Walter B. Foster Jr. died May 18 at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 85. Born in Princeton, he was a lifelong resident. A longtime employee of…
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Miluszewski, Jack medal at East Coast Relays
Hightstown girls, boys now ready for state competition By: Sean Moylan ÿ8TRACKÿA tight schedule was probably the only thing that prevented Hightstown’s Tara Miluszewski from winning two medals, instead of one, at Monday’s huge East Coast Relays at Morristown High. "Tara (Miluszewski) got bumped out of the javelin because we missed the shuttle bus," said…
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Second annual battle of the bands is on its way
Events upcoming around Cranbury By: Lorraine Sedor The Cranbury Recreation Commission and the Municipal Alliance on Alcohol and Drug Abuse will host the second annual High School Battle of the Bands Contest on Friday, June 15 in the Cranbury School Auditorium. Bands can register on line at www.cranburytownship.org or www.rockinthebury.com. The registration fee is $20.…
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Longtime teachers say farewell
Frank Foulkes, Fay Kobland and Anne Marie Bernhard to retire at end of June By: Lacey Korevec For three teachers at Cranbury School, the last day of school also means the end of an era. At the end of June, science teacher Frank Foulkes, social worker and Child Study Team coordinator Fay Kobland and social…
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Rocky Hill budget has no tax increase
A drop in the tax rate offset by open-space levy By: Greg Forester ROCKY HILL The Rocky Hill Borough Council approved the 2007-2008 Municipal budget Monday, following changes mandated after the state reviewed the document. The tax-neutral budget included a drop in the tax rate offset by the inclusion of open space taxes that…
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Conrad Prefach
Conrad T. Prefach, 81, of Jamesburg, died Friday, May 18, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he lived in South Brunswick before moving to Jamesburg 25 years ago. He was a master plumber. He was last employed by George Wilan, Monroe Township, many years ago. He was a Navy…
