Category: archives
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MHS hoping to start streak
Englemann helps Cougar baseball progress By: Bob Nuse Peter Mueller feels like his Montgomery High baseball team is real close to putting together a nice winning streak. His players don’t disagree. "There’s no doubt we’re a good team," said Mueller, whose team improved to 5-5 with a 10-7 win over Bridgewater on Tuesday. "I just…
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Panel at university grapples with Virginia Tech shootings
Two professors offer views on tragedy; administration initiates new emergency alert system By: Chip McCorkle Eleven days after a Virginia Tech student perpetrated the worst shooting rampage in the nation’s history, the Princeton University community continues to react. On Monday two Princeton professors offered insights into the tragedy in an event organized in part by…
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State OK’s ball field; DEP says soil is clean
The township can now move ahead with construction of a proposed Babe Ruth baseball field after receiving a clean bill of health from the state for a soil remediation project. By: Lacey Korevec > The township can now move ahead with construction of a proposed Babe Ruth baseball field after receiving a clean bill of…
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Watercolors on exhibit at Gourgaud
Chinese watercolor artist J.C. Turner to exhibit her work at Gourgaud Gallery in Town Hall. By: Lacey Korevec Artist J.C. Turner, of Jamison, Pa., became interested in Chinese watercolor while observing a class at the Windy Bush Gallery in New Hope, Pa. She was drawn in by the ancient stories and parables told by a…
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All that teaching and test scores still fall?
GUEST OPINIONN. Jeremy Kasdin We were urged to vote for the school budget on April 17 (which I did) to support the "Princeton Difference". The budget rejection made we wonder, is it really making a difference? In particular, it made me recall the results released last month of a nationwide study on high school performance.…
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Sports writer Frank Deford lauds sports, decries excesses
The late David Halberstam praised during talk at university By: Chip McCorkle Renowned sportswriter Frank Deford paid tribute to recently deceased journalist David Halberstam on Tuesday night in a speech at Princeton University. "He may have been the best of our time," Mr. Deford said of the Pulitzer prize-winning author. His remarks came at the…
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Annette Vaccaro
Annette M. Vaccaro, 64, died Thursday, April 19, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to Staten Island in 1968 and to Greenbriar at Whittingham in 1999. She was an administrative assistant for the Seamen’s Society for Children and Families in Staten Island for 15 years before her…
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Princeton rabies vaccination clinic set May 5
A free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats in Princeton Township and Princeton Borough will be held 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5. Rabies is endemic in the wild animal population in many parts of New Jersey. Family pets exposed to rabid animals can become sick, thus endangering their owners. The clinic takes…
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MaryAnne Fasaro
MaryAnne Fasano, 65, died Thursday, April 19, at The Elms of Cranbury. Born Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to the Encore in Monroe in 2002. She was a bank manager for Dime Savings Bank, formerly Pioneer Savings and Loan Bank, in Brooklyn for 25 years, retiring in 1998. Her husband, Marco, died in 1999. She is…
