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3M to present Montgomery with latest cleanup scheme
Pollution of nearby brooks continues, township officials say By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY Officials from the Belle Mead 3M quarry plan to appear before the Montgomery Township Planning Board May 14 with a proposal for measures to control an ongoing pollution problem. Waterways around the quarry and processing plant are frequently tainted milky white after…
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Peddie softball squad posts a perfect 5-0 week
By: John Chester The Peddie softball team outscored its opponents 34-2 last week to win all five of its games and improve to 7-0 on the year. Four of the five wins were against Mid-Atlantic Prep League opponents. Peddie is now 5-0 in the league and comfortably in first place. Prior to the first of…
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Township raises garbage tax rate
Finds reasons to maintain course with its recycling By: Dick Brinster EAST WINDSOR Aside from a previously announced average 5-percent increase in their annual garbage bills, about 15,000 township residents shouldn’t expect any changes in the way the municipality collects and disposes of refuse. A two-week study has revealed that township’s method for handling…
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Zampini pleads not guilty to murder charge
TRENTON An East Windsor man charged with the stabbing death last fall of a woman with whom he lived has pleaded not guilty to murder, according to the Mercer County prosecutor’s office. Donald Zampini, 70, of Wyndmoor Drive, is accused of stabbing 63-year-old Barbara Morris with a household knife on Sept. 1. Pleas were…
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Wehrhan sets Falcon mark
By: Sean Moylan The Peddie girls’ varsity track and field has known it was good ever since the winter indoor season. But last Wednesday (April 18th) the Falcons showed everyone just how good they were by taking down the big, bad Lawrenceville Big Red, 73-67. Peddie also beat Blair Academy, 117-33, but decided not to…
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Let Toll Brothers build your summer villa at Manahawkin
The community features two spacious home designs to choose from Prospective buyers can now tour the professionally decorated and furnished Brigantine Eastern Shore model home at Toll Brothers’ newest community, the Villas at Manahawkin. The intimate enclave of 24 seashore-style town homes, located just minutes from the pristine Barnegat Bay and the sandy beaches of…
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Nobody’s Trash
‘Lust ‘n Rust,’ a country rock musical, seeks the humanity in a trailer park. By: Susan Van Dongen Trailer park people need love too. They’re not all like the unpleasant chair-throwing folks on The Jerry Springer Show. At least, that’s what Pierrot Productions Artistic Director Pete LaBriola says of the fictional residents of Redbug Mobile…
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Panel offers recreation master plan changes
A Planning Board subcommittee is recommending that upgrades at Cranbury-Millstone Park and safer walking paths for seniors at Village Park be included in a revised open space and recreation master plan. By: Lacey Korevec A Planning Board subcommittee is recommending that upgrades at Cranbury-Millstone Park and safer walking paths for seniors at Village Park be…
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Schools junk the junk food
Changes, before mandate, met with mixed reviews By: Cara Latham HIGHTSTOWN Cheese sticks are Dalton Cupples’ favorite snack. But he won’t be eating them anymore at least not during lunch at Hightstown High School. The Hightstown High School freshman said he isn’t too happy with a new state law signed by Gov. Jon…
