Category: archives
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Borough sets budget hearing for May 7
By: Dick Brinster HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council has set a public hearing for May 7 on a municipal budget that would hike the tax rate by 19 cents, with Administrator Candace Gallagher hoping the increase can be lowered to 2 cents through an infusion of extraordinary state aid. "We will be applying for $380,000…
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Tigers push on without head coach
Players, Levy react to Scott’s exit By: Justin Feil Joe Scott’s departure from the Princeton University men’s basketball team leaves unfinished business or makes for a fresh start, depending on the source. One thing is certain, however, and that is that the Tigers want to go forward to erase an 11-17 campaign in 2006-07. They…
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Hockey Player of the Year
PHS’ Ryan had knack for scoring goals By: Justin Feil You’d have to go back almost a decade to find a time when John Ryan wasn’t a scoring machine. "I wouldn’t say I was scorer when I was 7," said the Princeton High School hockey player. "I wasn’t really a scorer until Pee Wees. When…
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Ensemble to share love of jazz, blues
Cranbury Jazz to get bluesy at the Library. By: Lacey Korevec Cranbury resident Paul Venanzi and his buddies play an unusual version of James Taylor’s "Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." "We kind of do it as a blues number," he said. "And it’s not exactly like James Taylor does it. No guitar picking. It’s…
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From persistence to production: Goal of local man is no big mystery
By: Cara Latham EAST WINDSOR Todd Parker knows more than anyone how important it is not to take "no" for an answer. After more than a year of making calls, chasing down film producers, and sometimes being turned down, the 31-year-old township resident is finally getting the chance to see his work come to…
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Guidance on food supplements
… antioxidants have no effect in extending life span, and too much of certain antioxidants can actually be harmful. By: Connie M. Pfeiffer, PharmD. Vitamins and supplements have become a multibillion dollar industry in recent years. Many consumers are aging baby boomers who, in their quest to find the fountain of youth, are looking for…
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Arias at home as a Pirate
Softball coach loves the game By: Justin Feil Not much has changed on the West Windsor-Plainsboro South softball field since Nicole Arias graduated in 2001. There is still a lip into left field. Second base is still a little off and a little crooked. The Pirates have added a fence, but the most notable changes…
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Letters
Republicans’ hypocrisy To the editor: The sheer hypocrisy of the Monroe Republicans has been proven in black and white in Audrey Cornish’s letter in The Cranbury Press last week. They want it both ways. They criticize a Board of Education member for owning an investment property in Lumberton, claiming that Amy Speizer’s not a…
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For quiet Montgomery RR crossings, trains won’t blow their own horns
Township joins county effort to win grant to reconstruct crossings to make them safer and quieter By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY Somerset County is seeking funding to make train crossings safer and quieter, a move that could please Montgomery residents. After a show of support from several municipalities including Montgomery, Somerset County has applied for…
