Category: archives
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Small town faces a big water bill
Engineer estimates tower and pipe project at $2.2 million By: Cara Latham ROOSEVELT The borough’s engineer has recommended replacing the water tower and cleaning and relining the town’s water pipes at a cost of about $2.2 million. But the borough might only replace the tower and hold off, for now, on the pipe work,…
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Borough’s first female police lieutenant to speak on challenges
By: Courtney Gross The YWCA Princeton and the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area will jointly host the Princeton Borough Police Department’s first female lieutenant, Lt. Sharon Papp, for a discussion titled "The Challenge for Women in Achieving Professional Success." The meeting will include an explanation of issues that face police as well…
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Police uncertainty over ruling not slowing DWI charges
By: Dick Brinster Uncertainty about an eventual state Supreme Court ruling over validity of readings from a machine many police departments are now using instead of the decades-old Breathalyzers have not deterred East Windsor or Hightstown from pressing drunken driving charges. East Windsor Police Chief William Spain and Hightstown Lt. John Reppy say there has…
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Library event to combat stereotypes of gays, others
Film and discussion series begins today on issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex young people By: Courtney Gross Nowhere can discrimination and stereotypes be more cruel than within the schoolhouse walls and several Princeton area groups have geared up to combat those instances. Princeton High School’s Gay Straight Alliance, the Princeton Public…
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Not the ending PU had in mind
Tigers end season with loss to Penn By: Justin Feil Princeton University seniors Luke Owings and Justin Conway sat side-by-side following a 64-48 loss to the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. "It’s not really how I expected it to end," said Owings, who scored six points and had a team-high six rebounds. Owings wasn’t just…
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Local pair wrestle way into school history
Amponsa places 5th in state By: Sean Moylan Kenny Amponsa began the season as just one of the talented senior leaders in Hightstown High’s "Little Dynasty" of varsity wrestlers. But he quickly took first at the Holy Cross tournament and turned a few heads. Then, along with his good friend Tim the "Italian Tank" Trivisonno,…
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No-passing line in WW backed in petition by 200 residents
Village Grande plea brought before Mercer freeholders By: Nick Norlen WEST WINDSOR Citing a "potentially life threatening" situation, more than 200 Village Grande residents in West Windsor have signed a petition in support of double yellow line striping near their development entrance on Old Trenton Road. The petition was presented to the Mercer County…
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Letters to the editor
District should act for autistic To the editor: I am the parent of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder who is currently enrolled in the Mercer County Special Services School District. We have 39 students in East Windsor and Hightstown with ASD who are currently classified. Gov. Corzine recognizes the escalating rates of autism,…
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Column: Nuse Sense
Up is lone option for Tigers By: Bob Nuse It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The third year under Joe Scott was supposed to be a step forward for the Princeton University men’s basketball program. After going 15-13 in Scott’s first season, including a 6-8 mark in the Ivy League, the Tigers were only…
