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Students selected for advanced band
Several freshmen from Cranbury Township have been selected to perform with the Princeton High School Studio Band, the most advanced of the five bands at Princeton High School. By: Matthew Rick Several freshmen from Cranbury Township have been selected to perform with the Princeton High School Studio Band, the most advanced of the five bands…
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Seniors learn monetary worth of belongings
By: Stephanie Prokop EAST WINDSOR They brought with them such varied items as sketches, subway signs and World’s Fair tickets. And local senior citizens then learned their monetary worth. The Antiques Roadshow program that took place at the Twin Rivers Library on Wednesday was part of an "Aging in Place" Program put on by…
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State aid increase on way to district
But new planned cap could be ‘tough’ By: Cara Latham HIGHTSTOWN The good news for the East Windsor Regional School District is that it will be receiving about $750,000 more in state aid for the 2007-2008 school year. The bad news is that there is a proposed state cap on the money it can…
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School nurses wear many hats
Being a school nurse is like running a "mini medical center." By: Lacey Korevec Whether they need a Band-Aid, have a tummy ache or just feel rotten, approximately 40 students visit the Cranbury School nurses’ office every day. And nurses Beverly Gerberich and Mihee Sohn said they try to know each of those students’ names,…
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Chabad to party for Purim
MONROE The Chabad Jewish Center will hold a Purim party Sunday at 3 p.m. at Jamesburg Elks on West Railroad Avenue. By: William Greenwood MONROE The Chabad Jewish Center will hold a Purim party Sunday at 3 p.m. at Jamesburg Elks on West Railroad Avenue. Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky said the party would begin…
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Cranbury moving on school administrator search
Cranbury school board members are flipping through a stack of approximately 40 resumes and hope their next chief school administrator is among them. By: Lacey Korevec Cranbury school board members are flipping through a stack of approximately 40 resumes and hope their next chief school administrator is among them. The district is seeking a replacement…
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Dispatches by Hank Kalet : Take me out to the ballgame
Dispatches: Thoughts on the start of the baseball season. By: Hank Kalet Keith Olbermann says that the five sweetest words in the English language are "Pitchers and catchers report today." I can’t argue. With soot-stained snow and ice still lining the edges of most of the area’s roads and temperatures in the 40s considered a…
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O’Brien dives back in to Top-10 finish
MHS junior has promising state debut By: Justin Feil In eighth grade, Bridget O’Brien had to make a tough call. She stopped diving to concentrate on gymnastics. "It was a really hard choice," said O’Brien, now a junior at Montgomery High School. "It took me a month or so to make the final decision. At…
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WIDE BIRTH: MAPPING OUT THE TURNPIKE EXPANSION
Turnpike’s evolution has had big impact By: Dick Brinster nbsp; The New Jersey Turnpike has been in a state of evolution almost from the day designers placed it on the drawing board after World War II. "One-hundred eighteen miles safely and comfortably without a stop!" was the claim contained in a 1949 map of the…
