Category: archives
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Corner House slates home visits
An effort to control substance abuse By: Courtney Gross If there is one thing that is consistent in communities across the nation, it is substance abuse among adolescents. And to combat this constant problem – one that crosses all municipal borders and socioeconomic statuses – Corner House, the nonprofit youth counseling center on Witherspoon Street,…
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Improved Pannell is helping Tartans win
Stuart senior has become a scorer By: Justin Feil Taj Pannell has a hard time comparing the player she was a freshman reserve, and even that as a sophomore starter, to now as a senior with the Stuart Country Day basketball team. It doesn’t take long for others to see the improvements in Pannell, who…
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Light rail excursion to explore D&R Canal Saturday
The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will explore the historic D&R Canal and related sites south of Trenton by train on the River LINE light rail system on Saturday, Jan. 20. The only cost is the $1.25 train fare. Participants should meet at 10:45 a.m. at the Bordentown Light Rail Station, 100 W. Park Ave.…
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Accidental Comic
For Bob Nelson, a mis-dialed phone number turned into a career on stage. By: Jessica Loughery There’s a bit of comedy behind Bob Nelson’s start in comedy. While studying theater at Nassau Community College in New York, he says he got sidetracked into the profession beginning with one inaccurately dialed phone number. "I was fooling…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Reforming government
Explaining the reform By: Hank Kalet In an effort to give local residents a better understanding of how the recommendations made by four joint legislative committees might affect their tax bills and local services, The Cranbury Press is running a two-week package on the proposals. This week, we look at school funding reform and constitutional…
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Margaret Benson
Margaret P. (Sullivan) Benson, 78, of Monroe, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, at home. Born to Irish immigrant parents and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Piscataway for 45 years, where she and her husband raised their family. She moved to Rossmoor in 2001 Ms. Benson received her bachelor’s of science degree from Hunter College…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Don’t blame the technology
Recent technological opportunities at "fame" are not to blame for recent crimes By: Hank Kalet Technology doesn’t necessarily bring happiness or common sense. Consider two recent incidents in nearby South Brunswick. First, a couple of high school students were charged in December after they allegedly drew a third student to an empty hallway at…
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Looking Back
Spiritual counselor Djuna Wojton looks into ‘Karmic Healing.’ By: Susan Van Dongen The concept of investigating past lives is intriguing yet daunting to some. Who wants to worry about a past life when the present one is hard enough to handle? If there are emotional issues, physical pain or even addictions in a current incarnation,…
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HHS boys’ basketball squad fights way to 6-2 mark
By: Sean Moylan Games between the Hightstown High boys’ varsity basketball team and Lawrence are like those old NFC "Black and Blue Division" battles where it didn’t matter which team was up and which team was down, because the games were almost always going to be dogfights. So Hightstown’s 52-39 win at Lawrence on Tuesday…
