Category: archives
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Rocky Hill Republicans in search to fill council vacancy
Batchelder, in explaining his resignation, cites "harassment and intimidation tactics" By: Jake Uitti ROCKY HILL The process to fill the seat on the Borough Council vacated by former Councilman Rich Batchelder has begun. Tom Roshetar, the chairman of the Republican Committee in the borough, said he and members of the Republican Party would be…
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Amateur astronomers to hear talk by university professor on cosmology
Jim Gunn, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, is the keynote speaker for the Tuesday meeting of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton. The meeting will begin promptly at 8 p.m. in the main lecture theater of Peyton Hall on Ivy Lane on the Princeton University campus. The public is invited. Professor…
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Giuseppe Romanella
Giuseppe "Joseph" Romanella, 66, of Monroe, died Sunday, Dec. 31, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Montemurro, Italy, he came to the United States in 1948 and settled in New York He lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., for nine years before moving to Old Bridge in 1972, where he lived for 25…
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Letters to the editor
Patten shows ‘corrupt leadership’ To the editor: Mayor Bob Patten’s classification of his wife as a Class A member of the Historic Preservation Commission further illustrates his destructive ego, ignorance regarding historic preservation and corrupt leadership. It is silly and sad that the mayor has classified his wife as an expert in order to…
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Downtown plaza finally rid of chain-link eyesore
Unsightly fence removed; pergola waits in the wings By: Courtney Gross As some may say, all good things (or eyesores for that matter) must come to an end. What was a nuisance to many over the past year and a half the infamous chain-link fence in the plaza adjoining the Princeton Public Library …
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AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Gourgaud to host new art exhibit
New art to be shown in local gallery By: Lorraine Sedor This evening go "Someplace Else," at the Gourgaud Gallery. During January, the gallery will feature the photography of Andrea Castro in an exhibit called "Someplace Else." A First Friday Reception will take place this evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Gourgaud…
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Lawyers plead their case to high court in Twin Rivers case
By: Dick Brinster TRENTON – The New Jersey Supreme Court will decide what degree of freedom should be allowed for residents of communities controlled by homeowners associations. The high court reserved decision Thursday after hearing arguments for about 90 minutes in a suit filed six years ago by a group of residents against the Twins…
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Vigil marks a fatality milestone in Iraq
Ceremony at Palmer Square urges a troop withdrawl By: Courtney Gross Just as the solemn bell resonated at Palmer Square 52 times Wednesday evening one toll for each New Jersey soldier who died in the War in Iraq thus far so did the hope of scores of Princeton-area residents who were calling for…
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David Stout selected as mayor
Cranbury swears in new mayor, two committee members, at regoranization meeting By: Candice Leigh Helfand There was a changing of the guard Tuesday. The Township Committee elected fellow member David Stout to serve as mayor for 2007, taking the place of Tom Panconi, who served as mayor for 2006. Mayor Stout said being elected to…
