Category: archives
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Taste of the Nation slates gourmet gala for spring
Taste of the NationPrinceton will host its annual gourmet gala on Monday, April 23, 2007, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Westin Forrestal Princeton in Forrestal Village in Plainsboro. More than 30 chefs from Central New Jersey’s leading restaurants will showcase their specialties, accompanied by a selection of fine wines. The event, now in…
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Taking the prize
Friends of Drumthwacket enjoy the artistry of garden clubs By: Christian Kirkpatrick If anything can put you in the holiday spirit when the temperature’s 70, it’s Drumthwacket, declared Jim Robinson, chairman of the Drumthwacket Foundation Gala, which was held Friday evening at the governor’s residence on Stockton Street in Princeton. The house was beautifully decorated,…
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Montgomery student charged with sexual assault
By: Jake Uitti A 13-year-old Montgomery Township boy has been charged with sexual assault-related offenses, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest and Montgomery Township Police Director Michael Beltranena announced Friday. Mr. Forrest stated that on Nov. 29, a 12-year-old girl reported to Montgomery police that she had been assaulted while she was in the girls’ restroom…
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Running start for Raiders
Pucciarelli’s 17 tops for Hun boys By: Bob Nuse Sean Pucciarelli had a feeling that eventually his time would come on the basketball court. That time turned out to be Friday night, when the Hun School senior made his first start and scored a career-high 17 points and five assists as the Raiders opened the…
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Mending war’s horrific toll
Montgomery resident helps arrange surgery for Gaza Strip victim By: Courtney Gross Although the differences between New Jersey and the Gaza Strip are plentiful, one seems to stand out starkly to 10-year-old Adham Ghalia the noises he has become used to hearing. The sounds of traffic congestion have replaced the cacophony of explosions and…
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Girls’ Runner of the Year
Pirates’ Kellner has kept elite company By: Justin Feil On the awards stand at the Meet of Champions, Katie Kellner wore a T-shirt made for her by the Hopewell Valley girls’ cross country team. The Bulldogs had their own MOC entrant, Clare Buck, to cheer for, but they also wanted to lend their support to…
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Ceremony honors black Montgomery residents
Plaques laud contributions of the late Bessie Grover and the late Robert S. True By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The New Jersey African American Legacy Program, in concert with the Solid Rock United Pentecostal Church Inc. of Montgomery, will host a dedication ceremony at the Bessie Grover Memorial Park on Camp Meeting Avenue 1 p.m.…
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Merritt resigns from Rocky Hill Borough Council
Defeated in race for mayor, councilman cites "too much nastiness and distortion and misleading information" By: Jake Uitti ROCKY HILL Borough Councilman Brad Merritt submitted his resignation Friday, effective immediately. "This last election just did me in," said Mr. Merritt, who served on the council as a Republican from 1990 to 2002, and was…
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Montgomery to Maharishi: Thanks but no thanks
Planning Board panel meditates only briefly before rejecting request to build Global Country of World Peace facility on Cherry Valley Road. By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Representatives of Global Country of World Peace an organization started by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation, a movement that advocates world peace through meditation in schools,…
