Category: archives
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MTHS has stellar first volleyball season
By: Sean Richards When Monroe Township High School decided to add girls volleyball as a sport this year, it really couldn’t be quite sure what would happen. Sure, the Falcons knew there would be some interest, but like any new adventure there were the elements of uncertainty and apprehension. Well, not to worry. So many…
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Monroe drafting stormwater rules
Management requirements will preserve By: Stephanie Brown MONROE The township aims to protect its water resources by moving forward with stormwater management requirements as mandated by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The township enacted new rules to make stormwater detention requirements stricter, and plans to designate $40,000 to fund a mapping project. These…
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State plans for bigger lot
Additions in the works for local Park & Ride By: Candice Leigh Helfand Commuters will have an easier time finding their way to work, thanks to planned additions to the N.J. Turnpike Exit 8A Park & Ride, on the southbound side of Route 130. The Park & Ride has 499 spaces now, and plans call…
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Chinese educators given a taste of Princeton High School
Exchange program brings principals and directors to town as part of a 23-day visit to the U.S. By: Molly Petrilla Visiting Chinese educators ended their morning at Princeton High School on Thursday with a virtual trip back to their hometown. For their final stop in the school, Mandarin I teacher Shwu-Fen Lin prepared a special…
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Falcon boys’ soccer team wins MAPL championship
By: Sean Moylan The Peddie boys’ varsity soccer team’s 2-1 overtime road win over Blair on Saturday was for something much bigger than just annual bragging rights. "We won a big game versus Blair which was good for a lot of reasons. It’s an old rivalry. And because of that win we won the MAPL…
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Board delays hearing on dry cleaner
Neighbors, property owner to work out issues By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG Plans for a new drive-through dry cleaners on the southeast corner of Buckelew Avenue and Lake Street are on hold while neighbors and the property owner work out differences. The project’s applicant asked the Land Use Board on Nov. 9 to table the…
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PU football to take title shot after bonfire
Tigers host Dartmouth for Ivy championship By: Justin Feil Tonight at 6 p.m., there will be a bonfire to celebrate the first Princeton University football sweep of the Harvard-Yale series since 1994. As big as that is, it won’t compare to the on-field celebration that could follow a Princeton win over Dartmouth 1 p.m. Saturday…
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Titles not clear on swap
"Mother" parcel to be transferred By: Stephanie Brown MONROE The township is awaiting title to the final parcel of land to be swapped with the county in the Thompson Park land trade. The township plans to trade that parcel and several others totaling about 171 acres to Middlesex County for 35 acres in Thompson…
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Historical Society of Princeton to host panel discussion on Lincoln
The Historical Society of Princeton will present four distinguished scholars in a free reading and panel discussion on "Lincoln’s Suspension of Habeas Corpus: Citizenship in the Civil War," on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Computer Science Building Auditorium, which is located near Olden Street on the Princeton University campus. Speaking will be…
