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Green Acres funds transferred to acquire portions of Tusculum
Township Committee approves budget amendments accounting for more than $2.3 million in grants By: Courtney Gross For the Princeton Township Committee on Monday, it was all about accounting. Approving a number of budget amendments relating to grants of more than $2.3 million, as well as its annual audit, the committee conducted business as usual following…
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Princeton man killed in Trenton shooting
By: Jake Uitti Charles Bennett, 25, a resident of Clay Street in Princeton Borough, was fatally shot near the Trenton Board of Education building Tuesday night, according to published reports. Mr. Bennett was shot by Peter Yaniquoi Klah, 30, of Ewing, according to Trenton police. Mr. Klah has been charged with homicide, weapons offenses and…
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Prudential realtors lend a hand
Volunteers from all of the company’s 64 offices extended a helping hand in more than 100 communities By: Prudential Fox & Roach realtors from the Hamilton and Princeton offices volunteered at Home Front’s Family Preservation Center on October 5 in honor of the company’s annual community service day. Princeton office agents also volunteered at Project…
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Burgeoning Montgomery marching band hitting all the high notes
Top awards combine with a growing popularity By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Everything has to be perfect for the Montgomery High School Marching Band’s possible last home performance of the season, scheduled to take place tonight during the high school’s final home football game at Cougar Stadium. With a cold, late October wind blowing across…
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Teacher upholds the future of Afghan girls
Princeton native Alison Long takes the measure of Kabul’s education system during teaching stint By: Kristin Boyd In America, school buildings are made of brick and wood and concrete. But halfway around the world, in some of Afghanistan’s rural provinces, students attend school on tarps or in tents layered over a mountainside. There are no…
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OBITUARIES, Oct. 27, 2006
Karin V. Beurling, Eleanor L. Thoren Karin V. Beurling Research scientist Karin Vanja Lindblad Beurling of Princeton died Oct. 12 at home after a long illness. She was 86. Born in Degerfors, Sweden, she completed advanced degrees in chemistry, botany and zoology at the University of Uppsala before emigrating to the United States in…
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HHS girls’ soccer clinches elusive Valley crown
By: Sean Moylan It’s been a record-setting season for the Hightstown High girls’ varsity soccer team, which wrapped up it first Valley title in over a decade with last Thursday’s 4-0 road win over Allentown. Ify Onochie scored a pair of goals, and Erika Juricic and Brianna Byrne each chipped in with a tally. Tina…
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Thrift store to open on Mercer St.
By: Cara Latham HIGHTSTOWN Greater Goods has found a home for its thrift store and will be opening it up to the public before the end of the year. Amanda Porter, director of development for Greater Goods, said the store will open up at 413 Mercer St. in a 3,200-square-foot segment of the Lucas…
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South girls prove a challenging foe
Pirates fall to unbeaten Steinert in MCT soccer By: Bob Nuse Not many teams have given the Steinert High girls’ soccer team a run for its money this season. But after Wednesday night, West Windsor-Plainsboro South has now done it twice. The Pirates, who dropped a 1-0 overtime decision to the Spartans during the regular…
