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Delta Airlines subsidiary plansTrenton-Mercer Airport service
Flights slated to Boston and Atlanta Mercer County officials announced last week that an agreement with Comair a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, the nation’s third largest carrier is ready to be signed to fly out of Trenton-Mercer Airport pending necessary approvals. "I’ve always been a strong advocate for a healthy mix of…
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This auto service startup makes house calls
Company founder brings the auto mechanic to the car By: Lauren Otis It is just one of those things people accept without question: No matter how marginally operable your car is, or how inconvenient to you, you still have to get your vehicle to the auto mechanic for repairs to be diagnosed and made. Kyle…
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OBITUARIES, Aug. 22, 2006
Elsa Karin Slaby, Mona A. Fisher, Bert V. Edmunds, Dmitri Z. Garbuzov, Nancy M. Grant, Margaret E.D. Peek, William Branson, John Kempf Elsa Karin Slaby Housing Authority director Elsa Karin Slaby of Princeton died Friday at home. Born in Norway, she grew up in New York City. She was the longtime director of the…
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West Windsor police arrest four in string of arsons
Garbage containers and portable toilets targeted By: Courtney Gross PLAINSBORO Three juveniles and a 21-year-old West Windsor resident were charged Wednesday in a string of arson-related incidents within parks and housing developments throughout the township, police said. The juveniles, two 15-year-old Plainsboro residents as well as a 16-year-old Plainsboro resident, and Pierce Hoedl, a…
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Hearing set on gas pipeline expansion in Montgomery
By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Williams Transco Pipeline is in the preliminary stages of designing the Sentinel Expansion Project, which includes five new pipe sections or "loops" in parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including Somerset and Union counties. This includes a section that crosses through Montgomery and Hillsborough townships, officials said. The affected area…
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Recall issued for toys given by Princeton Public Library
About 180 four-inch cats and dogs exceed permitted level of lead By: Kara Fitzpatrick Approximately 180 toys that were distributed as prizes for a Princeton Public Library children’s summer reading club are being recalled due to a recent discovery that they possess lead levels that exceed federal regulations. The toys four-inch bendable cats and…
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Switching lives
Mom and daughter share a stylish experience By: Jessica Emili Andy Warhol once said, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Gina and Kristina Daniels of West Windsor will experience their moment of fame next month when the Style Network airs an episode of "Try My Life" that the mother-daughter pair starred…
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Cotsen Children’s Library trunks have show, will travel
Pilot program to enter classrooms throughout the region By: Hilary Parker This fall, Princeton University’s Cotsen Children’s Library will begin to offer room service. On the menu? A selection of three "facilitated trunk" programs created for the new "Cotsen in the Classroom" pilot program, designed for children in kindergarten through third grade. And the room?…
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Reading the way
Audio textbook recorders at Recording for Blind & Dyslexic serve big need By: Diane Landis Hackett Retired engineer Fred Horowitz is bent over a fourth edition college-level calculus textbook, studying the complicated notations and graphs in preparation for his time in the sound booth at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic in Plainsboro. "I love…
