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  • Montgomery Arts Center offers New Jersey Voices II

    An opportunity for state’s artists to show their work By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The month of August has set in. The big Hollywood movies are droning on and the swimming pools do not hold the same appeal they once did. What to do? The Montgomery Center for the Arts offers an answer: the New…

  • The sky’s no limit

    Program gives Montgomery youngster realistic insights into life as an astronaut By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — "I’ve been fascinated by all the stuff that’s out there. We don’t need to be contained in one planet," said Kit Hornung, a resident of Montgomery Township who just completed Level 1 of the Future Astronaut Training Program at…

  • Pin oak shades church’s effort to go ‘green’

    ‘Majestic’ tree stands in way of solar panels By: Kara Fitzpatrick    An application to remove what neighbors called a "majestic" pin oak tree on Walnut Lane has raised an interesting question: How much should be compromised when going "green"?    Apparently, members of the Princeton Borough Shade Tree Commission believe that the removal of a 75-foot…

  • New spaces are ‘falling into place’ at Princeton High

    On track for opening of school Sept. 7 By: Hilary Parker    As the Sept. 7 start of the 2006-2007 school year edges ever closer, workers and administrators at Princeton High School are watching the clock as they aim to open a number of new spaces — including over 20 classrooms — in time for arrival…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 15, 2006

    Michael A. Gelatko, James M. Beck III, Anna M. Stachurski Michael A. Gelatko Audit supervisor     MONTGOMERY — Michael A. Gelatko died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as a result of injuries sustained from an auto accident. He was 46.    An audit supervisor, he was employed by Empire Medical Services of New York…

  • ‘Oz’ fans celebrate

    Annual Munchkin convention held in West Windsor By: Emily Laemer    WEST WINDSOR — It’s been 50 years since it was first televised, 106 since it was written and 150 since the author was born.    The International Wizard of Oz Club certainly had something to celebrate.    Authors, fans and even a producer gathered at the Hyatt…

  • Plainsboro receives $500,000 grant for park improvements

    A second installment from the county for Community Park By: Courtney Gross    PLAINSBORO — In another show of support from Middlesex County, the Township Committee has accepted a $500,000 grant to make improvements to Community Park — a staple in the township’s municipal park system.    The grant, a second installation from the county for the…