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Budget takes steps towards policy reforms
PACKET EDITORIAL, July 11 By: Packet Editorial All the dust stirred up by that weeklong budget brouhaha in Trenton is just now starting to settle, and the fallout both fiscal and political will no doubt be felt for a long time to come. But there’s an interesting story unfolding behind all the headlines…
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Busy Montgomery intersection about to get new traffic signal
By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY A traffic signal has been installed at the intersection of Cherry Valley Road and The Great Road/County Route 601 a location where a four-way stop has regulated traffic for years and is anticipated to be activated sometime in the month of August. The project for the new signal…
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Powder sets off hazmat probe in PU dorm scare
Substance turns out to be harmless form of bleach cleanser. By: Hilary Parker A Mercer County hazardous materials team responded to a report Monday morning regarding a suspicious substance in the Cuyler Hall dormitory on the Princeton University campus which was ultimately determined to be a form of bleach cleanser that posed no threat,…
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OBITUARIES, July 11, 2006
Helen W. Geary, Karin H. Grosz, Kathryn C. Enyedy, Keith J. Hillman, Eleanor B. Kornegay Helen W. Geary Retired teacher Helen Wilson Geary of Princeton died July 4 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 84. She lived in Princeton for 64 years. Mrs. Geary was educated in the New Orleans public…
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Phelan up to the challenge
Helps WW-P to opening Babe Ruth 15s win By: Bob Nuse HIGHTSTOWN The West Windsor-Plainsboro 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-star team has a roster full of versatile players. WW-P also has players that can do a lot of other things, which helped it to a 6-4 win over Lawrence in the opening round of the…
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C-P districts ends in heartbreakers
Softball team eliminated with one-run losses By: Rich Fisher LAWRENCE The Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old all-star softball team perfected the art of the comeback. Unfortunately for the locals, they never quite figured out the nuances of the comeback win. After advancing to bracket play for the second straight year, C-P lost two heart-breakers to West Windsor…
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Banner day for friendly rivals
WW 12s softball, Washington play for district title By: Justin Feil LAWRENCE For much of the year, the girls from the West Windsor and Washington Township 12-year-old all-star softball teams play with each other in the travel leagues. But for two weeks in the summer, they face off against each other for the right…
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Montgomery set to study municipal office options
Overcrowded conditions hampering staff, police department. By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Hoping to secure more office space for the municipal staff and the police department, the Township Committee on Thursday moved a resolution directing Township Administrator Donato Nieman to begin a comprehensive study of all the options for a revamped municipal building. The resolution was…
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Moral meals
New book looks at global impact of people’s food choices. By: Hilary Parker While scores of books consider the effects individuals’ food choices can have on their bodies how consuming certain foods might lower cholesterol, perhaps, or how those extra pounds may raise one’s risk of heart disease and cancer the latest book…
