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GMB graduation Tuesday
Eighth-graders at Grace M. Breckwedel School are set to graduate next week By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG June 20 marks the end of an era for Grace M. Breckwedel School’s eighth-graders. Fifty-nine graduating students will stand proudly before their families and friends Tuesday. They will bid farewell to the Jamesburg school system, which many have…
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Commission’s advice on Stockton Street to wait until fall
Indications that commission doen’t plan to suggest heavy hand By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The Historic Preservation Commission plans to meet several times over the summer and make recommendations by September relating to its power and possible development restrictions in the Stockton Street Historic District. There are indications the commission does not plan to suggest…
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Post 401 wins five straight after opening loss
By: Rich Fisher With everyone back but just two players from last year’s 28-6 powerhouse, it could be an interesting summer for the South Brunswick Post 401 legion baseball team. "We should be competitive," said coach Tony Cosumano, whose team won five straight after dropping an opening-night game to Hightstown. "On paper we look really…
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Warehouses eyed for Brick Yard
Colorado firm in charge of chemical clean-up proposes warehouse plans By: Jessica Beym Plans for 2.8 million-square-feet of warehouses on Brick Yard Road were presented to the Township Committee on Monday by the Colorado firm that is cleaning up the 400-acre parcel where a chemical factory exploded 52 years ago. While no decisions were made,…
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Montgomery superintendent search is back to square one
After fruitless six-month search, board to hire an interim superintendent By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The township Board of Education has reopened the search for a new superintendent. Unable, after a six-month search, to find a suitable replacement for Dr. Stuart Schnur, who is retiring at the end of August, the board will instead select…
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Eighth-graders set
Cranbury School eighth-graders graduate next week By: Jessica Beym Mark the calendar, because next week will be a big one for Cranbury students. That’s because Cranbury School eighth-graders and Princeton High School seniors will accept diplomas next week during graduation ceremonies. The Cranbury School graduation, in which 80 students will leave the halls of their…
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Obituaries
For the week of June 16 Milton Hart Cunningham HIGHTSTOWN Former borough Mayor Milton Hart Cunningham, 89, a lifelong borough resident of Hightstown and Mantoloking, died Saturday at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a brief illness. A four-term mayor from 1957 through1964, he initiated the construction of the first low-income housing project…
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Big top time!
The circus is coming By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages the Jamesburg Civic Association invites one and all to attend the fourth annual Alain Zerbini Circus on Saturday, June 24. Three generations of the Zerbini family will present two traditional circus performances at 2:15 p.m.…
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Cancer screening program offered
Princeton HealthCare System will offer a cancer prevention program for Hispanic women from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church on Witherspoon Street. Cervical cancer occurs more frequently in Hispanic women than in any other population, PHCS said, and the group has the second highest death rate from the disease. Breast cancer…
