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  • Letters-April 20, 2006

    Don’t mix traffic with families To the editor:    I am trying to understand the issue of public safety and quality of life with one of the traffic "roundabouts" proposed for Lambertville.    It was a tractor-trailer that tragically crashed into the video store and cost the life of one of our residents only a few short…

  • Search-and-rescue canine is missing

    Sarge, a 7-year-old black Labrador, got out of his fenced-in yard in Lambertville April 12. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — A search-and-rescue dog named Sarge, who has spent most of his life helping to find missing people, has gone missing himself, and his owners are hoping someone out there can help rescue him now.    The…

  • Montgomery calls for renewal of truck ban

    Following court ruling, an effort to keep big rigs off Route 206, Route 518 and similar roadways By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee passed a resolution Thursday by a vote of 3-1, with Mayor Louise Wilson absent, to call for protections to be restored to roads where the ban on large trucks was…

  • From a dusty crate flows the genesis of Lake Carnegie

    University exhibit reveals never-before-seen photographs By: David Campbell    Curator Dan Linke, head of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University, said the wooden crate was dropped off one summer day in 1996 on the library’s loading dock. In it was a treasure trove of photographic images of the making of Lake Carnegie in…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of April 18, 2006 New Mederex stock issue    Medarex, Inc., based in Princeton, has priced an underwritten public offering of 10 million shares of newly issued common stock at $11.75 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Medarex expects the net proceeds from the offering to be approximately $111.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts…

  • Helmetta Republican will challenge Rep. Holt

    By: Emily Craighead    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) has a Republican challenger after all.    With 225 signatures submitted to the New Jersey Divisions of Elections right at the April 10 afternoon deadline, former Helmetta Borough Council President Joseph S. Sinagra filed to run in the GOP primary for Congress, representing the 12th District.    Mr. Sinagra,…

  • West Windsor to mark Arbor Day on Saturday

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The township Shade Tree Committee will host an Arbor Day celebration at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ronald R. Rogers Arboretum at the corner of County Route 571 and Clarksville Road.    The celebration will feature the Community Middle School Girls Choir directed by Maureen Fernandez, Boy Scout Troop 40,…

  • Voters turn down budget

    BREAKING NEWS: Ned Panfile, Herman Brunn and Andrew Zangara get nods for board seats By:    Manville voters turned down the school budget Tuesday, defeating the proposed $15.3 million budget by a 477 to 411 margin.    The budget included a 2.68 percent increase in spending, and would add about $219 to the annual school tax for…

  • Former President Clinton to keynote university’s Class Day in June

       Former President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at Princeton University’s Class Day ceremony on June 5, the university announced Monday.    Leaders of the senior class selected President Clinton from among numerous nominees suggested by classmates.    "The Class of 2006 has chosen President Clinton to be this year’s Class Day speaker because of his…