Category: archives
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Borough police hire probationary officers
By: Marjorie Censer The Princeton Borough Council administered the oath of office to three new probationary police officers at its March 14 meeting, bringing the department staff numbers back to the authorized level of 32. Patrolman James Dodd graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. He worked as a police officer…
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Ford, Tartacoff get unique opportunity
Monty boys play in Puerto Rico By: Justin Feil Mike Ford and J.T. Tartacoff have been looking forward to baseball season for a while, so when the chance to actually get some games in outdoors against some top competition came, the Montgomery residents jumped at it. Ford and Tartacoff were the youngest players on an…
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Salini starts red-hot for PU baseball
Senior gets Tigers out of the gate By: Justin Feil At some point, Andy Salini is going to cool off. For now, the Princeton University senior is taking his incredible start in stride. "I feel like in baseball, sometimes you’re going to start off hot and sometimes you’re not," said Salini, who has nine hits,…
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Rock dreams
Teen bands to hold concert at United Methodist Church. By: Jessica Beym A Lesser Evil, a self-proclaimed post-hardcore, pop punk band from Cranbury, is trying to make it big. Brothers Mike and Rob Davis of Bennett Place and their friend Matt Weiss are recording their debut EP and are hoping that a show in town…
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Montgomery Democrats endorse local candidates
Newcomer Brad Fay to be running mate of incumbent Cecilia Xie Birge By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The Montgomery Democratic Organization has unanimously endorsed Brad Fay to be the running mate of Deputy Mayor Cecilia Xie Birge, who was also unanimously endorsed in her bid for re-election to the Township Committee. "I believe I can…
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Expert says PCB contamination is no threat to surrounding area
Most of the crushed concrete has been removed from the West Windsor construction site By: Emily Craighead WEST WINDSOR Local experts are confident that contamination from PCB-tainted crushed concrete at a construction site across from the Mobil gas station at Route 571 and Southfield Road poses no threat to people’s health or the environment…
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Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Hun’s Gratch starting her own tradition By: Justin Feil Emily Gratch broke one tradition when she came to The Hun School last year. Gratch’s father and both her older sister and older brother all graduated from The Hill School, but Gratch had other ideas. "I didn’t want to board somewhere," said the Holicong, Pa. resident.…
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State testing begins for schools
Jamesburg and Monroe school district administrators say students prepare all year. By: Stephanie Brown It will be awhile before the last of Monroe and Jamesburg students hear "pencils down." The state standardized testing period began the second week of March and will run until mid-April. High school juniors and seniors took the High School Proficiency…
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A sleeping giant awakens
Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz says 9/11 attack gave nation the will to use force By: Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz said in a public lecture Wednesday at Princeton University that the war on terror will be a prolonged campaign similar to the Cold War, not a limited conflict…
