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Monroe boys stun JFK in GMCs
By: James McKeever There weren’t many people on the Greater Middlesex Conference bowling scene who thought Monroe had much of a chance at beating J.F. Kennedy in the GMC Tournament. The Falcons, seeded 13th, had to bowl against Kennedy, the No. 4 seed, without their leader Gregg Puleio, who was sidelined with an illness. Monroe,…
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Rossi goes out a winner at MCC
By: Justin Feil Princeton High’s Nina Rossi did not disappoint in her final Mercer County Swim Championship. The senior earned Most Valuable Player honors during Saturday’s meet at Lawrence High School. In Thursday’s preliminaries, she broke both her county 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly records. In Saturday’s finals, she again broke the 200 IM…
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Eighth-graders get first taste of Monroe High
High school teachers and administrators held an orientation for the middle school students, Tuesday. By: Marisa Maldonado MONROE "Don’t procrastinate" is a phrase all students have heard from their teachers at least once. But no one would accuse the hundreds of eighth-graders who packed the auditorium at Monroe Township High School on Tuesday night…
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Madeline Swift
Madeline C. (Healy) Swift, 88, died Monday, Feb. 6, at the Cranbury Care Center, Monroe Township. Born in New York City, she lived in Queens for 40 years, moving to East Brunswick in 1992. She moved to Castle Senior Residence in Monroe in 2002. She was a bookkeeper at Gertz department store in Queens for…
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GMCT seedings are thrown for a Lupo
By: Ken Weingartner When Monroe High’s Justin Lupo first saw the seeding for the heavyweight division at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, he thought he was done a disservice. He later realized he might have been done a favor. Lupo, who was seeded sixth despite a 17-1 record, finished second in the GMCT Saturday, losing…
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Rep. Holt to hold Plainsboro town meeting Feb. 18
PLAINSBORO U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) will lead a town meeting at the Plainsboro Municipal Building on Feb. 18. The event is an opportunity to discuss issues affecting the community, such as Social Security, job creation, Medicare and prescription drugs, homeland security, education or other issues. The town meeting is scheduled to begin at…
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Next tax rate hike quickly starts to fall
Sikorski broaches police consolidation By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The pencil sharpening has begun, and the delicate subject of consolidation has been gently set on the table. Just a week after unveiling a preliminary 2006 budget that carried a 27-cent tax rate hike, without salary increases, Borough Council looked at revisions Tuesday that cut that…
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Little Tigers have their moments at Mercer meet
By: Justin Feil Princeton High finished seventh with 17 points at the Mercer County Indoor Track and Field Meet at Widener University Sunday. Dan Cavallaro was fourth in the mile and two-mile, Christophe Dorsey was fifth in the mile, Dan Hellstern was fifth in the 55 meters and Mike Grier was fourth and Pinto Adhola…
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Hundreds turn out to discuss busing options in Montgomery
Four plans presented, but no decisions made By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Four school bus schedule schemes that would also affect opening and closing times at the schools were unveiled before a large crowd Tuesday by the transportation committee of the township Board of Education and Supervisor of Transportation Jennisse Peatick. The meeting was held…
