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Voters to get school plan
Few attend final session on $26.8 million proposal. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Monroe Township High School’s performing arts center sat nearly empty Wednesday night during a presentation by School Superintendent Ralph Ferrie and Business Administrator Wayne Holliday on the upcoming $26.8 million referendum on a proposed new elementary school. Voters will get their say…
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Solider shares his experiences in Iraq
Major Robert Smithers discussed terrorism and his experiences abroad with the Young Republicans Club, Friday, at Princeton Regional High School. By: Jessica Beym Whether he’s wearing a business suit or dressed in fatigues, Cranbury resident Robert Smithers is working to help keep America safe. His job as the CEO of Miercom, a local telecommunications consulting…
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Horse park event to benefit charity
This year’s Jersey Fresh will benefit the Giveback Foundation, a local nonprofit organization helping those in life-altering circumstances. By: Marisa Maldonado UPPER FREEHOLD A new local charity just got a boost from the Horse Park of New Jersey. The Giveback Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving financial assistance to people in life-altering circumstances,…
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Polls open at 7 a.m. in Monroe
Vote on the referendum for a new 80,275-square-foot elementary school, Tuesday, at the following locations. By:Leon Tovey MONROE Township voters will have their say Tuesday on the school district’s proposed $26.8 million elementary school referendum. The plan calls for the construction of a new, 80,275-square-foot elementary school on a 30-acre tract directly across Applegarth…
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 20 Opportunity knocks to improve schools To the editor: Voters in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District should not miss an important opportunity to improve our schools by voting in favor of the referendum on Tuesday. When High School North was first proposed more than a decade ago, South…
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Ryan leaves Hills cryin’ with four goals
Little Tigers stamp themselves as one of state’s top-tier hockey programs By: Justin Feil Morris Hills was missing its leading scorer against the Princeton High boys’ ice hockey team Wednesday. Luckily, the Little Tigers were not without their own high-flying forward, Cranbury’s J.R. Ryan. After racing out to a 4-0 second-period lead and holding a…
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Police Blotter for the week of Jan. 20
East Windsor One local man was injured and a teenage girl from the township was issued a summons after their vehicles collided last week at Dutch Neck Road and Morrison Avenue, police said. Benjamin Paucay, 24, of Winchester Drive was eastbound on Dutch Neck Road at about 1:30 p.m. Jan. 13 when Kelly Bircsac, 17,…
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No wedding crasher
Hightstown official often makes it official. By: Kip Berman HIGHTSTOWN Upon winning an election, a series of congratulatory phone calls are to be expected. But when Bob Patten was elected mayor of Hightstown in 2000, he received a call the next day requesting him to use his new mayoral powers in a manner he…
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LETTERS
Vote ‘yes’ for children To the editor: I was on the Monroe Board of Education for 18 years and was involved in many urgently needed referendums, such as the Richard P. Marasco Performing Arts Center, additions to Brookside School, and a new Mill Lake School to name just a few. None of these, however,…
