Category: archives
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EDITORIAL: Resolved: Let’s become better people
New Year’s resolution should be less personal and more communal. New Year’s resolutions, as everyone knows, are made to be broken. Here we are, six days into 2006, and most of us have probably already eaten more than we swore we would eat once we started that diet the one we were so sure…
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Dolores J. Koch
Dolores J. Koch, 58, died Thursday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Princeton, she grew up in Hopewell and had resided in Monmouth Junction since 1973. She was an executive administrative assistant for the Institute for Defense Analysis in Princeton for 40 years. Preceded in death by her father Walter…
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Karcher tapped for Borough Council president
An outcome of not taking the advice of her late husband By: Marjorie Censer The Princeton Borough Council unanimously elected Councilwoman Peggy Karcher as council president at Wednesday’s reorganization meeting. Ms. Karcher, who has served on the council since 2000, thanked her colleagues, borough staff and local volunteers for their support and said she was…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Jan. 6
Hightstown needs more holiday light To the editor: Oh Christmas tree! Oh Christmas tree! I read the mayor’s message in the Hightstown Crier and agree how proud we should be of the progress that Hightstown has made over the years. Mayor Patten cites this December as an example of what goes on to make…
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Art exhibit to examine preservation amid New Jersey growth
Works by local photographers included at Montgomery Center for the Arts By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Issues of environmental preservation, ethical development and the conflict with the growing population’s needs within the state will be explored in an exhibition opening today at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Work by local photographers Ricardo Barros, Clem…
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Anne Siracusa
Anne Siracusa, 87, died Friday, Dec. 30, at Roland Park Place, Baltimore. Ms. Siracusa was born Anne Tricarico in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 19, 1918. She married Carmine Siracusa in 1940 and moved with her growing family to Levittown, N.Y., in 1951. The couple relocated to Bowie, Md., in 1965, and upon Mr. Siracusa’s retirement,…
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School program honors veterans
Applegarth School’s veterans program encourages students to learn about and support those who served in the military. By: Audrey Levine MONROE The picture is faded, making details of the figure in it difficult to see. A piece of paper next to it proclaims that the man pictured was a solder in the War of…
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Space visitor recounts multi-million-dollar excellent adventure
Gregory Olsen tells his story before Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce By: David Campbell PLAINSBORO Gregory Olsen, the millionaire scientist who earned a place in the history books in October when he became the third non-astronaut to visit the International Space Station, said in a talk Thursday that his fascination with space travel goes…
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North hockey wants wins in new year
Knights rally for win over Nottingham By: Justin Feil A new year. A new West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team. That’s what the Knights are hoping after opening 2006 with a 6-2 win over Nottingham on Monday. It’s the kind of win that could have far-reaching effects for a team that has just two seniors…
