Category: archives
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Veterans fight a different fight
Entrepreneur vets cope with shattered businesses By: Mike Mathis Bob Griffith spent 10 months defending the United States against the threat of terrorism. Now he’s fighting to save his business. When Mr. Griffith departed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to guard suspected terrorist detainees, he left a thriving residential and light commercial business behind. When he…
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Bark Busters embraces power of the bahh
Franchise opens to rejoicing pet owners By: Kara Fitzpatrick LAWRENCE Do not underestimate the power of the "bahh." The "bahh" can be used to silence, command and tame. And it serves as a sort of mantra for Keith Axsom’s Princeton-area franchise, Bark Busters. Bark Busters, a home dog training service that originated in Australia…
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OBITUARIES, Dec. 27, 2005
Anne D. Thomas, Frank W. Hubby, Florence B. Alaimo Anne D. Thomas Worked in Princeton schools Anne D. Thomas of Princeton died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 75. Born in Henderson, N.C., she was a Princeton resident for some 57 years. She retired from Princeton Regional Schools as an instructional…
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Words can create, words can destroy
"Speaking of Communication" column By: Susan Young Welcome to the debut monthly column of "Speaking of Communication." My goal in writing this column is to provide business professionals with insight into understanding and improving communications skills. I see this as an interactive opportunity. I am inviting you to e-mail me questions or topics of concern…
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Well-Dressed Mind
Princeton author Penelope Rowlands writes about ‘Vogue’ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ editor Carmel Snow. By:Susan Van Dongen With a combination of witty prose and a veteran journalist’s thoroughness, Princeton author Penelope Rowlands has crafted a new book evoking an era of white gloves and pillbox hats, when fashion magazines championed the concept of "well-dressed women with…
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Buy and Sell
Two new bookstores prove you don’t have to be a box to compete in today’s book market. By:Josh Appelbaum The thing that sold Deb Hunter on the small basement retail space at 12 Nassau St., the former location of Witherspoon Books, was a toilet. Tucked away behind the storefront, the washroom is pretty typical, with…
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Monroe Township to sponsor winter contest
Annual holiday decorating contest and snowman building contest are scheduled for the winter. The Monroe Township Recreation Department is sponsoring its Annual Holiday Decorating Contest for residents. According to the township, the competition is open to homes and businesses in the township that brighten the neighborhoods with holiday decorations and festive spirit. Judging will take…
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Retesting of soil ordered at site of housing proposal
Township to hire independent firm By: Marisa Maldonado EAST WINDSOR The township Planning Board has ordered additional environmental testing on the former site of the East Windsor Speedway, while granting preliminary approval for the construction of more than 50 houses on the property. The township will hire an independent firm, at the expense of…
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Pine Street neighbors in borough approve plan for park
Tragic death of professor prompts his neighbors to seek park’s rehabilitation By: Marjorie Censer Pine Street Park neighbors approved Tuesday the revised plan for the park, presented by Dan Dobromilsky, a landscape architect who serves as a consultant to the Princetons. The revised plan incorporates suggestions made by the neighbors at an October meeting. In…
