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WEST WINDSOR: Investigation ongoing into missing homestead items
By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet WEST WINDSOR Windows, doors, fireplace mantles and a part of a staircase: these are just some of the missing Grover Homestead items police found at a restoration company in Warren County. The ongoing investigation was sparked after a volunteer committee charged with creating a viable restoration plan…
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PRINCETON: Library exhibit focus on science
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University has partnered with the Princeton Public Library and the New Jersey State Museum to create a mini-science exhibit that will be at the library for the next year. The exhibit, complete with interactive displays, focuses on “nanoscience,” the study of making very small things to improve everything…
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PRINCETON: Cigarette sparks 2-alarm fire
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A discarded cigarette sparked a two-alarm fire that damaged a house on Moore Street, opposite Princeton High School, on Friday afternoon. The fire, which was reported at 12:42 p.m., began on the back porch and climbed up into the eaves over a one-story addition to the house, according to Fire…
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NEW JERSEY: Holt, Lance unsure on fiscal cliff
By Gene Robbins, Packet Media Group Two central Jersey congressmen stare at the “fiscal cliff” and wonder if we’ll go over it. They hope not. They expect not. But both Leonard Lance and Rush Holt can’t predict the details to end a stalemate over federal finances that will sock the American public with income tax…
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PRINCETON: Police: Cigarette started house fire
PRINCETON – A lit cigarette and some dry leaves are being blamed for a fire that "extensively" damaged a Morre Street home Friday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to 156 Morre Street in the borough at 12:43 p.m. Friday after a resident called to report the rear of the home on fire, according to…
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PRINCETON:St. Paul’s School celebrates Blue Ribbon award
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The applause rose outside St. Paul’s School Wednesday morning as children and adults clapped when they saw a blue flag go up the flag pole to mark a high honor the co-ed Catholic school has received. St. Paul’s was recognized this year by the U.S. Department of Education as…
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PRINCETON: Man charged in beating death of dog
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A Megan’s Law offender living in Princeton has been charged with animal cruelty in the beating death of a dog in August. Michael Rosenberg, 30, advertised himself as a dog trainer who operated out of his residence, said animal control officer Mark Johnson on Monday. In this case, a…
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PRINCETON: Julian Bond looks back at Civil Rights Movement
By Nellie Peyton, Special to the Packet Long lines of Florida voters who waited until the wee hours of the night to cast their ballots this month are an immediate legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, said former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, in a speech at Princeton University on Tuesday evening. ”The people who stood…
