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MONTGOMERY: Township dedicates its 9/11 Memorial
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY The township began its commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a special monument dedication ceremony on Sunday. Residents, firefighters and various public safety officials gathered that afternoon at the Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 firehouse to watch Station 46 present the town with its…
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PRINCETON: Celebrating 30 years in a fishy business
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer The Nassau Street Seafood and Produce Co. turned the big 3-0 in style on Saturday with a birthday bash filled with trivia, rock n’ roll and lots of lobsters. Friends, family and loyal customers gathered at the Blue Point Grill that afternoon to celebrate Nassau Street Seafood’s 30th anniversary. They…
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PRINCETON: Adult Literacy Month kicks off at library
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer Princeton was all about the letter “L” for “literacy” at the public library Monday morning when the Literacy Volunteers in Mercer County came to celebrate Adult Literacy Month for the first time. The Princeton Public Library is one of the libraries that participate in the Literacy Volunteers program, which provides…
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PRINCETON: University program matches foreign students, hosts
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Sonali Pathirana can relate to what Changle Lin is going through as a foreigner attending college away from home. Since 2005, the township woman has participated in a program designed to introduce international graduate students and scholars at Princeton University to American culture as well as be a support…
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PRINCETON: JazzFeast draws a crowd
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Trumpet player Claudio Roditi filled Palmer Square with the jazz that thousands of music lovers came to hear Sunday. The Grammy nominated musician was one of five acts that performed at the 21st annual JazzFeast, a free concert that Palmer Square Management sponsors. Even with the concert coinciding with…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Borough (No blotter items were supplied by borough police.) Princeton Township (No blotter items were supplied by township police.) West Windsor (No blotter items were supplied by West Windsor police.) Montgomery William Davis-Joels, 19, of Belle Mead, was charged with shoplifting two bottles of alcohol from the Montgomery Discount Wine Market on Sept. 2…
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WEST WINDSOR: Residents air concerns on U-turns
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR When David Parris of Washington Road went to go to the Township Council meeting on Monday night, he had to drive across his front lawn to leave his house. That’s because he had barricaded his driveway sacrificing his own convenience to stop the influx of drivers…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township A resident of Billie Ellis Lane reported someone tried to remove a license plate from his or her car, leaving the license plate bent and the car scratched sometime between 4 p.m. on Aug. 28 and 11: 44 a.m. on Aug. 30. Police said no other similar incidents were reported. Marvin Jacobsen, 70,…
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PRINCETON: 9/11 memorial in ‘holding pattern’
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton’s Sept. 11 memorial will not be ready in time for this year’s 11th anniversary next week of the terrorist attack, said the local firefighter leading the effort to create the memorial. The project is still in the design stage, although organizers already have a site picked out. The…
