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PRINCETON: Institute for Advanced Study, Battlefield Society reach agreement to delay work on housing project until court ruling
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Institute for Advanced Study backed down from starting construction on its disputed 15-unit faculty housing project until a judge rules next month on an injunction request by the Princeton Battlefield Society. The Institute had construction equipment on site, including bulldozers, and said as recently as last week that…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Veterans welcomed at school’s Flag Day assembly
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Army veteran Bob Kowalski told the assembled pupils in Hillsborough Elementary School on Friday to respect the flag and respect their teachers. Then he snapped off a crisp salute to the students. Some of the school children brought their parents, uncles and grandparents who had served in the military to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Car accident on Falcon Road sends 3 to hospital
An adult woman driver and two juveniles who were passengers were taken to the hospital after their car overturned Saturday at about 5:45 p.m. on Falcon Road, just east of Opie Road. Police said the car, driven by Michelle Anthenelli, 46, of Green Brook, was traveling east on Falcon Road when the car left the…
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PRINCETON: Woman injured in garden rake mishap
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A Randall Road resident suffered a non-life threatening injury when she stepped on a garden rake that pierced her small right toe Wednesday morning, according to the Princeton Police Department. The 55-year-old woman told police she was gardening in her back yard when she accidentally stepped on the rake, police…
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LAWRENCE: Pennsauken man charged with attempted burglary, criminal mischief
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer LAWRENCE — Jason Turner, 35, of Pennsauken, has been charged with attempted burglary and criminal mischief after he tried to break into a Village Court home at 9:23 p.m. June 15, according to police Lt. Joseph Amodio. A neighbor called police to report a suspicious car in the area of…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Suspected burglar surrenders to police
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Eugene Napolitano, who is suspected in the May 29 burglaries of two homes on Jeffrey Circle, surrendered to the South Brunswick Township Police Department June 15, according to the Police Department. Mr. Napolitano has been charged with two counts of burglary, possession of burglary tools and eluding. The 50-year-old Monmouth…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police seek man suspected in burglary attempts on several homes
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Police are searching for a man who attempted to burglarize several homes on New Road in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick Township during a 90-minute period, between 12:05 and 1:25 a.m., on June 13. The burglar entered the homes by opening a first-floor window. In two instances, the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Somerset Valley Players hold auditions for ‘9 to 5’ musical
Open auditions for the Somerset Valley Players production of “9 to 5, the Musical” will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 29 and 30, at South Branch Reformed Church, 870 River Road, Hillsborough. Callbacks will be July 2. The show will be performed weekends from Sept. 11 to Oct. 4.…
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PRINCETON: Signs point to Institute for Advance Study readying to begin construction on faculty housing project
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Institute for Advanced Study is giving indications that it might construct faculty housing before courts have ruled on legal challenges that the Princeton Battlefield Society has brought to stop the project, the attorney for the Society said Monday. Public interest lawyer Bruce Afran said there is a construction…