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UPPER FREEHOLD: Committee debates farm stands
By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD Farm stands are part and parcel of the township’s rural community, but just who can operate such a stand and where was up for discussion at the Feb. 7 Township Committee meeting. At an earlier meeting, a person operating a farm stand at the corner of Route…
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HONOR ROLL: Florence students soar with high scores
FLORENCE — Students and their families are celebrating. Scores of teens were named to the second marking period Honor Roll for Florence Memorial High School. The youth named to the Principal’s List earned straight A marks. Ninth grade Principal’s List Randolff Carpenter, Julia Craig, Evelyn Giordano, Anthony Haas and Kelsey Snively. Ninth grade Honor Roll…
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AS I SEE IT: On a clear day I can see AvalonBay
By Dennis Scheil That big empty building on Witherspoon Street formerly known as Princeton Hospital has not surprisingly been at the center of a storm of controversy ever since ground was broken for the new hospital in Plainsboro. That storm intensified at the end of the year with the Planning Board rejecting the plans of…
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Support Power of 100
Valley’s PTO presidents In the spirit of collaboration between the school PTOs and the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, we encourage you to support the second annual “The Power of 100” campaign. Last year’s proceeds purchased a classroom set of iPads for each of the Hopewell Valley public schools. This year’s proceeds will fund a…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Hit and run student gets probation
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor A Rutgers University student that ran down a South Brunswick High School student last April will get a year of probation and lose her driver’s license for three months, according to police. Shivangi Patel, 20, of Monmouth Junction pleaded guilty last month to one count of endangering an injured…
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Pennington Day grant applications available
Pennington Day Inc. has announced that grant applications are available online at www.Penningtonday.com. Grant applications are due by the end of March and grants will be awarded at a ceremony in early May prior to Pennington Day 2013, which will be on May 18. Community groups in need of funding are invited to apply. Pennington…
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A tempest in a pocket park
Jim Solloway, West Windsor Only in West Windsor can 1.5 acres of open space create such controversy! Mayor Hsueh’s plan to create an Asian-themed cultural garden with bridges, gazebos and pagodas might have seemed like a good idea, but it has stirred up a hornet’s nest not only among residents but also between council members.…
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HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of Feb. 15
From left: front row, Mariela Rodriguez, 16, of East Windsor; Alyssa Husko, 15, of Roosevelt; Ciara Francis, 16, of East Windsor; Niki Patel, 16, of East Windsor; Michelle Belansky, 17, of Cranbury Manor; and back row, Caroline Cardoso, 16, of Hightstown, Zach Fayer, 17, of East Windsor, Rachael Wil´son, 18, of East Windsor; Caitlin Douglass,…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: O’Sullivan making 2014 mayoral run
Staff photo by Charles W. Kim Former Township Councilman John O’Sullivan tells township GOP members that he will keep his eye on the opposing party as he prepares for a 2014 mayoral bid. Left, wife Jacqueline looks on.
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