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PRINCETON AREA: Goggles, golf carts drive drunk driving lesson home
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer The golf cart inched along at a snail’s pace, the driver desperately trying to maneuver around blurry traffic cones that appeared to dance around. Eyes attempting to concentrate on the out-of-focus turns and failing. One cone down. ”Oh no, you just hit a pedestrian,” screamed the students who had…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council unveils budget, prepares for moving day
By John Tredrea, Special Writer A proposed 2012 Hopewell Borough budget of $3,015,882, which — if adopted next month — would bring a municipal tax-rate increase of 2.6 cents per $100 of assessed property value, was introduced by Borough Council Monday night. The proposed spending plan is scheduled for a public hearing and adoption vote…
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AvalonBay plans need to be revised
Suzanne Nash, Princeton To the editor: I was dismayed to see the draft site plans that AvalonBay has submitted for its proposed development on the present hospital site. The coldly forbidding four or five story façade in the architect’s plan shown above includes no break or setback. It is one thing for a hospital whose…
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hunger Games’
Director Gary Ross sands down the grit and nuance, but even he can’t ruin the book’s dystopian vision By Elise Nahknikian, Special Writer THE Hunger Games is a good example of what you can do with a strong plot and cast — and what you can’t. The film faithfully follows the plot of Suzanne Collins’…
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GUEST OPINION: In my view, May 8 offers township a fresh start
By Robert Kecskes I read with interest the Guest Opinion by William Connolly in last week’s edition of the Hopewell Valley News (“Don’t vote to repeal the sewer bond ordinance,” March 29, 2012). In his article, Mr. Connolly warns that life as we know it in Hopewell Township will end if the sewer bond ordinance…
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Displays, Programs to Celebrate County Government Month
Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders The public is invited to learn about Somerset County through informational displays and activities at various county locations during National County Government Month in April. Somerset County will joincounty governments nationwide in celebrating National County Government Month to raise public awareness and understanding about county government. This year’s theme is…
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IN THE KITCHEN: Chocolate sneaks in
There’s no doubt about it: My father was holding out on his kids. He passed away recently, and in the outpouring of sympathy almost everyone had some food memory about him to share. He loved to prepare his favorite dishes and share them with others, so, from a family who knew my parents from their…
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Passover passages: From generation to generation
Gertrude and Joseph Goldberg, circa 1950, in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.
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Lewis School’s Natalie Kalibat Receives NJ State Joint Legislative Resolution Honor
Picasa From the 16th District: Assemblywoman Donna Simon, Senator Kip Bateman, Natalie Kalibat, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, Marsha Lewis, Founder & Director of The Lewis School and Rebecca Kalibat, Natalie’s mother.
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