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HIGHTSTOWN: A Shining Star of volunteerism
Cari Fais poses for a photo during her first year at Better Beginnings in 1983.
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Landline service could be jeopardized
Marilyn Askin, AARP New Jersey, Monroe You may have read that AARP is working with a large coalition of organizations in the state to oppose a potentially dangerous bill that has already made its way through the Assembly and could come up for vote again in the Senate in the coming weeks. In addition…
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PRINCETON: North third, PHS fifth in MCT tennis
Hun’s Seitz wins silver By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Behind winner West Windsor-Plainsboro South raged a tight battle for the second through fifth spots at the Mercer County Tournament on Wednesday. In one of the most balanced showings at MCP, Hopewell Valley finished second, edging WW-P North, who was third. Pennington was fourth, just…
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CRANBURY: New Civil War Monument arrives
Civil War re-enacters Tom Burke, Bob Bisaccio, Roger Muessig and Mike Horgan of the New Jersey Civil War History Association show off the Civil War monu´ment their organization has donated to Cranbury Township. The dedication will be held Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.m. in Memorial Park.
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Urge governor to save racing industry
Keith Walter, of Robbinsville As a resident of central New Jersey, I believe the equine industry is an invaluable economic asset of this state and a fundamental part of our cultural heritage. Based on recent studies, 176,000 acres of farmland directly support horses and equine activities in New Jersey. This equine-related open space costs taxpayers…
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AROUND CRANBURY: Woman’s daughter named Teacher of the Year
By Lorraine Sedor, Special Writer Congratulation to Kelly McGillan, of Bergen Drive, who was named Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School’s 2010-11 Teacher of the Year. Kelly has been teaching at BRMS for 17 years, the entire time as a seventh-grade language arts instructor. BRMS has approximately 1,500 students in grades seven and eight and a faculty of…
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Reduce our country’s debt
Barbara Curtis, of Monroe Many in Congress and much of the public believe our country’s huge deficit will be a burden on future generations. They think the answer is to dramatically reduce government spending immediately. However, in addition to reducing spending, we should increase revenue. We should reduce military spending, bring our troops home from…
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PRINCETON: Rockin’ the house: Lapidary fosters the future of an ancient craft
Phil McAuliffe John Miller shows the interior bone marrow of the legbone of a T-Rex dinosaur he found years ago.
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MONTGOMERY: Athlete of the Week
Briggs, Montgomery lacrosse emerge together By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Allie Briggs’ career mirrors that of her Montgomery High School girls lacrosse team. The Cougars senior has always shown potential, and now it’s starting to show in the results. ”Her freshman year, she was on JV,” said MHS head coach Tiffany Trockenbrod. “She came…
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