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POLICE BLOTTER: Week of April 28
A Raritan Avenue resident reported at 9:43 a.m. on April 18 that sometime between April 11 and April 15 someone stole her 10 mg methadone bottle. Police said she suspects that it was people who were cleaning her air ducts. * * * Edward Shaw, of 407½ Stone St. in Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania, was charged…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Former East Windsor deputy mayor pleads guilty to DWI
By Doug Carman, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN East Windsor’s former deputy mayor will not be able to drive for the next seven months after taking a plea deal Wednesday evening, pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and to refusing to offer a breath sample in connection with his March 1 arrest in Hightstown. Municipal Judge…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 28
Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Library to show three movies
Hillsborough’s public library will show three films in the next two weeks. The Oscar-winning film, “The King’s Speech,” will be shown at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. This year’s “best movie” tells the story of King George VI’s struggles to overcome a speech stammer prior to a radio address…
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LAWRENCE: Voters approve school district budget
Lawrence voters passed the school district’s proposed $64.6 million spending plan for 2011-12 by 999 to 478. Voters also chose incumbent school board members Ginny Bigley and Bill Michaelson and newcomer Deborah Cherry to serve three-year terms on the school board. All three were unopposed. For more details, see next week’s issue of The Lawrence…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: School budget approved; Sawicki, Dollard, Desai elected
By John Tredrea, Staff Writer The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s $72.2 million budget for 2011-2012 was approved in a victory of landslide proportions Wednesday. With 18 percent of the district’s registered voters turning out, the spending plan garnered 1,669 yes votes to 1,158 no votes. Newcomer Adam Sawicki and incumbents Roy Dollard and Laura Desai were…
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‘Potiche’
A tasty little fortune cookie with a surprisingly moving message By Elise Nakhnikian FOR French writer/director François Ozon and his countrymen, Potiche is, among other things, a political satire that lands some good jabs at current leaders. “There are many lines which come from the mouths of French politicians,” he told me when I interviewed…
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PRINCETON: Election results
Princeton Board of Ed Results The results are in for Wednesday’s election. The Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education’s budget, which set the local tax levy at $62,190,302, passed in the township — 916 to 235. In the borough, it passed 308 to 115, bringing the total 1,224 to 350. As expected, the three open…
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