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CRANBURY: Small-town living key to longevity?
Rose Tears, who will turn 100 Monday, still lives in the house in Cranbury in which she raised her family.
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CRANBURY: Township awaits DEP dam repair instructions
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The Brainerd Lake dam repair project is at a stalemate as the township and county wait for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to tell them what kind of repairs the dam needs. There have been concerns the repairs would affect traffic on Main Street, but at…
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CRANBURY: School adopts $15.5 million budget
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The public had very few comments and no complaints at the Board of Education hearing on the proposed $15.5 million budget Tuesday. Following the hearing, the board adopted the budget, 8-0, with Eveyln Spann absent. The proposed 2011-12 spending plan is $15,482,513, or 2.6 percent lower than this…
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WEST WINDSOR: Girls Fencer of the Year
Dennis Symons West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Sharon Gao lost only one bout all season and ended her career with the state foil championship. Photo by Dennis Symons/dennissymons.com
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MONROE: Fire district consolidation report delayed a month
By David Kilby, Staff Writer MONROE — The township is in the process of redistricting its three fire districts to resolve the disparity between tax rates between each. Les Adams, president of Public Safety Solutions Inc, based in Chester, Maryland, is conducting the project. Originally, the redistricting report was due March 31, but due to…
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CRANBURY: Small-town living key to longevity?
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — A resident who has lived in town for 70 years may be proof the secret to long life is small-town living. Rose Tears, of Maplewood Avenue, was born March 28, 1911, and turns 100 Monday. She raised her two daughters in the house she has been living in…
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WEST WINDSOR: Girls Fencer of the Year
Pirates’ Gao a model of success By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Sharon Gao didn’t have many challenges this season, but that didn’t stop her from continuing to try to become the best fencer possible. Now a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South, Gao’s dedication has taken her a long way in a short time.…
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Prepare to Fall in Love with The Boy Friend
By Margaret Mattes, Princeton High School Opening the doors of the Performing Arts Center at Princeton High School exactly one week before the debut of the spring musical, The Boy Friend, I quickly discover that the jazzy notes, “swell” vocabulary, and wild Charleston moves of the twenties are alive and well. On stage, the student…
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SCHOOLS: Jamesburg parents say stay with Monroe
By David Kilby, Staff Writer The Jamesburg and Monroe school districts both passed a resolution last week that would reduce tuition for Jamesburg students attending Monroe High School from $18,933 to $16,100 and would send Jamesburg freshmen starting high school in 2012 to a different school yet to be determined. ”Our students who started in…
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