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WW council holds first budget talks
By: centraljersey.com WEST WINDSOR – The West Windsor Township Council held its first budget session on Monday night. The total budget for 2011 is $37,405,000 compared to $37,047,000 last year, said Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh in the budget cover letter. The proposed budget and municipal tax levy in 2011 is within the state-mandated cap, said Mayor…
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Doug Carman
By: centraljersey.com Superintendent Ed Forsthoffer said the unexpected financial aid the East Windsor Regional School District will receive from the state will save some – but likely not all – of the jobs he previously expected to have to slash in the proposed 2011-2012 budget. Mr. Forsthoffer said the school district will receive $780,721 more…
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Change coming to Witherspoon St.
By: centraljersey.com The good news is that there appears to a lot of potential buyers for the hospital complex that the University Medical Center in Princeton will be leaving next year when it moves to its new campus in Plainsboro. The question: What will go into the space on Witherspoon Street? The property is zoned…
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Parenting skills dominate spring educational series at Saint Peter’s
By NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: Saint Peter’s University Hospital has announced its spring schedule of parent education classes, from basic baby care to breastfeeding. “We can help expectant couples prepare for one or more babies,’’ said Donna Makris, RN, parent education coordinator at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. “We offer a variety of childbirth preparation classes, including…
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A ‘gentleman’s guide’ to cellphone etiquette
By: centraljersey.com Having to listen to a telephone conversation at close quarters is uncomfortable for all the uninvolved parties. Please, don’t be that guy or gal! – If you’re expecting an important call … But you’re in a meeting or some other professional setting, put your phone on vibrate, accept the call, go outside, and…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Haircut is her way of helping kids in need
First-grader Jackie Eldridge is getting ready to donate her long locks. (Staff photo by Doug Carman)
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Justin Feil
By: centraljersey.com Mary Kennedy-Moore and Rebekka Vuojolainen have spent hundreds of hours in the car, riding together from Cranbury to Vertical Assault in Bethlehem, Pa. "It’s an hour and a half with no traffic," Kennedy-Moore said. "It can take two hours. We’re usually driving in rush hour." The car rides have been worth it to…
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CRANBURY: Students do ‘hat trick’
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — For Read Across America Day at Cranbury School, students had visits from Trenton Devils hockey players Ryan Hayes and Matt Lombardi and children’s author Marcie Aboff. To earn a visit from the hockey players, students had to be in the class to read the most books within a…
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Museum’s ‘East Meets Fete’
By: centraljersey.com Inspired by one of the museum’s newest acquisitions – an exquisite Korean celadon ewer – and celebrating the museum’s extraordinary Asian collections, the Princeton University Art Museum hosted its annual fundraising gala on Feb. 5. This year’s event, the elegant "East Meets Fete," began with cocktails at the Art Museum, followed by dinner…
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