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PRINCETON: WHWH founder plans to relive station’s history
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PRINCETON Herb Hobler was a member of the YMCA Board of Trustees in the early 1960s when he decided to try his hand at the radio business. ”I built it from scratch,” said Mr. Hobler, the founder and creator of 1350 WHWH radio. “I was on the YMCA board…
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Council members want reputation of a business-friendly township
By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR -With an eye toward improving the business environment, Township Council members Diane Ciccone and Kamal Khanna are reaching out to local business owners. "We are asking them, ‘what do you need from us. What do you need from us to help you grow and to make more…
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Letters to the editor
Let’s raise a ruckus to vote for a mayor By: centraljersey.com I am a Lawrence resident writing in regard to my desire to vote on the issue of electing a mayor rather than having one I don’t want chosen for me by the reigning political party. As your paper reported last week the reigning political…
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Fireman active for 62 years despite handicap
By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer CRANBURY – Tom Haggerty sat back, put his feet up and, with one eye cocked open, showed off his misshapen right arm. "I caught it in a machine, and I was holding it together myself," the 91-year-old Cranbury resident said as he demonstrated its limited mobility. "The bones from…
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Wedding
Brown – Simone By: centraljersey.com Jennifer Catherine Simone, of New Egypt, New Jersey, was married to Richard LeRoy Brown, also of New Egypt, on Oct. 17 at Pleasantdale Chatteau, West Orange, New Jersey. The minister was Bishop George Lucey. Matron of honor was Michell Ann Kapushy, of Monroe Township, sister of the bride. Flower girl…
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Marvin Bressler, former Princeton sociology chair
By: centraljersey.com Students and co-workers say Marvin Bressler’s influence reached beyond the classroom. "It was clear he loved the possibility the naive young girl he was advising would actually go out and make it happen. It’s fair to say that Marvin Bressler enabled and propelled Teach for America before anyone else thought it had the…
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Chesterfield chatter
By: centraljersey.com The Board of Fire Commissioners District 1 Chesterfield meeting will be held 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, at the Crosswicks Firehouse. Do you remember Elise the Cow? Join the Chesterfield Township Historical Society from 6 to 8 p.m., July 22, at the barn at Two Front Street in Crosswicks to listen to the…
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Breaking down the wall, brick by brick by brick
By: Hank Kalet A federal judge in Massachusetts last week did what New Jersey has refused to do: make it clear that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates their rights. Judge Joseph L. Tauro of U.S. District Court in Boston ruled in two separate but related cases July 8 that the federal Defense…
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Board seeks state OK for school roof solar panels
By: Joanne Degnan – Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE – The Board of Education is wondering whether one way out of its budget difficulties might be through the roof. The board is seeking state approval of its plan to install 5,890 photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftops of the Sharon Elementary School, Pond Road Middle School and…
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