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MONROE: Punch leads to robbery charge
Police say alleged shoplifter hit store manager By Maria Prato, Staff Writer MONROE An alleged shoplifter is facing robbery charges after police say he assaulted a manager at the Perrineville Road Stop & Shop on Wednesday night. Police were called to the store at 8 p.m. after receiving reports a shoplifter had stolen $423…
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Mom, daughter team up on menu for cancer patients
By: Audrey Levine – The Packet Group PLUMSTED – When she was 25 years old, Angela LaMor, of Lakewood Road, began to have continuous discomfort in her stomach and felt something hard when she pushed on it. When the symptoms continued, she made an appointment for an ultrasound in late 2005 and was told to…
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Witherspoon residents challenge revaluation
Jackson-Witherspoon residents, Princeton If you think the residents of the Jackson-Witherspoon neighborhood have fallen asleep concerning the property reassessment, you are wrong. It became clear to many of us that there were too many errors in the process. There were all kinds of inconsistencies and disparities reflecting poorly on the method used. Our neighborhood…
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Pink plaid rain boots at the bagel shop
By John Tredrea, Staff Writer It was pouring rain a few Tuesdays ago. Soaking wet, I bucked my doctor’s orders against carbohydrates and went for a bagel. Which reminds me: In the May 17 issue of The New Yorker is a short story about Israel, and a lot of other things, by Nathan Englander. It’s…
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What’s in a (town’s) name? Much confusion
By: Geoffrey Wertime Almost every time I write about one of the county’s more spacious townships, I get letters from its residents telling me I used the wrong name. Mansfield Township residents tell me they live in Columbus, not Mansfield while Florence Township residents insist it’s called Roebling. Crosswicks, Juliustown, Kinkora – the list goes…
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Tell us about the deer in your neighborhood!
By: F. Calderone-Steichen In the best of all possible worlds the Hopewell Valley Deer Management Task Force – a multi-disciplinary volunteer group of residents including hunters, farmers, gardeners, friends of deer, ecologists, and public health and law enforcement professionals – would have preferred to mail a questionnaire on deer to every residence, place of business…
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Sheriff’s office should replace departments
Tom Smith II, Flemington Most township police departments in Hunterdon County were started in the 1960s and were part-time. There were a few mayors who were adamantly opposed to starting a township police department (such as former Mayor Andrew Leon of Delaware Township, who served as a Navy Seabee in World War II) —…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Exploring a world of cultures
Nikitha Harikumar, Surya Pillai and Dharaniahri Selvaraj perform an Indian dance during the multicultural assembly at Hillsborough Elementary School. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield
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PRINCETON: 263rd Commencement held at Princeton University
Marguerite B. Colson gives the Latin salutatory oration to the class of 2010 at Princeton University’s commencement exercises. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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