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Book notes
Titles to please the curious By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer Fiction demands attention, often undivided. We start the mystery and there goes the "to do" list, answering messages and making dinner. Inevitably, our pleasurable reverie is jolted by guilt as we turn that last page. But how can we not read an intriguing novel…
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Union: We want four-year agreement, not two-year deal
Mironov: Cops could avoid layoffs By: Matt Chiappardi – Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – If the township’s police union were to agree to a two-year offer that moves officers into the State Health Benefit Plan, the two layoffs ordered April 1 would be rescinded, according to Mayor Janice Mironov.
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PRINCETON: Immigrant workers welcome ID card program
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — A community photo-identification card soon may be available to immigrant workers and other Princeton residents following a positive reception given to the concept by municipal officials and the police chiefs of both Princeton Township and Princeton Borough. The photo IDs would be issued by the Princeton-based Latin American…
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PDS to host skating event
By: centraljersey.com The Princeton Day School skating team invites the public to a high schoolteam spirit showcase from on Saturday, May 1 from 1-4 p.m. at the Lisa McGraw ’44 rink on the PDS campus. Admission is free.
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Voters turn down budget for schools
Quattrone foresees ‘severe’ cuts By: Matt Chiappardi – Staff Writer Mirroring a trend throughout the state, voters in East Windsor and Hightstown rejected the 2010-11 budget for East Windsor School District this week, by a 58 to 42 percent margin. And some school board members are blaming the loss on Gov. Chris Christie. The budget…
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Borough Council poised to OK negotiations on police takeover
By: Matt Chiappardi – Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN – Nearly 120 people crammed into the council chambers this week, spilling out into the hallway and down the stairs, to urge the Borough Council not to go ahead with a recent study’s recommendation to have East Windsor take over local police service. Despite the show of support…
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NJ state government ‘is the Titanic’
Marilyn Askin of AARP-New Jersey, Plainsboro New Jersey is the Titanic. State government is sinking in debt and deficit, and Gov. Christie has quite rightly sounded the alarm. It isn’t his fault that we’ve hit the recession iceberg, but, unfortunately, the lifeboat situation is perilous with few spots for all the passengers. As captain…
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Man killed, toddler injured
By: Matt Chiappardi – Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – One man is dead and a toddler remained hospitalized with serious injuries after an early morning car crash Wednesday. James J. Johnson Jr., 52, of Middlesex, was killed at 6:02 a.m. when the box truck he was driving on Mercer Street left the road, crossed the…
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Rescue Mission Holds 6th Annual Adam Shanks Miniature Golf Event
By Karla Pollack For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Gay Abbott-Young, CEO, (609) 695-1436, ext. 101, [email protected] Trenton, New Jersey – The 6TH Annual Adam Shanks Mission Miniature Masters Tournament will take place on February 26th (snow date March 5th) at the Rescue Mission of Trenton. The miniature golf tournament takes place indoors within the Rescue…
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