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HILLSBOROUGH: Brandon Tubby, Raider girls run great at Meet of Champs
By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group As Brandon Tubby laid on the ground after crossing the finish line at the Meet of Champions, he thought about how close he’d come to doing everything that he wanted. In a blink, the Hillsborough High School senior also remembered all that he had done in running 16:06 for…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Being grateful can overcome negative thoughts
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Smooth river stones greeted about 80 Hillsborough community leaders Friday at a kickoff to address the issue of suicide in the community. As people sat down with their breakfast, they were instructed to take a felt-tipped pen and write “gratitude” on a stone of their choosing. Then they were…
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Enjoy Thanksgiving by sparing a turkey
Jonas Bennett, Princeton While President Obama is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance that spares a turkey’s life. And here are some good reasons: • You can brag about pardoning a turkey — like President Obama. • You truly are…
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Keep the school district at the top in New Jersey
Min Li, West Windsor As the Constitution of United States of America has laid the bedrock for the United States to become the greatest democratic country in the world, unlimited investment and encouragement in science and technology talents has gained the United States unpeerable competitive advantage over any other countries and substantially changed our daily…
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School district officials should work with entire community
Helen Yin, Plainsboro I attended the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education meeting held on Nov. 17. I was literally shaking when I went to the podium to express my concerns. As a long-time Plainsboro resident, my family and I have been living in Gentry since September 1997. For the past 18 years, I’ve never seen…
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How can district make math more appealing?
Helen Ming, West Windsor I attended the West Windsor-Plainsbor Board of Education meeting on Nov 17. It’s an amazing experience. People whose kids are mostly not in the school district were fighting against parents of local school kids. Our superintendent, the representative of the former, promoted the “whole child“ concept and cited “stress“ as an…
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University should show courage vs. student demands
Lawrence DeCicco, Princeton I noted from the front page of The Princeton Packet the recent headline regarding the sit-in/protest at the university president’s office by members of the Black Justice League. Their list of demands includes removal of Woodrow Wilson’s name from the school of Public and International Affairs, the renaming of the residential college…
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Zwicker pledges to make his constituents proud
Andrew Zwicker, South Brunswick Every vote matters. This past Election Day, all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In the 16th Legislative District, more than 34,000 votes were cast and less than 600 votes separated all four candidates. By the time all of the provisional ballots were counted, one…
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GUEST OPINION: It’s folly to remove the Wilson name from Princeton
By Maj. Peter M. Erickson The ongoing attempt by some Princeton University students to remove the name and erase the legacy of Woodrow Wilson is misguided. Worse, should the university acquiesce to this demand, it would send an extraordinarily bad message — one that would diminish the role and significance of higher education, and…
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