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CENTRAL JERSEY: Statue dedication Sunday to be major Hindu event
By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer A Hindu priest will summon God into a stone statue of the Indian guru and saint Shirdi Sai Baba as the Radha Krishna Temple concludes its momentous Pranpratishtha event this Sunday in Lawrence. Fifteen to 20 volunteers helped to carry the idol onto the temple grounds June 7 to mark…
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PRINCETON: Sunshine is Best chance for local
Phil McAuliffe Drew Besler (left), one of the East coaches for the Sunshine Classic, talks with Hillsborough’s Mike Dailey and Montgomery’s Andy Singley during practice on Wednesday. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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HOPEWELL: Hightstown couple injured in fatal crash
By John Tredrea, The Packet Group HOPEWELL A 90-year-old Whiting man was killed in a head-on collision on Pennington-Rocky Hill Road last weekend. The man’s 86-year-old wife, also from Whiting, was critically injured in the Saturday evening crash and remained Thursday in the intensive care unit at Capital Health Systems at Fuld Campus in…
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Gov. Corzine ‘must think we’re fools’
Douglas Zehr of Princeton Jon Corzine’s poll numbers were at an all-time low when he tried to push through a budget that eliminated property tax rebates even as he raised DMV and liquor taxes, making New Jersey the most expensive state to live in the Continental United States. Then, the morning of the budget…
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WEST WINDSOR: 12s softball brings enthusiasm
Team ready for stiff pool play challenge By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Howard Alter couldn’t be happier with how his West Windsor 12-year-old all-star softball team has approached practices for the District 12 Little League Tournament. ”In terms of effort,” said the WW manager, “we’re seeing the girls work really hard at a level…
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EAST WINDSOR: Police Beat
Police said officers responded to a burglary alarm at 2:35 a.m. Monday at Radio Shack and found that the front glass door of the business had been shattered, along with two glass display cases. Police said two classic iPods, an iPod dock, an iPod Touch, an iPod Shuffle, two iPod Nanos and an Acer laptop…
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In favor of real grass at Smoyer Park
Jim Manganaro of Princeton As a frequent stroller thru the bucolic trails of Barbara Smoyer Park past the horse pond and through verdant playing fields and having snagged ill placed fungos, caught long tosses and exercised our mini dachshund on its fields, the idea of polyethylene and ground recycled rubber tires covering an acre…
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‘Sense of Wonder’
Inspired by the words of Rachel Carson, Watershed Education Director Jeff Hoagland leads family nature programs By Ilene Dube OUTSIDE my front door a field cricket chirps, filling the warm evening air with its concerto. A shy performer, he uses the concrete beneath some overhanging coreopsis as a stage. In fact, he sings from the…
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PRINCETON: 12s baseball likes potential
Balanced squad has chance to advance By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor All the ingredients are there for Princeton to have a successful run in the District 12 Little League baseball tournament for 12-year-olds. The team has pitching depth, power, plays well in the field and even has an intangible or two to help the cause.…
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