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West Windsor winners thank voters
Shing-Fu Hsueh, Linda Geevers, Kamal Khanna of West Windsor We are grateful to the West Windsor voters for their overwhelming support of our candidacies. We ran a positive campaign of accomplishments and vision for the future. AOL’s NeighborhoodScout got it right when they ranked West Windsor the “number one family-friendly neighborhood” in the nation.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Pop Warner program taps 11 locals for scholars award
Eleven Hillsborough Dukes players were recognized as regional and national Pop Warner Scholar Athletes at the Eastern Region Banquet, March 28, as part of the National Pop Warner Little Scholars program. The top winners will be honored at the 49th annual National Pop Warner Little Scholar Banquet, May 22- May 23 at Disney World, Fla.…
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GUEST COLUMN: A brief history of Pennington Presbyterian Church
By Sheryl Stone and Sarah Gregg In May 1709, the newly created Presbytery of Philadelphia recorded that the “people of Maidenhead and Hopewell (present-day Lawrenceville, and the area of Trenton, Ewing, Pennington, and Hopewell) had expressed their interest in calling a minister.” The farming families forming this young congregation came from many places: East and…
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PRINCETON: Half-century of attending township meetings
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer After sitting patiently through the Township Committee’s formal business session last week, a slight, bespectacled man with a helmet of black and gray hair, dressed neatly in a jacket and tie, stood to speak during the public comment period. Mayor Bernie Miller did not need to ask the man to…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Housing conversion bill, opposed by Robbinsville, vetoed
By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group Gov. Jon Corzine has conditionally vetoed a housing bill that had been strongly opposed by local officials. The Age Restricted Housing Conversion Bill (S-2577 and A3772) would have allowed developers under certain conditions to bypass the normal local approval process for converting a planned age-restricted development into…
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Summer art show is under way at Straube Center
Photographer Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes is shown with her photo “Love.”
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Commissioner’s attitude ‘indefensible’
Peter Biondi, Hillsborough A recent examination of vouchers has revealed Newark school officials spent $25,000 of taxpayer money for eight students to take professional flight lessons, $10,000 per episode for a television show hosted by the superintendent, and $1,400 for a “Clown Arts Circus” workshop to teach students how to juggle and balance. While attending…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Club sale to benefit students
In addition to the scholarship program, the members of the Hillsborough Rotary Club help support various area charities — last month, the club donated proceeds from a Valentine’s dance and raffle to Somerset Medical Center to support its Blood Donor Program. Laura Fino, assistant vice president of Somerset Medical Center Foundation (second from right) accepted…
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ACES offers jobs program for qualified Mercer County youth
May 15 is the deadline to apply By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Tomorrow, May 15, is the deadline to apply for a job with the new Mercer County summer employment program for youth (ages 14-24), Mercer Youth ACES. Participation in Youth ACES is open to Mercer County residents who are economically disadvantaged and meet certain…
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