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PLAINSBORO: Town keeps alive the memory of four residents lost in 9/11 attacks
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Four memorial markers and four evergreen trees, off to one side of the municipal building, are all that is left to remember the four Plainsboro Township residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. Last week, on the 14th…
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Cranbury: MAYOR’S CORNER: Affordable housing requirements are incomprehensible, illogical, unbelievable and questionable
By James “Jay” Taylor When I think of the affordable housing issue in New Jersey, I am reminded of the Will Rogers’ quote, “Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, they don’t hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.” Incomprehensible, illogical, unbelievable and questionable…those are…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Triathlon challenged athletes at all levels
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Three hundred and fifty athletes turned out for some good, clean fun in the borough early Sunday morning, many of them splashing in Peddie Lake before running and cycling through downtown Hightstown. The eighth annual Hightstown Sprint Distance Triathlon went off without a hitch. The weather was great, the course…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: House goes off the grid with solar-hydrogen energy system
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A handsome residence on Woosamonsa Road in the township doesn’t use electricity from the power company anymore. The home owned by Alice De Tiberge has been turned into a solar-hydrogen house that generates its own power by converting sunlight into electricity using solar panels and stores the…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Local school applying for National School of Character status
By Amy Batista, Special Writer The Ethel McKnight Elementary School wants to serve as a model and mentor to other schools as a National School of Character. National Schools of Character are schools, early childhood through high school, that have demonstrated through a rigorous evaluation process that character development has had a positive impact on…
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MONTGOMERY: Community responds positively to first FunFest (with multiple photos)
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Aarush Rai clung to the metal railing, watching intently as a man and a woman approached the helicopter on the tarmac at the Princeton Airport, its blades whirling and its engine making a low-pitched noise. The man and the woman stepped up into the helicopter, and the blades…
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PRINCETON REGION: Tourism revenue hits record-breaking $2 billion in 2014
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Tourists visiting the greater Princeton region last year whipped out their wallets to the tune of $2 billion in spending, a record-breaking number for a tourism industry that supports nearly 37,000 jobs in the area, a study released Tuesday found. The dollars were spread across five sectors that included…
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PRINCETON: Legal uncertainty surrounds how much affordable housing the town must create
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson will decide how much affordable housing Princeton is obligated to provide, a process fraught with legal uncertainty that a landmark state Supreme Court ruling earlier this year helped create. Town officials and their lawyers are working on a court-mandated, condensed timeline…
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CRANBURY: Annual street fair fun for all
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Anticipation was at an all-time high. People could almost hear the ducks quacking. Lions Club members stood at the ready as the large crowd held its collective breath. Then, they appeared. Two Cranbury firefighters made their way through the masses, climbed into a boat and floated out onto Brainerd Lake…
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