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PLAINSBORO: Newcomers are help to Knight swimming
North wins state tourney openers By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor A couple of new swimmers to the West Windsor-Plainsboro North program helped the boys and girls swim teams come off a solid Mercer County Championships to advance past the first round of the state tournament Tuesday. Abdallah Gendia won the 50 freestyle and 100…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lady Vikings celebrate senior players
By Azra Baig, Special Writer SBHS seniors Brianna Davis and Prathna Patel were celebrated by fellow girls basketball team members this week.
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POLICE BLOTTER: Feb. 6
Princeton A 42-year-old man suffered non-life threatening injuries to his upper body after he was allegedly assaulted by several unknown men on the 100 block of Witherspoon Street at 1:05 a.m. Feb. 3. The Princeton First Aid Squad transported him to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro for treatment. …
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CRANBURY: Winning words (WITH VIDEO)
Student and teacher going to Russia By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — The dictionary defines surprise as an unexpected event or piece of information, an unexpected gift. For 14-year-old Sam Harshbarger, an eighth grader at the Cranbury School, the minutes immediately following Monday morning’s spelling bee proved to be exactly that, when he…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Strickland signs with Syracuse Orange
Ed Birch photo. SBHS senior Dontae Strickland, center, signs to go to Syra´cuse University while being surrounded by family members at the high school on Wednesday morning.
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ARTISTIC LICENSE: Containing multitudes
Poet Evie Shockley will share her words at McCarter Theatre By Hank Kalet There is a poem in Evie Shockley’s brilliant 2011 collection, “The New Black,” that sums up for me the power of her writing. The poem, “dependencies,” deconstructs one of the chief myths of American history, the egalitarian beliefs and essential goodness of…
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Time has arrived for single-use bag ordinance
Bainy Suri, Princeton It is now time for Princeton Council to pass an ordinance on single-use, carryout bags. In November 2014, the Princeton community voted overwhelmingly in favor of reducing single-use plastic bags. Every single district with the exception of one District 3 (a virtual tie) voted overwhelmingly for the referendum. The…
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HAMILTON: Resident sentenced to state prison for distributing child pornography
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer A 27-year-old resident has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree charge of distributing child pornography. Superior Court Judge Timothy P. Lydon sitting in Mercer County sentenced Celalletti “Steve” Koc on Feb. 6 to five years in state prison, including 2 ½ years of parole…
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