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PRINCETON: Disabled student sues university over exam time A Princeton University freshman with learning disabilities has filed a lawsuit against the university after it denied her request for extra time while taking exams. The Ivy League university informed student Diane E. Metcalf-Legette in September that she would not be granted 100 percent extended time, or double time, on examinations and other course assessments as she had requested, according to court documents. |
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HILLSBOROUGH: Business openings outpace projection Entrepreneurs bullish on local economy Although the township admittedly has seen fewer businesses opening in 2009 than 2008, Business Advocate Gene Strupinsky has noted Hillsborough still has embraced the opening of more than three times the number it actually had expected. |
| CENTRAL JERSEY: Cross-county court? Local, state leaders aim to eliminate vicinage hurdle Upper Freehold and Millstone aren’t the only area towns looking into the feasibility of merging court systems to save precious funding. The mayors of Allentown and Robbinsville recently met with state officials in an effort to share services beyond county lines with the possibility of a regional courthouse many towns might use. |
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MONTGOMERY: Voters opt for Republican majority MONTGOMERY — Following their big win in Tuesday’s election, Republicans are poised to take charge of the Montgomery Township Committee for the first time since 2001. |
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Fisher, Del Vecchio win races Tuesday Mayor Keller keeps New Hope job George Fisher has won a seat on West Amwell’s governing body and restored Republicans to a position of power after a hotly contested race while Lambertville’s Democratic Mayor David Del Vecchio claimed a seventh term in office. |
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MONROE: Republican wins Ward 3, incumbents take other two seats GO gets first representative on Monroe council in two decades MONROE The biggest news to come out of Monroe during Tuesday’s elections is that for the first time in more than 20 years, a Republican will sit on the Township Council. |
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HILLSBOROUGH: Students learn life lessons from 'Dirt' Hillsborough High School’s freshman students silently watched the man on the school auditorium stage Oct. 28, though laughter occasionally broke their silence. The man, John Morello, put on a yellow jacket to play David, a smart-mouthed teenager addicted to Ecstasy and prescription drugs. |
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Johnson, Horowitz win Tuesday races Democrats prevail in Pennington Republican challenger Kim Johnson landed a seat on the Hopewell Township Committee Tuesday, defeating Democratic incumbent David Dafilou, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation earlier this year of David Sandahl. |
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LAWRENCE: Van Kirk Road bridge closed indefinitely A small bridge on Van Kirk Road in Lawrence Township has been closed indefinitely due to structural damage accumulated over time, Mercer County officials announced today. |
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MANVILLE: Voters turn to Lynn, Onderko for council Did primary fight hurt Dems chances? |
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ROBBINSVILLE: School district gets down to business Hires former Merrill Lynch exec as administrator ROBBINSVILLE The school district has hired a new business administrator, whose experience is not limited to the educational setting. |
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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Bordentown race undecided Fieldsboro mayor stays, Springfield voters reject referendum Area voters turned out Tuesday for a number of contested local races. |
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: GOP gains seat on Township Council The township’s Republican Party ended a five-year drought on the Township Council on Tuesday when challenger John O’Sullivan gained a narrow victory over Democratic incumbent Mahesh “Mac” Shah. |
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HIGHTSTOWN: Borough Democrats maintain 5-1 council majority HIGHTSTOWN — Democratic candidates Larry Quattrone and Dimitri Musing bested their Republican opponents by more than 200 votes each Tuesday, maintaining the 5-1 majority Democrats have on the Borough Council. |
| IN THE KITCHEN: Korean cuisine: The next big thing? Featured recipe: SEAFOOD SCALLION PANCAKE Korean food is in the news. First came a press release about a Korean cooking demonstration at the Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center of the Princeton HealthCare System. Then The New York Times wrote about the first lady of South Korea doing a cooking demonstration with Jean- Georges Vongerichten. Next came an article in The Wall Street Journal about Korean chef David Chang’s new cookbook (he owns the Momofuku empire), and the weekend right before the demonstration, I happened across a PBS show on Korean food. Then, just today, I found a feature article about kimchi, “Korea’s Miracle Food,” in my brand new issue of Saveur. |
| EDITORIAL: Reflect on the sacrifices of American veterans “Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades — words, words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” — Erich Maria Remarque, “All Quiet On The Western Front” |
| HEALTH MATTERS: Therapeutic hypothermia: New treatment for heart attack boosts chances for survival |
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Art with a Purpose Charles Ward smelled and heard the scenery he incorporated into post office murals and landscapes of Mexico and Bucks County THESE were desperate times. People were out of work. Artists, who have a tough time earning income under the best of circumstances, were especially hard hit. “When the economy is down, the last thing people think about buying is art,” says David Leopold, curator of Charles W. Ward: Paintings for People, on view at the James A. Michener Art Museum through Feb. 14, 2010. |
| Anton’s at the Swan The sounds of jazz, conversation and clinking glasses drift in from the adjacent bar DINING out has been compared to going to the theater — with the diner as both audience and actor in a three-act play of appetizer, entrée and dessert. |
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