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  • AROUND CRANBURY: Couple has an African adventure

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor: Jack and Helene Hughes visit South Africa for business and pleasure Couple has an African adventure    Jack and Helene Hughes had a marvelous trip to South Africa in early November.    The primary reason for the trip was to attend the inauguration of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). SALT is…

  • Monroe’s champions of cheer

    Two Wolverine Pop Warner squads bring home national titles By: Rich Fisher    MONROE — Once again, the Monroe Township Pop Warner cheerleaders took Disney World — and the nation — by storm.    The Wolverine cheerleaders returned home from Orlando, Fla., with two more national championships after competing in the National Pop Warner Cheer competition last…

  • Volunteers eye truck

    The Cranbury Fire Department requests a new pumper/rescue truck. By: Jessica Beym    The Cranbury Fire Department has something red and shiny on its wish list this year.    The volunteer firefighters are putting in a request for a new pumper/rescue truck just as the Township Committee begins to prepare its 2006 budget.    The Fire Department is…

  • Pirate senior is back

    Stember-Young helps hockey team in return By: Justin Feil    There are comebacks, like the one that the West Windsor-Plainsboro team staged in a 5-4 win over Hightstown last week.    And then there are comebacks like those of Max Stember-Young, the Pirates’ senior who has returned to the ice after a serious car accident cost him…

  • Hunter shot in accident

    Hunter "doing good" despite being shot in the chest last Saturday. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A North Brunswick man shot in a hunting accident in the southern part of town last weekend is recovering at home after being released from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick on Wednesday.    William Hadzimichalis, 24, was…

  • Jamesburg bistro closing its doors

    Johnathon’s Grille will become a bank. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — After years as a center of nightlife in the borough, Johnathon’s Grille will be closing its doors for good at the end of the year.    Johnathon Frycz, owner of the venerable East Railroad Avenue bar and restaurant, said Monday that he had agreed to…

  • ‘Tis the season to be charitable

    GUEST OPINION, Dec. 16 By: Ruthellen S. Rubin    Princeton-area local nonprofit organizations prepare all year long for the chaotic month of December. The holiday season challenges the resources of our human service organizations as their staff work day and night to see to it that our neediest citizens have warm clothes, enough to eat and…

  • BREAKING NEWS:Soto sentenced to 31 years in prison

    East Windsor woman had been convicted in beating death of 21-month-old son. By: Marisa Maldonado    TRENTON — Maritza Soto, the East Windsor woman convicted in the beating death of her toddler son, was sentenced today to 31 years in prison.    Ms. Soto, 29, was convicted in October of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two counts of…

  • Princeton commission endorses rules to prevent flooding

    Ordinance aims to regulate impervious coverage on residential lots By: Rachel Silverman    After a lengthy discussion Wednesday night, the Princeton Environmental Commission is set to formally endorse Monday an ordinance curbing the amount of impervious coverage allowed on Princeton Township’s residential properties.    The ordinance, which will be voted on by the Township Committee at its…