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  • Cranbury dedicates new police station

    Department members leave doublewide trailers on Dey Road for new 16,000-square-foot building. By: Jessica Beym    After more than a year in the making, and more than 25 years of hoping and waiting, the Cranbury Police Department finally opened its new police station last week.    Members of the Township Committee joined Chief Jay Hansen and other…

  • Princeton Regional School District readies open houses

    Tours Nov. 15 to show off results of construction and renovation projects By: Rachel Silverman    After a lengthy period of construction, five of the six schools in the Princeton Regional school district — John Witherspoon Middle School, Community Park Elementary School, Littlebrook Elementary School, Riverside Elementary School and Johnson Park Elementary School — are ready…

  • Voters to get say on candidates

    Three Monroe council seats, two Jamesburg council seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election. By: Leon Tovey    Races for governor and the local councils are on the ballot next week.    Voters in Monroe will select three council members and voters in Jamesburg will select two council members in Tuesday’s general election.    Voters will also…

  • Hun, PDS boys out of state tournaments

    Raiders to play for MAPL championship By: Bob Nuse    Both the Princeton Day School and Hun School boys’ soccer teams had moments when they dominated play during their respective state prep tournament semifinals on Wednesday.    But in the end, neither team was able to build on that domination and come away with a win.    PDS…

  • From Neal ‘Armstraw’ to Elvis

    Forty scarecrows strut their stuff at Montgomery school By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The students at Orchard Hill Elementary School had an eclectic group of lunch guests for a few days this week as they shared the cafeteria with Elvis, Curious George, Johnny Appleseed, Harry Potter and even a few of the country’s founding fathers.…

  • Foes differ on land swap’s legality

    TRADING SPACES: First of three parts By: Leon Tovey Editor’s note: The first of three stories outlining the issues raised as part of the proposed swap of properties in Monroe.    MONROE — Public hearings on the proposed Thompson Park land swap are still more than two weeks away, but a possible legal challenge to the…

  • Challenges face Guatemalan students here and at home

    Partnership established among teachers from Princeton and village outside Guatemala City By: Rachel Silverman    For young Guatemalan students, it’s tough on both sides of the border.    At Miguel Vásquez No. 103, a dilapidated school outside Guatemala City, students have no textbooks. They use newspaper clips to practice reading and coiled ropes for exercise in gym…

  • Crossing the Cultural Divide

    Edmund Keeley will read from Borderlines at Princeton Public Library. By:Josh Appelbaum     The rocky terrain of Salonica in Macedonian Greece is a familiar setting for enthusiasts of Edmund Keeley’s fiction, but the author’s memoir, Borderlines (White Pine Press, 2005), is a personal story of how his own experiences in the pre-World War II Balkans…

  • Daisy

    "Daisy," a very friendly, 5-year-old Jack Russell terrier, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Daisy" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html By: