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  • Falcons unbeaten in last eight games

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School varsity girls’ soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to eight games with Tuesday’s 2-0 win at Colonia. At 10-3-1, the Lady Falcons are now in third place in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s White Division, and in striking range of a piece of first place.    "The girls…

  • Dissent, taxes top issues in township

    Three, four-year seats are open on the East Windsor Township Council. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — This year’s candidates from both parties say political affiliation does not matter on most township issues. Yet each side finds fault with the opposite party’s view of local government.    Three, four-year seats are open on Township Council, which…

  • Group’s prescription for peace is a bitter pill

    GUEST OPINION, Oct. 21 By: Paul Budline    Last week the Rev. Robert Moore, whose Coalition for Peace Action is celebrating its 25th anniversary, wrote here about his organization’s history. While there is no reason to doubt the Rev. Moore’s genuine desire for peace, it’s worth considering what today’s world might look like had the CFPA’s…

  • Ho hum, just another win over Notre Dame

    PHS beats Irish for first time since 1980 By: Bob Nuse    It’s hard to say what has been more impressive about the season the Princeton High football team is putting together.    Is it the way they’ve shaken off a potentially devastating season-opening loss to Ewing and a loss to Lawrence the following week, winning its…

  • ‘High Caliber’

    A three-artist exhibit at the Hunterdon Museum focuses on guns in contemporary art. By: Jillian Kalonick    "That was my initial fascination with them," says Ms. Graham. "When he brought it downstairs I didn’t get to touch it — my mother came and got it. We looked for it for years afterward. It was this very…

  • Grants to aid West Windsor, Plainsboro road projects

    By: Emily Craighead    West Windsor and Plainsboro townships will benefit from $430,000 in state transportation grants for local projects.    Plainsboro will receive $230,000 for the third phase of a traffic-calming project along Plainsboro Road. The project will include removing and replacing existing curb and sidewalk between Deer Creek Drive and Enterprise Drive.    West Windsor will…

  • Letters to the Editor for the Week of Oct. 21

    By: Panter, Morgan deserve new term To the editor:     Residents of Hightstown and East Windsor are fortunate to have Michael Panter and Robert Morgan as our representatives in the New Jersey Assembly. Coming to office as they did, when our citizens were demanding a higher standard of ethical accountability from our legislators, Mike and…

  • Lower-level Princeton University staff offered housing aid

    New mortgage program aimed at first-time buyers in New Jersey By: David Campbell    It will soon be easier for qualifying Princeton University faculty and staff to buy their first homes in New Jersey.    Under a new mortgage program that will become available in November, the university is partnering with PNC Bank to help low- to…

  • J&J set to plug in solar array

    $3 million facility said to be largest in the East By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Co. is preparing to flip the switch on a $3 million, 505-kilowatt solar power system for its Skillman campus.    The system is the largest of its kind in the eastern half of the United States,…