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  • New barracks owner plans retail space

    Developer plans to build 36,000 square feet of retail space on the site of former State Police Barracks in East Windsor. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The 3-acre site of a former State Police barracks has been sold to a developer who would like to build retail space on the property, the land’s owner…

  • Milestones

    Issue of Sept. 6, 2005 By: Sara Carpenter EDUCATION    The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will sponsor free mock trial workshops for elementary, middle and high school teachers in September and October at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick.    Teachers in grades K-2 will learn how to use the foundation’s Mini-Court mock trial…

  • District says Drew, Kreps could open on schedule

    Officials of the East Windsor Regional School District anounced Perry L. Drew Elementary School and Melvin H. Kreps Middle Schoool could open on time.    HIGHTSTOWN — With a final decision expected today, Friday, officials of the East Windsor Regional School District announced Thursday that both the Perry L. Drew Elementary School and the Melvin H.…

  • LIFESTYLE: Young at heart

    Seniors find friends, activities and renewal at Buckingham Place. By: Elaine Worden    Seated in chairs positioned into a large circle, a group of seniors hold their arms out to their sides and move them in slow circles.    "Get those arms up and stretch!" said Stephanie Broan, activities director and recreation therapist at The Gallery at…

  • Options abound for funding a college education

    Various private, government funds are available By: David Campbell    For parents planning to send their children to private schools or college, the Princeton region offers plenty of institutional offerings to choose from.    But for some, the cost of a quality education is prone to bring on a bout of sticker shock. Even a state school,…

  • SENIOR HAPPENINGS

    For the week of Sept. 8 to Sept. 14.        The Senior Center, located in the municipal complex on Ridge Road/Route 522, is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., two Saturdays a month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.    The Senior Center can…

  • Cookbook calls for ease with a dash of frugality

    Montgomery High graduate co-hosts TV show based on book of simple recipes for college students. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — How many ketchup packets does it take to make a grilled portobello-mushroom-and-cheese platter?    Just ask Casey Waltz, a 2003 Montgomery High School graduate who is co-hosting a new Rutgers University Television Network series, "Cheap, Fast…

  • SCOUT NEWS

    For the week of Sept. 8 to Sept. 14.    South Brunswick Girl Scout Troop 343 have completed their Silver Award Project. They had been working on their project for the past two years, and they celebrated their completion on Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Catholic Charities Ozanam Family Shelter in Edison with a day of…

  • Tech-savvy students help preserve Plainsboro’s past on the Web

    Historical Society gets some help entering the Internet age By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Historical Society is stepping into the computer age, thanks to some computer-savvy high school students and a $2,000 grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission.    Over the past several months, the historical society’s Web site has been…