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  • ‘Murderball’

    Whether you adore this documentary or find it only intermittently interesting will depend on how you feel about watching boys be boys. By: Elise Nakhnikian Mark Zupan is one of the ultra-competive stars of the wheelchair-rugby documentary Murderball.    At a high school reunion glimpsed in Murderball, one of Mark Zupan’s former classmates says the car…

  • West Windsor softball team responds

    12s prevail in must-win game at Eastern regionals By: Rich Fisher    West Windsor 12-year-old softball manager Andy "Ace" Forsell did not spend all day Wednesday worrying about his team’s upcoming rematch with Pennsylvania champion West Point in the Eastern Regional Tournament.    He had other things to worry about.    Forsell, who drove home from Albany Tuesday…

  • Roosevelt mayor could face December recall vote

    Vote to recall Roosevelt Mayor Neil Marko may be held on Dec. 13. By: Lauren Burgoon    ROOSEVELT — The special election to recall Mayor Neil Marko could be pushed back to Dec. 13 after the recall committee decided not to put the mayor’s political future to a vote at the general election.    The election date…

  • A baby’s story gets told in Cranbury

    Cable network reality show features West Windsor resident and mother-to-be, Susan Minzter. By: Josh Appelbaum    Reality television came to Main Street on Wednesday when a crew from The Learning Channel visited Pied Piper Kids.    The children’s boutique was the subject of a segment for the cable network’s "A Baby Story" program. A West Windsor mother-to-be,…

  • World of wizardry

    Harry Potter trivia match leaves parents spellbound at library By: Rachel Silverman    Kids may hate long division and scowl at the periodic table. But when it comes to all things Harry Potter, even the meekest of the meek demonstrate an infinite amount of enthusiasm — and knowledge — for J.K. Rowling’s wondrous world of wizardry.…

  • Men charged for weapons, drugs

    Four men arrested after being stopped by police for possession of alcohol, marijuana and weapons. By: Josh Appelbaum    Two men were charged with unlawful possession of weapons after a traffic stop on Route 130.    The men — the driver, Patrick Rametti, 18, of Yardville, and a passenger, Habiyb Shuaib, 19 of Trenton — were stopped…

  • Gregory to drive Jalopy in Hambletonian Oaks

       After spending three months on the sidelines because of a broken hip, harness racing driver Jeff Gregory is happy to be racing anywhere.    The fact he will be racing Saturday afternoon in the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks at the Meadowlands Racetrack is even more gratifying.    Gregory, a 38-year-old East Windsor, N.J., resident, will drive Jalopy in…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 5

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 5 Use technology to fight terrorism To the editor:     The thought of being victimized by terrorist bombings that kill and maim innocent victims creates fear. That is their goal. We fear terrorists, so we rationalize searching anyone who looks like he may be a terrorist.    Now, the American Civil…

  • Cornering the market on service

    New resource library at Corner House By: Michael Redmond    Thanks to the imagination, leadership and elbow grease of a Princeton teen, Corner House in Princeton — a nonprofit counseling agency for young people and families that fights substance abuse and other crisis issues — has space for a new community resource library.    Nirmalya D. Bandyopadhay,…