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  • Legion baseball heading to states

    American Legion baseball team bats its way to the state finals. By: David Gurney    After losing its first game to Hamilton, 8-3, the South Brunswick Senior American Legion team had one simple chore — win four consecutive nine-inning games in a span of three days, and they’d earn a berth to the state finals.    OK,…

  • Local veterans query congressman on benefits

    Veterans issues are brought up at town hall style meeting. By: Matt Egan    MONROE — A standing-room-only crowd took part in a town hall style meeting with U.S. Rep. Rush Holt on Monday that focused on veterans issues.    Rep. Holt, whose district includes Monroe and Jamesburg, took questions from veterans and the public about funding…

  • Princeton University economist earns Italian award

       Princeton University Professor Emeritus William Baumol has been named the recipient of the 2005 International Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, the university said.    The prize is awarded annually to a non-Italian for accomplishments in moral and historical sciences; physical, mathematical and natural sciences;…

  • New Jersey SEEDS program cultivates young scholars

    The summer program places lower-income students in private schools across the state for five weeks in preparation for their entrance into prestigious boarding schools in the fall. By: Jessica Bowker    HIGHTSTOWN — A program that seeks to make private education available to talented children from financially disadvantaged neighborhoods has taken root at The Peddie School…

  • Men develop postnatal depression, too

    Research studies show that more than 60 percent of fathers feel some form of depression within the first four months after a baby’s birth By: Jeffrey T. Apter, M.D. in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    When we think about the stresses associated with pregnancy and giving birth, we usually focus our attention on the mother-to-be.…

  • Environmental panel opposes senior housing on Bunn Drive

    Objections were ‘many’ and ‘major,’ commission member says By: David Campbell    The "Four Seasons at Princeton," a 140-unit age-restricted housing development being proposed for Bunn Drive by developer K. Hovnanian Homes, this week got another vote of no confidence.    On Wednesday night, the Princeton Environmental Commission endorsed a recommendation by the Site Plan Review Advisory…

  • Skeletal remains identified

    Skeletal remains found in a field have been identified as 31-year-old Jersey City woman. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The Hudson County Prosecutor’s office says the skeletal remains of a woman found in a field near the intersection of Cranbury-South River and Dock’s Corner roads in May are those of a missing 31-year-old Jersey City…

  • For the July 29 issue

    Charles Gilson, Margaret Kappesser, Jessie Seip, Mary Anne Sochacki, Eugenia Rapant, Clendon Pullen, Merticese D. Slover. Charles Gilson    PLAINSBORO — Charles Gilson, 84, of Plainsboro died Monday at The Pavillion at Forrestal, Plainsboro.    Born in Bayonne, he lived in Bernardsville before moving to Plainsboro four years ago.    He served in World War II in the…

  • New Route 1 hotel is coming to Plainsboro

    Homewood Suites expected to open in 2007 By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — Within the next four to six weeks, Winston Hotels Inc. is expected to break ground on a Homewood Suites Hotel.    The hotel, which will front Route 1 with access from Mapleton Road — next to the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel — is expected…