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  • Plainsboro considers fire, EMS merger

    Consolidation seen as most likely route for genuine reform in near future By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO – The township’s emergency services and fire departments could be headed for consolidation, after a task force reviews the recommendation from a group of police, public safety volunteers, residents and local business partners.    "Our existing emergency operations are working…

  • A summer of dreams and daring deeds

    Reading club encourages love of books. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — What flies, breathes fire, distresses damsels and strikes fear into the hearts of even the most heroic knights?    If you happened to be at the Jamesburg Public Library on Monday, the answer was simple: 25 small children.    In fairness to the children’s parents, it…

  • Princeton University marks 50 years of progress since faculty was integrated

    Professor Charles T. Davis, the first black faculty member, was appointed in the summer of 1955 By: David Campbell    Fifty years ago this summer, Princeton University appointed Professor Charles T. Davis to its faculty. An authority on Walt Whitman, Professor Davis also was the first black faculty member at Princeton since the school’s founding in…

  • Argument turns violent, man needs surgery

    Monroe man strikes son with an ax and winds up in the hospital after son stabs him in the neck. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A township man was hospitalized Sunday after an argument with his son over the family computer erupted into a fight in which he struck his son with an ax before…

  • Bank robber strikes again

    Man suspected in four area bank robberies strikes fifth bank. By: Joseph Harvie    MONROE — A man wanted for robbing four area banks in the past four months, including one in the township, struck his fifth on Tuesday.    The man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after walking into the Northfield Savings Bank…

  • PU program inspires future laser scientists

    Princeton University hosts summer outreach program for student scientists. By: David Campbell    Princeton University played host last week to more than a dozen aspiring laser scientists, participants in a summer outreach program called the Princeton University Materials Academy.    PUMA brings together university faculty and research staff with local high school students, most from economically disadvantaged…

  • District plans to charge fees for night school

    Wants changes in ‘$80,000 program with a one-third failure rate’. By: Jessica Bowker    HIGHTSTOWN—Community adult education programs that aren’t able to meet their costs will begin charging students fees this year, according to the East Windsor Regional Board of Education.    "A program won’t run unless its revenue equals its cost," said Kenneth Boardman, a district…

  • Montgomery 9s show advancement

    Moves onto Cal Ripken losers’ bracket final By: Justin Feil    As happy as Marc Edenzon is to see his Montgomery 9-year-old all-star team advance to the Cal Ripken state tournament losers’ bracket final, he’s happier still just to think of the advancements they’ve made overall in their first summer together.    "With 9-year-olds, you work on…

  • State report shows crime rates down

    2004 Uniform Crime Report shows decrease in crime for both Hightstown and East Windsor. By: Jessica Bowker and Marisa Maldonado    Both East Windsor and Hightstown were safer places to live last year, according to the 2004 Uniform Crime Report released last week by the New Jersey State Police.    The report gives statistics for both violent…