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  • Princeton teacher charged in online sex chat with boys

    Substitute teacher and wrestling coach at John Witherspoon Middle School faces two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. By: Rachel Silverman    A John Witherspoon Middle School teacher was arrested for engaging in "sexually based correspondence" with two 13-year-old boys, police reported Thursday.    Kathleen Rose Bowler, 28, a substitute modern-living teacher and wrestling coach…

  • Man hurt in crash

    Englishtown man is seriously injured in Mounts Mills Road accident. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A 54-year-old Englishtown man was seriously injured in a car accident on Mounts Mills Road at 5:26 p.m. Saturday, police said.    Sgt. Michael Lloyd of the Traffic Safety Division said Stephen J. Zbranak lost control of his 1995 Cadillac El…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Let’s heed bird population’s warning

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers Endangered bird species provide warning that human population is also in danger.    Every year, a global partnership of conservation groups evaluates the health of the world’s birds. The latest assessment of Bird Life International shows that one in five bird species is in trouble.    Bird Life International…

  • Fireworks and music slated for the Fourth

    Monroe and Jamesburg residents look forward to July Fourth celebration. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — "Get there early and bring your lawn chairs," is Superintendent of Recreation Tom Allen’s advice to Monroe and Jamesburg residents who plan to attend Monday’s Fourth of July celebration in Thompson Park.    Mr. Allen said Tuesday that the event, which…

  • EDITORIAL: ‘New rules’ have stood test of time

    EDITORIAL On July Fourth we celebrate the country’s independence and the rules on which it was founded.    On Monday, we celebrate a grand experiment.    The United States, born in revolution on July 4, 1776, became a nation, declaring its independence from England. The first years of the nation were filled with turmoil, nearly tearing apart…

  • Voigtsberger a key to WW-P’s success

    Fits best at top of Legion lineup By: Justin Feil    Eric Voigtsberger has been a key part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South baseball team in each of the past two seasons.    This summer, he’s taken that role to the West Windsor-Plainsboro American Legion team and it’s helped put it in position to make a…

  • ‘In Congress assembled’

    Remembering the days when Princeton was the capital of the United States By: William Myers    At the close of the Revolutionary War, the United States was in a severe crisis. The form and constitution of the young nation was in doubt, and mutinies were spreading through the army.    In 1783, the Continental Congress, meeting at…

  • MOM foes see rising opposition

    Park Service letter bolsters case against train. By: Leon Tovey    Local officials are applauding a letter from the National Park Service that says the proposed Lakehurst-Monmouth Junction route for the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line is a bad idea.    In a June 6 letter to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Kristen Stevens, an archaeologist…

  • Montgomery schools win environmental grants

    Orchard Hill and Village schools each get about $1,000 from county. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The district’s two elementary schools are recipients of Somerset County environmental awareness grants.    Both Orchard Hill and Village elementary schools received grants — for $1,000 and $980, respectively.    The schools were two of 21 that won the grants, which…