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  • Montgomery Veteran’s Memorial groundbreaking set

    Monday ceremony to be held at Montgomery Park. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The groundbreaking for the Montgomery Township Veteran’s Memorial will take place 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday.    The event will kick off construction of the project — a memorial intended to honor all current and former township residents who served during times of…

  • Band takes home the big prizes in Kutztown

    Cranbury School bands and choir win high marks at Kutztown University’s music festival. By: Josh Appelbaum    The collection of trophies on the counter of the main office in Cranbury School is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the music education students.    On May 13, that dedication paid off again when students and…

  • Cell firm sues town over tower

    Omnipoint Communications sues the Zoning Board of Adjustments over a request denial. By: Josh Appelbaum    Omnipoint Communications is challenging a Zoning Board of Adjustment decision to deny the company’s request to build a 150-foot cellular tower on Plainsboro Road.    Omnipoint filed a lawsuit in Middlesex County state Superior Court Law Division on April 21. Omnipoint…

  • Local GOP looks to rebuild

    Republicans have no representation on the five-member Township committee. By: Josh Appelbaum    If you ask stalwart Republican and former Township Committee member Art Hasselbach about the state of his political party in Cranbury, he’ll give you a frank response.    "What Republican Party?" he asks.    Mr. Hasselbach said the party is not unified and that it…

  • Young artist’s emerging talents go on display in exhibit at Rutgers

    Roman Petruniak of Hightstown takes part in a three-artist exhibit, "Emerging Artists of New Jersey" at Rutgers University. By: Marisa Maldonado    HIGHTSTOWN — Roman Petruniak was surprised when a curator at Rutgers University asked the insurance value of his drawings.    He told her, as a joke, that his drawings, which are part of a three-artist…

  • Fete organizers get in the groove for big event

    Princeton Stadium to be all-weather venue for June 10 and 11 festival. By: Rachel Silverman    Bust out the tie-dyes and bell-bottoms, ’cause this year’s Fete is feeling awful groovy.    Scheduled for June 10 and 11, the Fete, a Princeton-area tradition now in its 52nd year, aims to whisk visitors back to that free-spirited era when…

  • Student’s art installation finds unlikely home

    Down a path at Plainsboro Preserve you can find a work by high school senior Beki Basch. By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — Paintings hanging on the walls in art museums don’t inspire artist Bekí Basch as much as the life beyond those walls.    "I feel more inclined to react anywhere but an art museum," Bekí…

  • For some, Commencement speech was like a bittersweet symphony

    Princeton University holds 258th graduation ceremony. By: David Campbell    Andres Palmiter, a North Carolina native who received his undergraduate degree Tuesday at Princeton University’s Commencement ceremony, voiced mixed emotions about finishing his four years at the Ivy League school.    "I’m excited for the new opportunities that will come after graduation, but it’s a bittersweet end,"…

  • The fundamental things apply

    A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw    In the third grade, Mrs. Henike showed slide photographs of the Constitution to my class. In the second row from the back, I half-heartedly listened to her sermon on natural rights.    Half-heartedly, because my classmate Lila Paty was in the throes of a boy problem and boy problems…