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  • Renaissance Faire set May 22 at Mercer County Park

       The West Windsor Lions Club is sponsoring the seventh annual Renaissance Faire Festival on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Mercer County Park, West Windsor.    Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 5 through 12. Children younger than…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the May 13 issue. East Windsor Alliance not telling whole budget story To the editor:     The co-founders of the East Windsor Alliance for Property Tax Reform admitted in their letter two weeks ago ("Officials should take note of message sent by budget vote," April 29) that they "should not be proud of rejecting…

  • Grant allows teacher to study butterflies in Vietnam

    From Montgomery High School to Tam Dao National Park, thanks to the Earthwatch Institute. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — When Tina Boyer boards the plane that will carry her 20 hours to Vietnam, she will tote minimal belongings and no expectations.    Ms. Boyer, a Montgomery High School art teacher, is traveling 75 kilometers north of…

  • Garbage tax increase minor

    East Windsor Township Council introduces garbage budget which includes a tax increase of four-tenths of a cent. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council last week introduced its $1.7 million garbage budget, which includes a small tax increase.    The budget, which encompasses garbage and recycling services for fewer than half of the township’s…

  • Column: Fallen Knight is back up

    By: Justin Feil    Albert McCullan has been up before, but for most of this spring season he’s been down. Way down.    Maybe it’s because the West Windsor-Plainsboro North senior has had such highs that his lows this year make it so hard to watch. It’d be easy to overlook McCullan’s fate. He’s a quiet kid,…

  • Little League Marlins net professional haul

    Florida Marlins owner manages baseball team for 6- and 7-year-olds in Monroe. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — New Jersey may be Yankees and Mets country, but Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria recently made a move that won over a dozen young township baseball fans.    "I’ve known Jeffrey since I was about 5 years old," said…

  • Enraptured by the Senses

    VOICES Chorale performs ‘Lyrics by Whitman.’ By: Hank Kalet Guest conductor Jay Kawarsky and Music Director Lynne Ransom take a break during a dress rehearsal for the program based on Leaves of Grass.    Walt Whitman believed that the greatest poet was a seer.    And Whitman was that. With the publication of Leaves of Grass in…

  • LETTERS: monroe facing difficult issues

    To the editor:     I have prepared this letter in response to Harold V. Kane’s letter, published April 28, where he makes unfounded comparisons of Monroe Township and North Brunswick Township Boards of Education.    Like Mr. Kane, I have lived in North Brunswick, and in distinction to Mr. Kane, I served as a member of…

  • OBITUARIES: Ann LaFave

    Ann LaFave    Ann C. Kelly LaFave, 44, of Monroe, died Monday, May 9, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton.    Born in Teaneck, Ms. LaFave lived in East Brunswick before moving to Monroe in 1993. Ms. LaFave was employed for 17 years as a project manager for Chubb Insurance Co., Warren. She was a graduate…