Category: archives

  • Advance directives provide guidance for a difficult time

    Planning ahead will assure your wishes are observed and save your loved ones emotional turmoil By: Jane Berger    In 1990, seemingly vibrant at the age of 26, Terri Schiavo probably never dreamed her heart was about to stop, leaving her in a vegetative state and her family embroiled in a legal battle over her future…

  • MHS rebounds from opening loss

    By: Redd E. Patrick    In three matches this young season, the Monroe High School golf team has made small improvements each time out.    Although coach Pete LoPresti wishes his Falcons were further along at this point in the season, he also feels that by midseason, the club could be feared within the GMC’s White Division.…

  • 1 hopeful for 1 seat

    Mayor to step aside; GOP comes up empty. By: Elaine Worden    Democrat Angie Cook is the only candidate to file for the Township Committee seat currently held by Mayor Becky Beauregard.    Ms. Beauregard, a Democrat, will not be seeking re-election. She did not return telephone calls by Thursday afternoon.    The Republican Party failed to field…

  • Town mourns Jane Hollander, celebrates her life of giving

    Memories of a loved and respected woman within the community. By: Melissa Hayes    Jane C. Hollander was the kind of person who was always helping others. She loved her family, her job and was an active member of St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C. Church.    "Jane truly cared about each and every person that she helped,"…

  • Township mulls new fire truck

    Township committee authorizes re-evaluation of volunteer fire company. By: Elaine Worden    The Township Committee wants to assess the equipment needs of the Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company.    On Monday, the committee authorized Bill Peters, a consultant for Fire Apparatus Consulting Services, to evaluate a study on the company’s needs he performed in 1998 and published in…

  • Students find sign language a way to express themselves

    Montgomery sixth-graders enthusiastic about after-school club By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Is it possible for a handful of sixth-graders to be together in a room and not open their mouths?    In Room D-7 it is — if you’re there after school for special education teacher Alison Pankowski’s sign-language club.    About 10 Montgomery Middle School students…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the April 15 issue. Parents ultimately responsible for teaching children morality To the editor:     As a follow-up to the April 8 article summarizing the East Windsor-Hightstown League of Women Voters’ School Board Candidate’s Forum held on April 5 at Hightstown High School ("Challenger claims taxes could be lower"), I am taking this opportunity…

  • Hearings set on hospital site

    Public’s views sought on future use of property. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Planning Board will begin a series of public hearings next week on how best to use and develop the University Medical Center at Princeton property off Witherspoon Street.    Members of the board, along with Princeton Planning Director Lee Solow, held a…

  • Local dancer takes on a complex role

    Dancer finds intrigue in ‘Sweet Charity’ role, to open at the Kelsey Theatre April 22. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Melissa Marschner’s not a dance hall hostess, but she’ll be playing one at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre later this month.    Ms. Marschner will star as Charity Hope Valentine in Pierrot Productions’ musical comedy…