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  • 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…

  • Montgomery woman pulls driver from burning car

    At 125 pounds, Alissa Orsini yanked a 200-pound man through window. By: Elaine Worden    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Montgomery resident Alissa Orsini stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds, but she managed to pull a 200-pound man from his burning car on Wednesday night.    Ms. Orsini, 23, and her cousin, Amy Matthews, also…

  • GOP newcomer challenges incumbent Wintress in Montgomery

    Republican Ed Sherman enters Township Committee race. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Republican Ed Sherman will challenge Democrat incumbent Karen Wintress in the November election.    Mr. Sherman, a retired vice president of Infiniti East of the Nissan Motor Corp., moved to the township in 1988. He is a father of two children.    A native of…

  • Hundreds taking part in march against domestic violence

    South Brunswick Domestic Violence Task Force urges area communities to join them in weekend march to stand in support of fighting domestic violence. By: Melissa Hayes    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Over one hundred residents are expected to take to the streets Sunday to join the Domestic Violence Task Force’s Enough Is Enough Humanity March.    The task…