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  • Defective pagers for West Windsor emergency personnel to be fixed

    Manufacturer’s programming flaw causes reception problem. By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — A programming problem that caused emergency responders here to miss transmissions from police dispatchers is expected to be resolved within the next two weeks.    Motorola has agreed to reprogram 63 new pagers, which the township purchased from the company in September, to recognize…

  • Czelusniak makes return to coaching

    Former Hun coach now at North By: Justin Feil    What may have seemed like a little bump in the road smoothed out quickly for Steve Czelusniak.    After nine years as the Hun School’s boys’ lacrosse coach, Czelusniak chose to step down to concentrate on raising his two daughters. That was four years ago.    "The last…

  • Book examines quality of our land and water

    EDITORIAL    Most environmental books aren’t generally best sellers. Usually, they find a comfortable niche among those who consider themselves environmental activists.    But "H2O: Highlands to Ocean" deserves a wider audience. Authors Tony Hiss and Christopher Meier undertook the "first close look at the outstanding land and waterscapes of the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region." According…

  • Montgomery seeking changes to Route 206 bypass alignment

    A plan to avoid dividing Pike Run development. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — In a measure aimed at changing the current alignment of the proposed Route 206 bypass, the Planning Board approved an amendment to the township’s Master Plan on Monday that provides an alternative route for the controversial road.    The township-approved design makes the…

  • University will organize campus into academic ‘neighborhoods’

    New chemistry building to replace armory on Washington Road. By: David Campbell    Princeton University is undertaking a campuswide planning initiative over the next decade to create academic "neighborhoods," in which related disciplines are grouped in proximity to one another on campus.    One of the major projects under that plan is to build a new chemistry…

  • Spinal Twist

    Chiropractic care is not just for people with bad backs. By: Leon Tovey    Lying on my back atop the padded chiropractor’s table, my left arm pointed at the ceiling, I told myself that this time I’d be ready.    "OK, now make a fist and point your thumb at your feet," Dr. Debra DeMarco said.    I…

  • Monroe golfers could survive defections

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Quality players have moved on— one literally — while the team is moving up a class in competition, yet Monroe High School golf coach Pete LoPresti is confident in his program to bring success once again this spring.    Two years ago, the Falcons turned the corner, winning the Blue Division title…

  • Trockenbrod brings success to MHS lax

    Former TCNJ standout is new girls’ coach By: Bob Nuse    Tiffany Trockenbrod feels like she learned her lacrosse under the best possible teachers.    Now that she’s a head coach, she plans to try to teach the game the same way it was taught to her.    Trockenbrod enjoyed an outstanding college career at The College of…

  • Historic home in Titusville offers an array of original elements

    The dining room has a working fireplace and the same deep ceiling moldings as the living room, as well as detailed wainscoting The "Maddock House" in Titusville, now for sale, was built in 1915 and features much of the original architecture. Above: the exterior includes three-story-high Doric columns.    The "Maddock House" on River Road in…