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  • Monroe boys second seed in GMCT

    By: James McKeever    During its impressive 2003-04 season, one thing eluded the Monroe High School boys bowling team. That was a strong performance in the Greater Middlesex Conference team tournament. Monroe was eliminated in the quarterfinals.    This winter the Falcons, with all of the same players back from a year ago, would like to write…

  • School mulls safety boost

    Task force offers solutions for better security. By: Josh Appelbaum    Cranbury School is considering ways to make its students and staff safer with several initiatives to limit access to the building and monitor visitors.    This summer the New Jersey Anti-Terrorist and Homeland Security Task Force will inspect the school and work with school officials and…

  • Plainsboro claims partial victory in school tax rift

    Lawsuit with West Windsor settled, shifting $2 million in tax obligations. By: Jill Matthews    PLAINSBORO — The township has settled its school tax lawsuit against the state and West Windsor, the result of which will shift about $2 million in school tax obligations over two school years from Plainsboro taxpayers to West Windsor taxpayers, Plainsboro…

  • Faclon boys hoopsters must win tonight to gain states

    By: Redd E. Patrick    What was once a promising season has turned into heartbreak for the Monroe High School boys basketball team.    Needing a victory against Sayreville on Wednesday to secure a spot in the upcoming NJSIAA State Tournament, the Falcons dropped a 67-64 decision in overtime. Monroe had beaten Sayreville earlier in the season,…

  • Schools seeing space crunch

    With enrollment up, administrators are looking for ways of temporary relief. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — Art and music are taught from a cart at the Barclay Brook and Brookside schools. Faculty and staff share offices meant for one person and trailers sit behind many district schools.    All are temporary fixes to a districtwide space…

  • Weather cooperates for Klondike Derby

    Montgomery Scouts take advantage of blizzard.    Taking full advantage of the recent blizzard, Boy Scout Troop 75, chartered by Montgomery United Methodist Church, held a Klondike Derby at Montgomery Park on Jan. 22 and 23.    A Klondike Derby is a skills competition in which Scout patrols pull home-made "dog sleds" loaded with essential equipment between…

  • Montgomery and state agree to mediation over NPDC acquisition

    Township’s lawsuit alleging environmental violations at 250-acre site put on hold. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — A new agreement will bring the township and the state back on speaking terms over the North Princeton Developmental Center property.    The township and the New Jersey Department of Treasury have confirmed they will voluntarily enter formal mediation over…

  • Women target of swap of engineering students among schools

    A move by Princeton University to encourage more female students to join program. By: David Campbell    A full generation after the start of the women’s movement, women continue to be underrepresented in the field of engineering.    According to Maria Klawe, Princeton University’s dean of engineering, fewer than 20 percent of students studying engineering at the…

  • It’s lights, camera, board meeting as WW makes live debut

    Municipal government goes on cable TV. By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — While there were no makeup artists or hairdressers primping the mayor and council — nor was there a director yelling, "Lights, camera, action!" — the township kicked off its first live broadcast on its cable channel Monday evening.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s annual state…