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  • 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…

  • CHA to review housing goals

    Cranbury Housing Association looks to the future with newly appointed consultant to review current projects and help set goals for new ones. By: Josh Appelbaum    Cranbury Housing Associates is getting ready to embark on a review of the township’s affordable housing obligations as it waits for the state to set new requirements.    CHA is set…

  • Battle Scars

    John Goodyear’s ‘Mars Zone,’ on view at the Hunterdon Museum of Art, is a reminder of the ravages of war. By: Susan Van Dongen PHOTOS: FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI John Goodyear says it’s high time he made a statement about the destructive results of war. Below, his installation, "Mars Zone." Detail, John Goodyear’s "Mars Zone."    Throughout his…

  • Fresh ‘Prince’ makes a very colorful debut

    The Daily Princetonian makes the leap from black-and-white tabloid to a full-color broadsheet. By: David Campbell    The Daily Princetonian, Princeton University’s student newspaper, has made the leap from its decades-long format of a black-and-white tabloid to a larger, full-color broadsheet.    Princeton senior Zachary Goldfarb, who was editor-in-chief of the "Prince" until just this week, is…