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  • Embarrassed PU returns home

    Tigers look to rebound from UTEP loss with pair at Jadwin By: Justin Feil    Look out, Loyola.    For the second straight season, the Princeton University men’s basketball team advances on the Greyhounds with something to prove.    Last year, Princeton handed Loyola its 22nd straight loss while snapping a three-game losing streak of its own. Today…

  • MHS girls earn first C

    Cougars capture Gene Haley Tournament By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High girls’ basketball team has its share of good students, but the Cougars are shooting for C’s this season.    "We have three C’s — Christmas, conference and county," said MHS head coach Paul Popadiuk, whose team defeated Edison, 56-33, to capture the Gene Haley Holiday…

  • Helping the homeless, one family at a time

    The First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown aids poor and needy families in the community. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — A borough church aims to break the cycle of homelessness by ministering to poor and needy families who live our community.    The First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown on North Main Street is one of nine Mercer…

  • Rocky Hill’s Schafer tract to be a focus in ’05

    Groundbreaking at Van Horne Park to be a highlight. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    ROCKY HILL — The focus for the borough in the upcoming year will be "couple-fold," according to Mayor Brian Nolan.    From the aftermath of the Schafer tract ordinance to the purchasing of a new ambulance and the groundbreaking of the Van Horne Park,…

  • Inconsistent play costs teams War tourney

    PHS, South bow in openers, North girls’ basketball falls in semifinals By: Justin Feil    Inconsistencies cost the three local teams at West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s second annual War of the Worlds Tournament.    Princeton High and first-time participant West Windsor-Plainsboro South lost both their tournament openers and their first consolation games. Both were scheduled to play Thursday,…

  • ABIS students crying for their mummies

    But it’s part of a lesson plan at Manville school. By: Emily Craighead    Christmas vacation was just two days away, but mournful cries echoed through the hallways at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School.    "I’ve been crying all day," said Jean Bartolome, the school secretary, as the sobbing grew louder.    A procession of students led by sixth-grade…

  • Sophie Kelman

    By:    MANVILLE—Sophie (Guzik) Wilk Kelman died Dec. 16 at her daughter Nialettas home in Manville.    Born in Newark, she lived in Manville all her life.    Mrs. Kelman was a homemaker and a local business woman.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville and a member of the Altar Rosary Society.…

  • New Rt. 92 permits sought

    Due to an involvement of wetlands, permits are needed to Route 92 project. By: Joseph Harvie    The N.J. Turnpike Authority has applied for permits needed to manage storm water runoff for proposed Route 92.    Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said the authority is reapplying for previously granted permits that expired in March.    Route 92 is…

  • State’s work on Karen’s intersection is under way

    Eventually there will be a shift in traffic patterns on Route 31. By Ruth Luse    In late 2006, according to Mark Lavorgna, a spokesman for the NJ Department of Transportation, work to improve the Routes 31-518 intersection should be complete.    Right-turn lanes eventually will be added to all four approaches to the intersection. Also added…