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  • ELECTION RESULTS

    Results from local municipal races in Tuesday night’s election. Following are the unofficial results of local municipal races. Incumbents are denoated by an asterik (*) and winners are listed in bold except where the races are close enough that absentee ballots could change the outcome. These results do not include absentee ballots. On Tuesday night,…

  • Expansion plan approved for Rock Brook School in Montgomery

    By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved an application last week by the Rock Brook School, which serves disabled students, to expand its Orchard Road building.    The approval will allow the school to construct a one-story, 5,000-square-foot addition to its current building. Plans for the expansion include additional classrooms, a…

  • Hedging your bets

    Formerly available to just the filthy rich, hedge funds are trickling down to the masses. By: Gwen McNamara    Given the recent fluctuations of the stock market and concerns about the integrity of mutual funds, many investors are now turning to an option once limited to only the ultra rich.    Hedge funds — private investment partnerships…

  • At the end of the towpath

    D&R Canal Commission’s only director retiring after 30 years. By: David Campbell    Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission Executive Director James C. Amon has been at the helm of the commission for as long as there’s been a canal state park. But in February, he is planning to step down after almost 30 years leading the…

  • Stegman, Kramer win City Council seats

    Absentee ballots to decide open space tax question. By: Lambertville City Council, 2 seats Frank L. Kramer Jr. (D) 1,388 votes Steven M. Stegman (D) 1,235 votes Dorothy Lee Anthes (R) 804 votes 2-cent open space tax Yes — 865 votes No — 845 votes 134 absentee ballots not yet counted.

  • Cornell blocks PU comeback

    Tigers football falls short in rally in Ithaca By: Justin Feil    When the fourth quarter began Saturday, the Princeton University football team felt good about its chance to come back at Cornell.    Given that the Tigers had just pulled within a touchdown and extra point of the Big Red with 37 seconds left in the…

  • LaPalme’s good walks spoiled turn to fast runs

    Senior puts down golf clubs to lead Hun cross country By: Justin Feil    Zach LaPalme leisurely walked through the spring season in that game called golf. LaPalme has picked up the pace considerably as captain of the Hun School boys’ cross country team.    "It’s a lot more physical. It’s completely different from golf," said the…

  • Hunterdon voters re-elect Sheriff Doyle

    Open space tax extension is approved. By: Hunterdon County sheriff William D. Doyle (R) 34,820 votes Bruce Cocuzza (D) 25,223 votes Five-year extension for county’s 3-cent open space tax Yes — 38,456 votes No — 11,892 votes

  • ‘An Evening for Darfur’ to benefit war-torn Sudan

       A variety of Princeton University student performance groups will present "An Evening for Darfur," a benefit to aid relief efforts in war-torn Sudan, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in Richardson Auditorium of Alexander Hall.    The groups performing include Bodyhype, Expressions, Tigertones, Footnotes, Shere Khan, the Black Arts Company, Sympoh, Naacho, Sensemaya and Disiac.    Proceeds from…