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  • Watershed association gets $30K grant for internship, programs

       The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association has been awarded a $30,000 renewal donation from the J. Seward Johnson Sr. Charitable Trust.    The contribution will fund a college student chosen for the Watershed’s 2004-2005 environmental education internship program, as well as a program to offer Stony Brook’s award-winning environmental education programs at open spaces in communities throughout…

  • Extra DOT funding to speed Nassau Park access project

    The goal: Finish Route 1 intersection by Black Friday. By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — The state Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would pump an extra quarter of a million dollars into the traffic-improvement project at the Route 1-Nassau Park intersection to bring the project, which was beginning to fall behind schedule, up…

  • Exchange of business cards to be held for second year

    A business card exchange will be held on Oct. 19 in the main lobby of the Windsor Corporate Park in East Windsor. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Local business owners will have a chance to meet their peers during a Business Card Exchange.    On Oct. 19, all local businesses are invited to attend…

  • Students, parents and town leaders march to school

    Jamesburg students, parents, community leaders and citizens take to the streets tas part of Walk Our Children to School Day. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The last bit of night chill Wednesday morning did nothing to stop or slow the phalanx of humanity moving at a good clip toward the rising sun.    A sprinkler gurgling…

  • Land swap application delays new high school construction

    Officials say a new Monroe Township High School a few years off. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A new high school approved by voters in December probably won’t be open for several years, according to school district officials.    State Green Acres officials are still reviewing the township’s preliminary application to exchange 77 acres on Route…

  • Township manager fired by council

    East Windsor Council terminates Township Manager due to alleged "irreconcilable differences". By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Township Manager J. Paul Keller said he was fired unfairly this week, one day after the Township Council voted unanimously to terminate him.    The mayor and council voted Tuesday to fire Mr. Keller, alleging that "irreconcilable differences"…

  • Hopewell cross country lapping the competition

    Hopewell Valley cross country By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys cross country team was expected to be among the state’s elite, and the Bulldogs have done nothing to change those expectations.    The surprise, however, is that the Hopewell girls team has been just as strong.    Under the guidance of coaches Aaron…

  • 5K run to benefit nature trail

    Annual event honoring memory of local environmentalist Tomm May will be held in Tantum Park in Washington Township. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — In life, Tomm May was an enthusiastic environmentalist who worked to protect area resources and encouraged others to appreciate the Earth. In death, his passion continues to benefit the community through a…

  • AHS, NEHS field hockey teams still undefeated

    By: Kyle Moylan    For the second year in a row, the New Egypt and Allentown High School field hockey teams are doing a pretty good mirror image of each other.    Considering how well each team is doing, the view is great from either side.    Last year the two teams took this act all the way…