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  • Buckelew Day brings borough history to life

    Jamesburg celebrates 25th annual event By:Audrey Levine    The crowd stood at attention as Richard Stillman, a Montclair resident, began his rendition of "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes.    As the music filled the air, people thought of the victims of 9/11 tragedy as the moment ushered in the beginning of the 25th annual Buckelew Day on…

  • Pontiac’s new Bonneville GXP:pizazz plus power and comfort

    The Pontiac Bonneville GXP offers power and comfort along with a sporty look By: Les Jackson The Pontiac Bonneville GXP offers power and comfort along with a sporty look    The Bonneville has been around for a lot of years. The current platform dates back to 1987, although skin and interior changes made along the way…

  • Patrol Officers ready to start

    Two officers join Cranbury’s finest By:Josh Appelbaum    Two new police officers will be sporting blue in Cranbury, as Patrol Officers Robert M. Giaccone and Todd C. Galla swore oaths of office at Monday’s Township Committee meeting.    Both officers started training with the Cranbury Police Department Sept. 10 and are learning department policy and procedures. The…

  • LETTER: Republicans are wrong choice

    To the editor:     This week, Dick Cheney said that if voters make the wrong choice this November, America would be hit again by a terrorist attack. I can only conclude that he is now asking us to vote against the Republican ticket. After all, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were in power when…

  • Golf tourney to support Friends of Homeless Animals

       Golfers will get more than a chance to practice their swing at the first Friends of Homeless Animals’ Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 20 at The Ridge at Back Brook in Ringoes. The event has drawn animal welfare-supporter Jerry Orbach, star of the popular "Law & Order" television series, to join the ranks of other…

  • WW-P South boys shut out PHS

    Defense leads Pirates as they begin long journey By: Bob Nuse    Brian Welsh likes to talk about how the high school soccer season is a journey of development.    So far this season, the journey for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ soccer team has been a little up and down. The Pirates opened the season…

  • Montgomery school staff turnover rate far below average

    Several reasons cited, including selection process, teacher orientation, development workshops and support. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The average yearly turnover rate for staff in the township’s growing school district was 41 percent lower than the national average last year, the Board of Education was told at its meeting on Tuesday.    Montgomery’s attrition rate for…

  • Bald eaglets take flight, leave empty nesters

    Two young offspring leave mom and pop behind in the Princeton area. By: David Campbell    The eaglets have flown.    Yes, bittersweet, but true. The two young offspring of a nesting pair of American bald eagles in the Princeton area reportedly have flown the nest to make their own way in the greater world.    According to…

  • Maturing PU set for home football opener

    Mueller, Tigers ready to kick off season By: Justin Feil    Brandon Mueller may have been ineligible last year for the Princeton University football team, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t around.    Mueller was in the stands for three of the Tigers’ games, but there was a helpless feeling as he sat there watching Princeton battle…