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  • Baby sitter charged in sex assault

    East Windsor teenager is accused of sexually assualting and endangering the welfare of a 5-year-old girl.    An East Windsor teenager is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl while baby-sitting her several months ago.    Nicole Mosley, 18, of Kensington Arms Apartments was indicted by a Mercer County grand jury July 14 on charges of first-degree…

  • Rocky Hill resident draws on poetry to cope with tragedy

    Joyce Lott to give reading at Princeton Public Library. By: Sharlee Joy DiMinichi    ROCKY HILL — For poet Joyce Lott, the best writing comes from trying to juxtapose seemingly unrelated aspects of experience.    Ms. Lott, a South Brunswick High School teacher whose first poetry collection was recently published, said that after her second husband, Gary,…

  • Historical Society of Princeton wins national award

       The Historical Society of Princeton has been awarded a Certification of Commendation for the exhibition "Lost Princeton" by The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).    The AASLH annual awards program is among the nation’s most prestigious recognitions for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of local, state and regional history. Awards for 2004…

  • LIFESTYLE: Pet Patients

    From feverish felines to sick pups, animal hospital takes care of afflicted animals By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A palm-sized orange kitten with a drooping head filled the room with its meow. Veterinary technicians bustled around the fluffy creature, taking its temperature, swaddling it in towels and drawing blood to test its glucose level.    "Hold on,…

  • Mayor set to talk politics at DNC

    Monroe’s Mayor Pucci to attend Boston convention By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — Next week droves of Democrats will head to Boston and help announce their party’s nominees for president and vice president of the United States.    Among them will be Mayor Richard Pucci.    Mayor Pucci will travel to the Fleet Center in Boston to attend the…

  • Post 148 falls a win short of state playoff berth

    By: Neil Hay    The quest to advance to the state tournament came to a sudden halt for Hightstown Post 148. Tuesday night in the Mercer County American Legion League playoff championship game, West Windsor-Plainsboro defeated Hightstown, 11-4.    The game was decided right there in the bottom of the first inning when West Windsor (16-8) scored…

  • A happy Hawaiian holiday

    Students travel for chorus festival By:Sarah Winkelman    A week of fun in the sun can be great when it’s spent on local beaches, but it can be even better when those beaches are in Hawaii.    Two Cranbury School students, Jessica Charwin, 14, and Reva Geier, 12, recently participated in the Pacific Rim Children’s Chorus Festival…

  • Board, teachers at impasse

    State mediator may be brought into talks By: Sarah Winkelman    Teacher salary increases and health benefits have proved to be a sticking point in Cranbury.    After six months of contract negotiations, the Cranbury Education Association, which represents 60 teachers and other support staff, filed an impasse last week and will seek a state mediator to…

  • Bringing Russian folklore to the stage

    Monroe residents experience wild ‘Moscow Nights’ By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — Monroe residents will get the chance to see how Russians sang, danced and played in the past.    At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present performances by Russian folk trio Moscow Nights and the Russian children’s performance group the Golden Gates.…