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  • 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.…

  • Headway seen for bikeway, bridge on PSE&G right-of-way in WW

    Path, about 2.5 miles long, would link Community Park and Mercer County Park. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — The township has negotiated for two years with Public Service Electric & Gas Co. to build a 2½-mile bike and pedestrian trail and a steel bridge on its property.    And there appears to be some light…

  • Princeton Bicycling Event slated for Aug. 7

       Cyclists from many states are expected at Mercer County Community College on Saturday, Aug. 7 for the 24th annual Princeton Bicycling Event, which offers rides of various lengths through the countryside around the Princeton and central New Jersey area.    Seven tours from 16 to 100 miles are available for all levels of experience, from beginning…

  • WW 12s head to softball states

    Chudzik helps seal sectional title By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor 12-year-old all-star team had won so many games by landslide scores that they tried a different route in winning the Section 3 championship, 7-5, over Ocean Township on Monday.    West Windsor actually trailed for the first time in all-star tournament play this summer before…

  • Drug firm plans move

    Relocating to corporate complex on Route 130 By:Sarah Winkelman    Cranbury residents will be getting new neighbors starting next month when a new pharmaceutical company comes to town.    Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. is leasing 90,000 square feet of lab and office space at the Cedar Brook Corporate Center on Route 130 North. Approximately 70 to 100 employees…