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  • Residents could pay to dispose of big items

    Hightstown may expand Pay As You Throw program to require residents to buy and affix waste-disposal stickers to bulk items before they are removed. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Residents soon may have to pay to throw out large items if the borough moves ahead with plans to expand the Pay As You Throw program…

  • Classroom kudos

    Beverly Jones of East Windsor, teacher at Trenton Central High School, is selected as the first recipient of state history teaching award. By: Melissa Kadish    EAST WINDSOR — East Windsor resident Beverly Jones has been named the New Jersey History Teacher of the Year.    Ms. Jones, who teaches grades nine through 11 in Trenton Central…

  • E.W. 12’s confident it can emerge from pool play

    By: Kyle Moylan    East Windsor was scheduled to begin action in the District 12 Little League Tournament for 12-year-olds last night.    It doesn’t plan to finish anytime soon.    "(Coach Al) Vono is almost guaranteeing we’ll go 3-1 or 4-0 in our bracket," noted East Windsor manager John Feldhaus. "We’ll have to see. Al’s been coaching…

  • Misconduct charges prompt district audit

    Several Board of Education district offices will be audited following charges of official misconduct against district’s director of technology and instruction. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The Board of Education on Monday authorized a special audit of several district offices.    According to Superintendent Ronald Bolandi, the decision was made in response to charges of official…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Track Athlete of the Year

    North’s Pilgrim had award-worthy year By: Justin Feil    Michael Pilgrim’s name would have already been one passed down through the generations of West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ track and field teams as someone quite special to the program.    The creation of the Michael Pilgrim Leadership Award guarantees it.    Pilgrim was the top performer on the WW-P…

  • OBITUARIES, July 2, 2004

    Catherine Wiley. Catherine Wiley Son lives in Princeton     LAWRENCE — Catherine "Kate" Wiley died June 22 at Tandem Healthcare nursing home. She was 81.    Born in Galesburg, Ill., she was a longtime Galesburg resident.    She was a longtime employee of Midwest Manufacturing, which became Admiral Corp. She helped make both flares and auxiliary fuel…

  • The ‘whole town’ turns out for Montgomery celebration

    Independence Day bash so successful officials say a bigger site needed. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — In perhaps the township’s social highlight of the year, an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 people turned out for this year’s Independence Day celebration at the grounds of Orchard Hill Elementary School on Wednesday.    A half-hour before the fireworks were…

  • The rockets’ red glare over Brainerd

    Cranbury celebrates the Fourth on the fifth By:Sarah Winkelman    Grab a picnic supper and a blanket and head to Village Park on July 5 as Cranbury celebrates the fourth on the fifth.    The township and the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society are co-hosting the annual picnic, band concert and fireworks display.    Peter Turner, program chairman…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the July 2 issue. Councilman concerned with project’s timeline To the editor:     The Borough of Hightstown is facing the largest construction project in its history in regard to the redevelopment of the Bank Street property. This project involves several complex issues regarding redevelopment, planning, and tax abatements. The time line includes a June…