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  • Gengel vaults to new record at CJ III meet

    PHS soph, teammate Crowley are lone area gold winners By: Justin Feil    Hit with a string of bad luck, Natalie Gengel is just now starting to get where she wants in the pole vault.    The Princeton High sophomore won the Central Jersey Group III pole vault with a new girls’ school record 9-feet, 9-inches Saturday…

  • Extra work pays off for MHS softball

    Jensen’s opposite-field hit helps Cougars advance in states By: Bob Nuse    If Sarah Jensen ever needed to be convinced that hard work does pay off, she found out firsthand last week.    Jensen, a senior on the Montgomery High softball team, spent extra time last Wednesday working on a drill to hit the ball to the…

  • MHS baseball rebounds from state loss

    Cougars sweep Saturday doubleheader By: Bob Nuse    After the Montgomery High baseball team was eliminated from the North Jersey, Section 2 Group III tournament with a quarterfinal round loss to North Hunterdon, head coach Peter Mueller was curious to see how his team would react the following day.    The Cougars had a doubleheader scheduled against…

  • Saturday parade will mark Memorial Day in Princeton

       The Spirit of Princeton Committee is inviting the public to cheer along during the annual Memorial Day parade on Saturday.    The parade down Nassau Street, from Princeton Avenue to Princeton Borough Hall, kicks off rain or shine at 10 a.m.    The program wraps up with a ceremony at the Battle Monument at Borough Hall at…

  • MHS boys’ lacrosse sees next level in state loss

    Cougars fall to top seed Delbarton after first state win By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High boys’ lacrosse team wasn’t happy to have lost in the second round of the Group II state tournament Saturday, even if they started so well in a 12-1 loss to Delbarton, the No. 11 team in the country.    "It…

  • South volleyball cruises in opener

    Pirates face tougher Fair Lawn today in state tourney By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ volleyball team fully expects that the state tournament will get tougher.    It has to after the Pirates made a much larger gap between their 15th-seeded team and No. 18 Hackensack. WW-P South wasted little time in dispelling their…

  • Water quality cannot be taken for granted

    GOOD EARTHKEEPING, May 25 By: Sandy Batty When you open the tap for a drink, to shower or do laundry, do you ever think about the path that water took to your faucet, or the quality of the source? The first step in protecting the quality and quantity of our water is to know where…

  • Cifelli, North finish off PHS girls’ lax

    Knights face top seed today in sectional semis By: Justin Feil    Danielle Cifelli has been a part of all 13 of the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ lacrosse team’s wins this season.    The last two, however, have been a bit more special for the senior goalie because she’s finished out both of the Knights’ state tournament…

  • Retired diplomat ‘pedals’ election finance reform

    On Miami to New Hampshire bicycle trip, a stop in West Windsor to push a $6-per-citizen proposal. By: Jennifer Potash    WEST WINDSOR — Campaign finance reform may seem an unlikely cause to prompt a retired ambassador to cycle up the East Coast, but for Donald Petterson the effort is a worthy adventure.    Mr. Petterson, 73,…