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  • Big changes in store for Meadow Road

    Five major projects expected to be under way this year with more to come. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — You may not recognize Meadow Road in five years.    The winding two-lane road, distinguished by trees, farmland and wooded plots of land, will give way to hotels, office complexes, housing developments, a park and a…

  • MHS girls enjoy trip to Holmdel

    TRACK & FIELD By: Carolyn M. Hartko br>    Every athlete knows that to be the best, one must go up against the best. The Monroe Township High School track and field athletes found that kind of competition this past weekend at the annual Holmdel Relays, and both squads came home with a good share of…

  • Montgomery voters send mixed message in election

    Budget passes handily; Bradley, Lin, Romano win board seats. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — Usually a quiet event, this year’s school board election in Montgomery hit the district like a storm when an unprecedented number of candidates — eight, to be exact — filed to run for three open seats on the board.    And Montgomery…

  • Montgomery Education Foundation revived

    Nonprofit group raising money for synthetic turf playing field at new high school. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — After disbanding in 1994 amidst political infighting, the Montgomery Education Foundation has been revived and is nearly ready to move forward with its first project.    The nonprofit, private foundation has been raising funds for an all-weather synthetic…

  • It’s that time when mice spring to action

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    They’re here! Now, for the first time this spring, scuttling down the runway in supreme coordination, meet the newest sensation of the season. Dressed uniformly in cutting-edge fashion they sport the finest shades of gray. Their little hearts race a mile a minute as they perform a complexity of tricks.…

  • The Great Road to be closed for sewer work

    By: David Campbell    The Great Road will be closed between North Road and Pretty Brook Road beginning Wednesday, weather permitting, for sanitary-sewer improvements to the Coventry Farm park, said Princeton Township Engineer Robert Kiser.    The road is expected to be closed for two to three days from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.    The following week,…

  • Man’s son serving in Iraq

        Instead of being in South Brunswick with his family, in Florida with his new wife or even in Monroe with his father, Andrew Bolomy spent his birthday in the Iraqi desert. By: Matthew Kirdahy     Instead of being in South Brunswick with his family, in Florida with his new wife or even in Monroe…

  • University seniors receive public service grants

       Two Princeton University seniors, Robin Williams and Katie Grim, have been awarded 2004 ReachOut 56 Fellowships, which provide each with a $25,000 grant to undertake a yearlong public service project after graduation.    Mr. Williams, a Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs major from Greensboro, N.C., will pursue a project that promotes the treatment…

  • Cranbury OKs sewer project expenditure

    Township committee approves $120,000 needed to install sewer lines in South Brunswick. By: Sarah Winkelman    The Township Committee approved $120,000 Monday to cover the cost of improvements needed to install sewer lines in South Brunswick.    The lines are part of a 2000 pact between Cranbury and South Brunswick in which Cranbury agreed to pay $4.465…