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  • Reappearing stolen cars puzzle West Windsor police

    Five Hondas and Saturns taken from Princeton Junction train station — and then returned. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Steven Rothstein thought he was dreaming.    Days after his fiancée’s daughter discovered their Saturn had been stolen from a parking lot at the Princeton Junction train station, it turned up — in the very same…

  • LETTER: Restaurant asks for support

    To the editor:     On April 15, we will be heard by the Cranbury Township Planning Board in what we hope to be the final meeting of our site plan application. We are proposing to open an upscale, white tablecloth restaurant five doors down from the spot in which we previously operated our deli from…

  • HHS boys set school marks in 4×100 and 4×200

    By: Neil Hay    With 70 athletes out, the Hightstown boys’ spring track team is certainly one of the CVC’s biggest this year.    And after sweeping a tri-meet and scoring very well in the Mercer County Relays Saturday, it could be one of the best too.    Coach Jim Firtek was beaming after the Rams defeated Princeton,…

  • Judge overturns Besler verdict

    $1.5 million jury award canceled in Thursday decision. By: Shanay Cadette    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education won’t have to appeal a $1.5 million jury verdict recently awarded to a former student who claimed a basketball coach’s behavior led to her development of an eating disorder.    Late Thursday, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Paulette Sapp…

  • Candidates discuss issues facing school

    Four candidates seek three open seats in Cranbury School Board race. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Candidates for the Cranbury Board of Education have different ideas when it comes to the district’s curriculum and a proposal for a new school parking lot driveway and township baseball field.    Four candidates are vying for two, three-year seats on the…

  • Eatery hearing on tap

    Planning Board to consider the future of Hannah &amp Mason’s restaurant on April 15. By: Sarah Winkelman    The fate of Hannah & Mason’s is expected to be decided by the Planning Board next week.    The Planning Board will consider an application at 8 p.m. April 15 that could allow business owner John Davison to open…

  • Major parcel of farmland preserved in Montgomery

    "One of the finest remaining viewscapes," according to the mayor. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — A 51-acre parcel of land, which was formerly part of the Gantz Farm, has been acquired and preserved by Montgomery Township.    The land is located on the east side of Province Line Road, stretching north from Cherry Valley Road. The…

  • Frugal budget to board’s credit

    To the editor:     Over the past two years the community of Jamesburg has had to absorb a tremendous tax burden to provide a thorough and efficient education for the elementary, special education and high school students.    This year the Board of Education has presented a budget that provides for a slight tax increase of…

  • Tartans turn tables on PHS lax

    Sweetland goals help Stuart build big lead By: Justin Feil    Last year was on the minds of plenty of the Stuart Country Day girls’ lacrosse players as they prepared to face Princeton High on Wednesday.    The Little Tigers handed Stuart a 17-7 defeat last season, but it was the Tartans who won handily, 14-6, Wednesday.…