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  • Police seek kids for academy

    East Windsor’s second Police Youth Academy will be held in June. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The township will sponsor its second annual Police Youth Academy this June. The program is open to East Windsor boys and girls entering the seventh and eighth grades.    The East Windsor Police Youth Academy is a weeklong class…

  • EDITORIAL: Hate taxes? Wait till we pay off bonds

    EDITORIAL: Bonds allow governments to avoid tax hikes now, but they will have to pay in the future.    There has been a lot of noise made about 17 words in the president’s 2003 State of the Union address.    But far less noise has been made about five words attributed to Vice President Cheney in former…

  • Train of Dreams

    Ride the River LINE, NJ Transit’s new Trenton-to-Camden light-rail system. By: Matt Smith Staff photos by Matt Smith A northbound River LINE train makes its way up Cooper Street in Camden.    You follow the trials and tribulation in the press, mesmerized by sleek beauty and limitless star power. You lie awake at night dreaming of…

  • Health officer will be hired in Princeton

    With increase in potential health threats, towns decide not to contract for the service. By: David Campbell    With potential health threats like the SARS virus and the threat of bioterrorism, elected officials in Princeton Township and Princeton Borough have opted to bring in a new health officer rather than contract for the service with another…

  • Charles A. Ricciardi

       Charles A. Ricciardi, 70, died Thursday, April 1, at St. Peter’s University Medical Center, New Brunswick.    He was born on Staten Island and lived there for 63 years before moving to Greenbriar at Whittingham in 1997.    At the time of his death he was co-owner and Chief Operating Officer of Ho-Ro Trucking Company based in…

  • Merchants object to a two-way Spring Street

    A divided Borough Council holds fast to plan but promises to reconsider after it is put in place. By: Jennifer Potash    The needs of downtown residents and business owners and a promise the council made to Vandeventer Avenue residents collided Wednesday during a Princeton Borough Council debate about whether Spring Street should become a two-way…

  • Candidates Forum, April 9

    CANDIDATES FORUM, April 9 By: R. David Pettit Hae-Chang Gea Montgomery Township Board of Education     R. David Pettit and Hae-Chang Gea have joined together to create a change for excellence for Montgomery Township schools. As a team, they are committed to creating excellence in educational achievement, excellence in community involvement and excellence in planning…

  • Plainsboro patrolman awarded national medal for heroism

    Underwater rescue saves two boys strapped in seats of car that rolled into lake. By: Shanay Cadette    PLAINSBORO — A township patrolman has been awarded a national medal for herorism.    Rich Domotor — a 20-year veteran of the Plainsboro Police Department who helped save three small boys from a sinking vehicle last summer — was…

  • SciCore students published in college magazine

    Six of Hightstown’s SciCore Academy students will have their writing published in "Aspirations," an art and literary magazine for high school students. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — With a name like "SciCore," one would expect a school to focus on science and mathematics, but ask this private school’s principal, Arthur Poulos, and he will tell…