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  • United Way report says Latinos need support agency

    Mercer County study also points to need for leadership development. By: Jennifer Potash    The Latino population in Mercer County, one of the fastest-growing demographic groups, needs a broad-based agency to provide help in developing its own leaders if the community is to prosper, according to a report released by the local United Way chapter.    The…

  • Signs mark Montgomery waterways

    Bank donation helps encourage community awareness    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township has begun putting up new signs identifying watercourses along roadways throughout the township.    The signs, donated by Provident Bank and originally suggested by township resident Larry Koplik, were approved by the Township Committee and implemented by the Township Office of Planning. The Public Works Department…

  • Vote on Shafer Tract rezoning postponed

    Public notification question forces short delay. By: Jill Matthews    ROCKY HILL — The rezoning ordinance for the 15-acre Schafer Tract suffered another small setback Monday when the Borough Council announced it would once again delay its final vote on the ordinance.    The vote was postponed because of concerns regarding the lack of public notification of…

  • Mironov fighting to sustain truck ban

    Federal judge states that N.J. state law prohibitting truck travel on local roads is unconstitutional. By: Lauren Burgoon    EAST WINDSOR — A federal judge’s decision to overturn a ban on large trucks traveling on local roads in New Jersey could have an impact on East Windsor if the state is unsuccessful in appealing the finding.…

  • Security issues focus of MCCC forum

       WEST WINDSOR — A community forum, "Civil Liberties vs. National Security," will be held at Mercer County Community College’s Conference Center from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 16.    A panel of experts will debate the issues, placing today’s situation in a historical context, and examining how different groups within society are affected.    Panel members…

  • Age-restricted housing plan submitted in Princeton

    Hovnanian proposes 140 units at Bunn Drive site. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Planning Board reviewed a concept plan Thursday night for 140 units of age-restricted housing off Bunn Drive.    The senior community of five garden-apartment-style buildings being proposed by developer K. Hovnanian is the first to come forward under zoning overlays approved by…

  • Letter to the Herald

    For the April 2 issue. Morgan column insults reader, United States To the editor:     Scott Morgan’s suggestion that the United States is somehow responsible for the Madrid bombing that killed nearly 200 innocents is insulting. How long will it take before the left realizes that they will be the first to lose their freedoms,…

  • SCHOOLS: Indian Fields- Encouraging kids to find a sport that will last a lifetime

    Physical education students take a break from team athletics in favor of bowling, skating and climbing By: Melissa Morgan    A recent physical education lesson on bowling encouraged Indian Fields kindergartners to strike up an interest in the sport in their spare time.    "The idea is to foster some sort of lifelong activity they can do…

  • For the April 2 issue

    Roberta Jane Goldmann Schappert, Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Coleman, Bernice Gartner, Agnes Toth O’Malley, Mark C. Bradbury, Mildred Lois Sheriff. Roberta Jane Goldmann Schappert    HAINES CITY, Fla. — Roberta Jane Goldmann Schappert, 60, died March 24 at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center, Davenport, Fla.    Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Schappert resided in Cherry Hill, Woodbury and Hightstown…