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  • Cable discussion on agenda

    March 3 meeting to discuss Comcast’s service and content. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Residents will get their say next month on what they would like to see in a cable television provider.    The Cable Franchise Committee, a citizen group established by the Monroe Township Council to prepare for the township’s new contract for cable…

  • Library gets boost from teen council

    Student Library Council sorts books, helps with reading programs, holds movie groups and much more. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The teenagers of the Student Library Council are earning high school community service hours while trying to improve the library for their peers.    And along the way, they get to talk about books, music, movies and video…

  • Vintage car donated to Historical Society of Princeton

    Rare 1928 Chrysler Phaeton will be exhibited at society events. By: Jennifer Potash    Donations to the Historical Society of Princeton’s archives usually consist of photographs or other paper documents, but that all changed with a recent four-wheeled bequest — a 1928 Chrysler Phaeton.    "It’s not unusual for a historical society to take on a donation…

  • Man accused of try to hit officer with car

    A East Windsor Township man is accused of driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, alluding eluding officers, obstruction, improper reversing, and several other charges. By: Lauren Burgoon    A township man was being held on $35,000 bail this week after allegedly attempting to hit a police officer with his car.    Giovanni Barreno, 28, of the…

  • Forgoing food to fight hunger

    Church members to fast as anti-famine fund-raiser. By: Matthew kirdahy    Cranbury residents can help end world hunger locally, and in just 30 hours.    Seven kids ranging in age from 13 to 18 and four adults will raise money for food, then fast in Fellowship Hall at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury this weekend as…

  • Princeton Community Housing gets a makeover

    Management consultants help agency streamline operations. By: David Campbell    Princeton Community Housing has taken a "new leap forward" with the help of nonprofit-management consulting group National Executive Service Corps of New Jersey.    This is what PCH Vice President Linda Mather concluded after streamlining PCH’s operation based on a 2002 organizational study prepared by the nonprofit…

  • PU symposium to address poverty

       The Crisis Ministry of Princeton & Trenton and Princeton University will host a photography exhibition and poverty symposium titled "Can We End Poverty As We Know it?" Saturday, Feb. 28.    Among the speakers will be Dr. Anu Rangarajan, associate director of research at Mathematica Policy Research, who will give an overview of New Jersey’s Welfare…

  • Vikings showed positive signs

    By: Rich Fisher    The strange odyssey that was the Cranbury School basketball season ended last week with both teams coming up victorious.    "It was kind of a weird year," boys coach Jay Gilligan said. "Both teams had a rough start because there was no gym space, and then the gym wasn’t completed until halfway through…

  • Religious leaders scramble as ‘The Passion’ arrives

    Controversial film prompts a variety of local reactions. By: Jeff Milgram    One Montgomery church has bought out an entire 200-seat showing of Mel Gibson’s graphically violent new movie, "The Passion of the Christ," as a way of inspiring lukewarm Christians.    "We wanted church members to see the movie as a family in a way to…