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  • Construction contracts awarded

    Following months of delays, contracts have been accepted for construction at Perry L. Drew, Ethel McKnight and Highstown High School. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Construction is set to begin this month at three district schools, where projects have been delayed for months as a result of over-budget bids from contractors.    Contracts were awarded Monday,…

  • Young and Yang come together for North

    Junior point guard assuming leadership role for Knight girls By: Justin Feil    Sam Yang was a role player on last year’s West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ basketball team, and a pretty content one. She provided a spark off the bench with her offensive and defensive abilities.    The graduation of leading scorers Laura Trzasko and Cynthia…

  • Legends are Made

    Showtime at the Apollo makes a stop at Patriots Theater with a pool of talent hand-picked from the Trenton area. By: Jim Boyle Related Story: Where Stars are Born TimeOFF photos by Phil McAuliffe Merlin Hawkins plays the bottles in an audition original enough to advance him to Amateur Night at Patriots Theatre in Trenton…

  • County gives land swap OK

    Request to use Thompson Park for new high school site moves to state. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has endorsed Monroe’s plan to build a new high school on a 35-acre portion of Thompson Park.    Under the proposal, the township would give the county 77 acres of land…

  • Fire budget ready to go to the voters

    Borough to decide on Commissioner and budget. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Borough voters will elect a fire commissioner and vote on a fire district budget Feb. 2l.    The polls at the firehouse on West Railroad Avenue will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. Feb. 21.    The voters will vote for one fire commissioner…

  • Renaissance Man

    Bob Gargiullo is one of those very rare triple-threat performers, able to act, direct and play bass in pit orchestras. By: Stuart Duncan    Bob Gargiullo has a secret life. By day, during normal working hours, he is an analytical chemist with Colgate-Palmolive. But after dark, and on weekends, he spends, by his own admission, "95…

  • MHS gets a workout at Ridgewood Classic

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With local action still on hold last week due to poor track conditions, the Monroe Township High School winter track teams headed indoors. The Falcons traveled to New York City this past Monday evening for the annual Ridgewood Varsity Classic held at the 168th Street Armory.    Other teams from surrounding states…

  • Montgomery school budget pared, but still over state cap

    11.75 percent spending increase called for as efforts continue to make more cuts. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery school administration presented an updated proposed budget Tuesday night that calls for an 11.75-percent spending increase for the 2004-2005 school year, down slightly from the 12-percent hike proposed two weeks earlier.    But the administration estimates…

  • Our next idol?

    East Windsor teen Alex Mitchell will compete next week in the NJ 101.5 Jersey Idol singing contest. By: Lauren Burgoon    EAST WINDSOR — Reuben Studdard eat your heart out — there’s a new idol contender in town. The Jersey Idol, that is.    East Windsor teen Alex Mitchell, 16, is among 12 semifinalists in the NJ…