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  • PU historic building to get makeover

    Aaron Burr Hall and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art share the same architect, Richard Morris Hunt. By: Jennifer Potash    One of Princeton University’s 19th-century buildings will get a makeover to meet 21st-century needs and standards.    The Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Review Committee evaluated the university’s proposal to add a three-story addition to Aaron Burr…

  • Marian B. Morgan

       Marian B. Morgan, 85, of Rossmoor, died Monday, Jan. 12, at The Elms of Cranbury.    Born in New York City, Ms. Morgan was a resident of Rossmoor since 1979 and was formerly of Manhattan and Garden City, Long Island, N.Y., for many years. She was a receptionist for Conoco Oil Company in New York City…

  • CERT volunteers learn to prepare for the worst

    Hightstown’s Community Emergency Response Team completes first of seven training sessions. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough’s Community Emergency Response Team is taking shape after completing the first of seven three-hour training sessions on Tuesday.    A total of 11 area volunteers out of the 14 who attended last week’s organization meeting made it to…

  • Putting the book to music

    Children create songs based on literature with the help of trained Broadway and opera talents. By: Joseph Harvie    JAMESBURG — "I don’t want to know what you know, I want to know what you think," Bruce Taylor said Tuesday as he stood in front of a full sixth-grade class at the Grace M. Breckwedel School.…

  • Town plans to condemn Fischer tract

    After 6 months of negotiating Cranbury Township is ready to condemn 53-acre Fischer parcel on South Mian Street. By: Matthew Kirdahy    After six months of negotiations, the township is ready to pursue condemnation to acquire the 53-acre Fischer parcel on South Main Street.    There is nothing built on the parcel, which is zoned for one…

  • District meets grad rules

    Monroe Township High School already meets new statewide graduation requirements. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — The district’s high school curriculum already complies with new statewide graduation requirements recently adopted by the state Board of Education, school officials said Wednesday.    The new standards allow students to participate in out-of-the-classroom experiences to gain high school credits.    According…

  • Hoops nightmare turns to track dream

    Mavraganis sets sights on 400-meter mark for Pirate boys By: Justin Feil    Ted Mavraganis wasn’t initially too happy about losing a spot on the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ basketball team. In the end, however, it looks as though it’s worked out pretty well for the Pirate senior.    "My sophomore year, I didn’t make the basketball…

  • Youth excuse wearing thin for LoPresti

    By: Redd E. Patrick    It would be easy to use youth as a crutch for Monroe High School boys basketball coach Pete LoPresti.    He starts a sophomore, he has just one senior in the program and he works freshmen and other sophomores into the lineup on a nightly basis.    Still, the veteran mentor was not…

  • Rose Damiano

       Rose J. (Ivanyo) Damiano, 83, died Sunday, Jan. 4, at Genesis Elder Care-Cranbury Care Center, Monroe.    Born in Elizabeth, she lived there for many years, then Roselle, before moving to Rossmoor in 1985. She always held formal education in high regard, and believed it to be a privilege to be taken very seriously. After postponing…