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  • Princeton Public Library to offer midterm exam help

       High school students burning the midnight oil in preparation for midterm exams may find some refuge at the Princeton Public Library.    The winter edition of Late Night at the Library, a study assistance program, will be held 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 and Thursday, Jan. 22 at the library, located at Princeton Shopping…

  • Sole Republican gets sworn in

    Jamesburg’s first Republican councilman in two years gets sworn in to office. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Chris Maloney, a senior manager for Cisco Systems elected to the Borough Council Nov. 4, took the oath of office Wednesday and became Jamesburg’s first Republican councilman since Adam Bushman left office two years ago.    Mr. Maloney joined…

  • Mayor and councilmen take oath of office

    Mayor Richard Pucci and Coucilmen Irwin Nalitt and John Riggs take oath of office in Monroe Township. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Mayor Richard Pucci and Councilmen Irwin Nalitt and John Riggs took the oath of office at the Township Council’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 1.    The mayor and both councilmen, re-elected to office Nov.…

  • Talarick takes early lead in pool

    Freshman helps MHS boys’ swimming to fast start By: Justin Feil    That Drew Talarick has been unbeatable through the first seven meets for the Montgomery High boys’ swimming team isn’t that much of a surprise, either to the Cougars’ coach Claire Scarpa or to Talarick.    "I felt like I’d be pretty good as a freshman,"…

  • Hansen takes over helm as new police chief

    Chief Jay Hansen takes over for retired Chief Harry Kleinkauf. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Cranbury has a new top cop.    With the retirement of former Chief Harry Kleinkauf, the Police Department’s new leader is Chief Jay Hansen as of Jan. 1.    "It was a great working with Chief Kleinkauf," Chief Hansen said. "He’s a good man…

  • Democrats should heed 1972’s real lesson

    Democrats should take a lesson from their failed 1972 race and begin to support their top candidate Howard Dean. By: Hank Kalet    I generally abhor political debates. I find them less than informative, often overly staged and just downright boring.    And yet, there I was Sunday night (into Monday morning) watching what turned out to…

  • Time to extend TDR program across the state

    Editorial    A small but significant victory could be achieved in the battle against suburban sprawl. The state Senate is poised to take up a bill that would create a statewide transfer-of-development-rights program — or, as it’s more commonly referred to in planning circles, TDR.    TDR is a fairly straightforward concept, but a highly complex mechanism,…

  • Targeting drug abuse

    District to evaluate current school prevention programs. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — The school district is working with different township groups to evaluate and develop new drug and alcohol education programs for the schools, officials said Thursday.    The Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Education met Tuesday to establish goals and will hold another meeting…

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