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  • Enrollment to rise for 2004-2005 year

    Elementary school class sizes should increase an average of one student per classroom in the East Windsor Regional School District. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District is expecting increased elementary class sizes as it prepares for the 2004-2005 school year.    Overall, the district’s average elementary school class size is predicted…

  • Local Kinko’s sees no change in FedEx buyout

    Deal expected to close in first quarter of this year. By: Gwen McNamara    In a $2.4 billion cash deal announced Tuesday, FedEx Corp. agreed to buy Kinko’s, a privately held business services and copying company.    However, don’t expect any major changes at your local copy center just yet.    FedEx said it will buy Kinko’s, which…

  • Census numbers mean changes for New Jersey

    EDITORIAL    "We’re number one!" is the usual rallying cry we hear at this time of the year, as college football teams celebrate their bowl victories, high school basketball and wrestling teams their holiday tournament triumphs and other newly crowned champions tout their achievements in a time and a place where winning is placed above all…

  • New office eyed to monitor new developments

    Mayor Pucci discusses the start of the Department of Planning and Environmental Protection, which will manage the development of the township and attempt to keep open space preserved. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The township says it will monitor developers more closely beginning this year.    Mayor Richard Pucci said Wednesday he planned to discuss creating…

  • Falcon track teams start strong

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Both Monroe Township High School winter track teams got off on the right foot to begin the 2003-2004 season by scoring victories against Carteret and Perth Amboy in the first division contest on the schedule. Perth Amboy played host to the double/dual meet last week.    In the girls’ competition, the Lady…

  • West Windsor to restore money to open-space fund

    Lengthy debate and charges that council members were spiteful precede split vote. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — The ongoing dispute over an $11,000 expenditure of open-space funds got personal — even spiteful for some council members — at the township’s Monday meeting.    The debate finally ended when the council voted 3-2 Monday to have…

  • Contruction impacts roil area schools during 2003

    Princeton and Montgomery building programs suffer setbacks. By: Jeff Milgram    For the Princeton Regional School District, 2003 marked the beginning of the long-awaited $81.3 million school renovation and expansion project — and complaints that the construction was hazardous to students and staff.    For West Windsor-Plainsboro, the year marked the arrival of a new superintendent, Robert…

  • Schools budget more for programs

    The East Windsor School district has announced a 23.3 percent increase in spending on student supplies and programs for next year. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The school district announced recently that it will be spending nearly $1.2 million on student supplies and programs next year, a 23.3 percent increase from this year.    The increase…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 2, 2004

    Jordan J. Roth, Beatrice B. Drier, Lawrence C. Ellery Jr., Rosalie L. Sher. Jordan J. Roth Princeton Charter School student     Jordan Jay Roth of Princeton died Saturday at home. He was 6 years old.    Born in Boston, he was a first-grade student at Princeton Charter School.    He loved dinosaurs, reading and the color orange.…