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  • Hun repeats as hoops tourney champion

    Maeser contributes to balanced Raider girls’ attack By: Bob Nuse    Bill Holup saw his Hun School girls’ basketball team open last season by winning the Stuart Tip-Off Tournament.    Wednesday, Holup was pleased to see his team do the same thing, capturing the title with a 63-34 win over Stuart. As much as Holup enjoyed winning…

  • Non-invasive echocardiograms provide a window to the heart

    Echocardiography uses high-frequency sound waves to look at all four heart chambers … By:Lorraine Seabrook    Most people are familiar with the names of a variety of medical conditions, tests and procedures. They may be unsure of the details, however. Once such procedure that many people have heard of but are not familiar with is the…

  • Monroe treelighting rings in the holidays

       The holiday party will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. at Garvey’s Family Restaurant on Spotswood Gravel Hill Road. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Gifts of warm gloves, mittens and socks will be a worthwhile part —and part of the fun — of the Monroe Township Mothers Club community tree lighting celebration.    The holiday party…

  • Ban on dual office-holding is ill-advised

    GUEST OPINION, Dec. 5 By: William G. Dressel Jr.    The League of Municipalities opposes two bills — S-519 and S-2273 — and certain provisions in a third bill, S-2756, which would deny citizens the right to elect local officials to the state Legislature.    S-519 would prohibit the people from electing any candidate holding an elective…

  • North back to Harvey in goal

    Knight ice hockey team unbeaten with senior in cage By: Justin Feil    As a freshman, Gordon Harvey was the starting goaltender in the West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team’s first-ever trip to the state tournament.    That experience, however, turned out to be his last real meaningful one for the Knights as Jimmy Merrow replaced him…

  • Princeton Special Sports

    Supporters of special-needs children organizing for basketball in January. By: Christian Kirkpatrick    With a crack as exciting as the peal of a recess bell, 5-year-old Kelly Sasor hits a baseball decisively toward third base. As she runs, wide eyed, toward first, every parent in the stands shouts encouragement, and the pitcher’s cheers rise above them…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Dec. 5 issue Letter contained untrue statements about Wally To the editor:     A letter from Linda Romanowski in the Nov. 28 issue of the Herald must be answered. It is deliberately misleading, malicious, libelous, scurrilous and slanderous.    In her letter, Mrs. Romanowski stated that I am a member of the CBTR. Had…

  • Eating club steps up tax fight

    Appeals DEP ruling denying historic site certification. By: Jennifer Potash    University Cottage Club has appealed the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s denial of its application for historic property certification.    The eating club, in filing its appeal Monday with the Appellate Division of Superior Court, claims it never received a hearing on its request for…

  • Wireless Internet service is a new item on area menus

    Panera Bread joins a number of other establishments in offering Wi-Fi. By: Jennifer Potash    Finding a "hotspot" in the Princeton area has nothing to do with locating a parking place.    Rather, a hotspot connotes a wireless fidelity — or Wi-Fi — Internet port.    When it opens in the spring, the new Princeton Public Library will…