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  • Local veterans honored

    East Windsor veterans were honored on Veterans Day with Mercer County Military Service Medals. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — Veterans Day was a time for somber remembrance as 18 veterans and spouses of deceased veterans received the Mercer County Military Service Medal during a ceremony in the township Tuesday.    The medals were presented in…

  • After 40 years, King’s ‘dream’ is fading, says panel

    Civil rights leader would weep to see what has happened, forum concludes. By: Jeff Milgram    Forty years after the 1963 march on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would weep to see what happened to his dream.    That was the consensus of a panel discussion Thursday at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and…

  • Shopping at Ten Thousand Villages benefits local groups

       Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair trade organization featuring handcrafted gifts and holiday decorations made by artisans in disadvantaged areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, will host a series of Holiday Shopping nights on Thursdays and Sundays in November and December at its shop in the Princeton Shopping Center.    Ten Thousand Villages will be…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Nov. 14 issue. Coaches have made football season special To the editor:     Throughout the past nine weeks I have been on the ride of my life. Through the ups and downs, the good times and the bad, I have been living a dream. As a member of the 6-3 Hightstown High School…

  • State to help fix borough roads

    New Jersey gives Jamesburg a $172,000 grant. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Franklin, Warren and Stevens streets will be improved early next year thanks to a $172,000 state grant.    The grant, from the state Department of Transportation Trust Fund Municipal Aid Formula Program, will pay for curbing, sidewalks and road resurfacing for the three streets…

  • Princeton Fire Department reorganization postponed

    A need to touch base with Princeton Township officials. By: Jennifer Potash    Changes in the Princeton Fire Department organization were put on hold Tuesday pending review by Princeton Township.    Borough Mayor Marvin Reed told the Borough Council on Tuesday he would postpone signing the ordinances the council adopted Nov. 5. The township was not aware…

  • PHS boys’ soccer in CJ III final

    Little Tigers ready for rematch against Wall By: Bob Nuse    Most people would rather not spend their time beating their head against the Wall.    Wayne Sutcliffe isn’t one of those people.    After watching his Princeton High boys’ soccer team be eliminated by Wall High School each of the last two seasons, Sutcliffe is looking forward…

  • Scrap dealer ceases operation

    After repeated noise violations and jail sentence, a court-ordered eviction. By: David Campbell    Ziya Polat, the embattled scrap dealer who served time in county jail this summer for repeated noise violations, has ceased operations at his Basin Street junkyard — but a pending lawsuit could change that, he said Wednesday.    Over the past year, Mr.…

  • Dependable PHS defense breaks Colts Neck in boys soccer quarterfinals

    By: Bob Nuse    COLTS NECK — Throughout its winning streak, which has now reached 11 games, the Princeton High boys’ soccer team has been scoring goals at an incredible rate of nearly five per game.    Almost lost in that goal scoring flurry is a defense that has been every bit as good. During the course…