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  • Mercer County’s Presidential Hill reflects elegance and prestige

    Presidential Hill, an upscale neighborhood of 21 distinctively-designed single-family homes bordering Princeton, is designed to reflect the grandeur, beauty, prestige and power of the presidency. Set in the heart of Hopewell Valley, Presidential Hill estate homes capture the timeless elegance of the Monticello, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Montpelier and Jefferson designs.     Presidential Hill, an upscale…

  • Church readies holiday program

    Skeet’s Pantry is gearing up for their neediest time of year. By: Matt Kirdahy    After a lull in donations during summer, things are about to pick up for Skeet’s Pantry.    It’s also the time of year when the Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury gets its holiday baskets together.    Thanksgiving is…

  • Quattrone, Schneider and Sikorski defeat Republican challengers

    Hightstown voters choose three Democratic candidates to Borough Council seats. By: Sarah Winkelman    HIGHTSTOWN — Voters overwhelmingly elected all three Democratic candidates to fill municipal seats Tuesday, maintaining a 4-2 split on the council in favor of the Democrats.    Incumbent Democrats Dave Schneider and Lawrence Quattrone will embark on their second three-year terms on council…

  • Youngsters can’t wait for the butterflies

    School project includes tagging and tracking monarch butterflies during their migration to Mexico. By: Gwen McNamara    Monarch butterflies may be enjoying warmer weather down south right now, but when they come back, they are going to be in for a big surprise.    More than 90 students in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District are building…

  • Curtain closing for good on Opera Festival of New Jersey

    Financial woes are simply too great for beleaguered company to overcome. By: David Campbell    The curtain is closing for good on the Opera Festival of New Jersey, the board of trustees of the financially ailing performance company announced Thursday.    The Opera Festival will sell off its assets to help pay down outstanding debt, which has…

  • Trio of MHS gymnasts moves on to sectionals

    Will compete Saturday at Hunterdon Central By: Mike Newman    The Montgomery Gymnastics team is young and talented.    Three of the Cougar gymnasts will display their skills at this Saturday’s sectional meet. Kelly Simon, Amanda Diamantoni and Vicky Koppa will compete in the sectionals at Hunterdon Central High School.    The most promising fact for the Cougars…

  • HHS football team back in playoffs after 26 years

    By: Kyle Moylan    The last time the Hightstown High School football team made the state playoffs, Apple Computers were in the news, the New York Yankees were in the World Series and a Star Wars movie was released.    Sounds like almost any year, huh? Well, maybe discos and leisure suits would have been a better…

  • Dispatches: Capital punishment just cannot be fixed

    DISPATCHES: Our editor gives his reasons on why the death penalty should be abolished. By: Hank Kalet    A majority of Americans support capital punishment — that’s what the polls say and I have little reason to dispute the poll numbers.    That said, I think this support tends to be broader than it is deep, a…

  • Democrats sweep in Monroe

    Mayor Pucci and his council re-elected by Monroe voters. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — Voters supported Democrats Tuesday, re-electing Mayor Richard Pucci and Councilmen Irwin Nalitt and John Riggs.    Mr. Nalitt and Mr. Riggs defeated Republican candidates Audrey Cornish and Steve Williams and will serve four-year terms. Mr. Nalitt received 7,205 votes and Mr. Riggs…