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  • Police offer Halloween safety tips

    Cranbury wants your children to play it safe over the spooky holiday weekend. By: Rebecca Tokarz    As children dress up as pumpkins and burglars for Halloween and begin to walk the streets today (Friday) in search of tasty candy treats, local police want to make sure that everyone has fun and is safe.    That’s why…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Natale’s best game lifts Raiders By: Justin Feil    It stood to reason that Domenic Natale would improve every week that he played quarterback for The Hun School football squad.    Every start he got for the Raiders as signal caller added to his experience. Natale had starting experience when he came to Hun this season, but…

  • Stuart’s dynasty remains

    Tartans win fourth Prep B XC title By: Bob Nuse    Tom Harrington grew up in Chapel Hill, N.C., admiring the way Dean Smith’s University of North Carolina basketball program was successful year after year.    As a high school coach, Harrington has always tried to follow the model of the legendary Smith.    "They didn’t just have…

  • Hate fliers stir town to draft unity petition

    Princeton Human Services Commission seeks a recommitment to acceptance of diversity. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Human Services Commission is undertaking a signature campaign to condemn the distribution of fliers in Princeton by the white-supremacist group National Alliance and reaffirm a commitment to diversity.    "The signature campaign is to get the community to recommit to…

  • Police home to cost more than planned

    Three potential designs were presented to Cranbury Township Committee. By: Matt Kirdahy    The cost of building a new police station might be higher than the Township Committee expected.    According to Mark Berkowsky, president of Berkowsky and Associates, three potential designs for the station would cost $3.26 million, $2.85 million or about $2.66 million respectively. All…

  • DOT makes grant toward Montgomery loop road

    Effort to take pressure off Route 206-518 intersection takes another step. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The New Jersey Department of Transportation granted $140,000 Tuesday toward the design and construction of a loop road to relieve traffic congestion at the Route 206-518 intersection.    The two-way loop road will be located on the western side of…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Oct. 31 issue. President responds to critical letter To the editor:     As a member of the Board of Education, I have the responsibility to advocate for our district and public education. That is why I take issue with Mark Dynarski’s objection to my comments about the No Child Left Behind Act ("Ettman’s…

  • Polls set to open

    Voters will select representatives for local, county, and state positions in elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4. By: David Pescatore and Sarah Winkelman    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday as area voters will select representatives to local, county, and state positions. EAST WINDSOR    In the township, voters will select candidates…

  • Trenton symposium to focus on women’s health

       Capital Health System will explore "the brilliant future of women’s health care" on Friday, Nov. 21, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Trenton Marriott with a symposium which will feature veteran political commentator Cokie Roberts and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing).    The symposium will introduce "the newest advances and latest technologies as they…