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  • A private place for pooches

    Dog park to open in two weeks. By: Rebecca Tokarz    JAMESBURG — It will be two more weeks before pooches and their owners will have their own park area to frolic and run free, county officials said Thursday.    The county is in the process of fencing off more than 2 acres of Thompson Park for…

  • North girls’ volleyball looking to improve

    Young team hopes to correct mistakes in second half By: Justin Feil    In its fourth year as a varsity team, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ volleyball team still has a lot of the traits of a young program.    Young players, new positions, wavering degrees of confidence and no one leader to take over have made…

  • Township mulls barn purchase

    Committee considers paying $60,000 for Howarth Barn. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Township Committee said Monday it would consider paying $60,000 to buy the Howarth Barn and have the New Jersey Barn Co. renovate and move it from Cranbury Neck Road to the Updike property on Old Trenton Road or to another piece of open space…

  • Fatal accident snarls local traffic

    Fatal accident involving three tractor-trailers and a Buick on the NJ Turnpike causes traffic delays in East Windsor. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Two New York men died and three other people were injured in a traffic accident involving three tractor-trailers and a Buick on the NJ Turnpike at 11:30 p.m. Monday.    The accident and its subsequent…

  • Borough supports Patriot Act restraints

    But some council members say they should not get involved in such national issues. By: Jennifer Potash    That the Princeton Borough Council adopted a resolution Tuesday objecting to portions of the USA Patriot Act may come as little surprise to borough residents — after all, the council had adopted resolutions opposing the war in Iraq…

  • Will the Vikings ever lose?

    Cranbury School soccer teams a combined 13-0-2 this season By: Rich Fisher    It’s starting to get frightening.    The Cranbury School boys soccer team is off to the first 7-0 start in coach Jay Gilligan’s tenure, while the girls team has rolled to the first 6-0-2 start under coach Frank Silva.    And both teams are surviving…

  • Union’s dispute with police chief still unresolved

    Issues that led to vote of no confidence in Plainsboro Police Chief David Lyon are again raised by officers. By: Gwen McNamara    PLAINSBORO — Issues that led to a vote of no confidence in Police Chief David Lyon last summer have not been resolved, according to members of the township’s rank-and-file police union.    In a…

  • Frank Cannon

       Frank H. Cannon Jr., 71, of Monroe, died Saturday, Oct. 4, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.    He was born in Metuchen, and resided for the past 40 years in Monroe, previously living in Perth Amboy. He was employed as an assistant supervisor for the Department of Public Works in Monroe, working there for…

  • Falcons field hockey team competing well

    By: Rich Fisher    For most teams, consecutive 1-0 losses would be nothing to smile about.    And make no mistake, the Monroe High field hockey team is not smiling.    But, the Falcons have no reason to frown either, as they lost consecutive 1-0 decisions to South Plainfield and Old Bridge, two of the better teams in…