Category: archives

  • Forsgate’s Dunton named the country’s ‘Top Teacher’ by golf magazines

    By: Justin Feil    There are a lot of golfers who could thank Krista Dunton for helping them improve their game. They don’t have to thank her, however, because Golf magazine and Golf Digest did a pretty good job of it.    The two magazines again honored Dunton, the Forsgate Country Club golf instructor who assists the…

  • University ranks No. 1 in ‘best colleges’ report

       As far as U.S. News & World Report is concerned, Princeton University is still No. 1.    The latest ranking of the magazine’s best American colleges placed Princeton at the top of the list for the fourth year in a row.    The magazine ranked Princeton and Harvard first in the "national university-doctoral" category, which includes research…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Summer Reading Club was a success

    By: Lorainne Sedor    Children who participated in the Cranbury Library’s Summer Reading Club may pick up their certificates at the circulation desk. As usual, the Summer Reading Clubthis year was a huge success: 150 participants — up from 125 last year — read 2,650 books, 505 more than last year’s 2145!    Mr. Z offers much…

  • Mediation talk set for union, Montgomery school district

    Two sides reach impasse; teachers say strike is not a consideration. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — Contract negotiations between the Montgomery Township Education Association and the school district will be resuming next month.    The 485-member MTEA — mainly composed of teachers, and maintenance and secretarial workers — and the district have reached an impasse. Talks…

  • LIFESTYLE: Professor pups

    Therapy dogs lend a helping paw to children learning to read. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Giggling at the antics of a storybook dog who suddenly learns to speak, 7-year-old Jessica Weiss read in a clear, expressive voice while petting the head of T-Bear, her furry canine listener.    Lacking the command of language that the book’s…

  • Officials promise schools’ opening won’t be delayed

    "Things are not going to look perfect," Princeton school board president concedes. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Regional Schools officials hope to get temporary certificates of occupancy today, or by Tuesday at the latest, and expect to open schools on Wednesday that are "a safe and healthy environment."    "They’re confident that we’ll get the work done,"…

  • Getting to know the middle school

    By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — A group of about 20 wide-eyed and eager preteens walked down a hallway at Applegarth Middle School and looked to the left and right as one of their peers moved them into the school’s gymnasium and through a small doorway into the locker room.    "This is the girls locker room…

  • Familiar faces in new places at North

    Mealy, Gould give Knight cross country teams consistency By: Justin Feil    A change in the coaching staff for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North cross country teams did not make much more than a ripple among prospective team members.    That’s because the Knight distance runners are very familiar with Bill Mealy and Brian Gould, and that familiarity…

  • For the Aug. 29 issue

    Marguerite E. Heyman, Deo Joseph Sensi, Eldridge Lesley Miller, Teddy T. Malinosky, Michael J. Estenes, Blanche H. Hasselbach. Marguerite E. Heyman    JAMESBURG — Marguerite E. Heyman, 91, of Jamesburg and formerly of Eatontown, died Tuesday at Monroe Village Health Care, Jamesburg.    Born in Atlantic Highlands, she resided in East Windsor, Eatontown and Hightstown before moving…