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  • Shotgun starter

    Women warm to firearms at Citizens Rifle and Revolver Club. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Annie Oakley would have been proud.    Nearly 50 women from as far away as New York and Pennsylvania came out to the Citizens Rifle and Revolver Club’s fourth-annual Women’s Day at the Range on Saturday.    The free event took…

  • Aug. 5, 4:40 p.m.: Tuesday Top Ten, the columnists

    The best newspaper columnists not named Hank Kalet. By: Hank Kalet    This week’s Top Ten is centered on the oft-maligned art of the newspaper column.    Writing a weekly — or in some cases, semiweekly — column can be a difficult task, requiring an ability to gather information quickly, process it and present to the reader…

  • Eden opens home for autistic in Rocky Hill

    The ninth area location for an Eden ACREs residence. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — The autistic now have a home of their own in the borough.    Noonan House, a group home on Princeton Avenue, opened on July 26 and makes Rocky Hill the ninth area location of an Eden ACREs residence. ACRE (A Community…

  • School board member apologizes for comments

    James Logothetis criticized outgoing Montgomery High School principal. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — A Board of Education member issued a public apology last week to former Montgomery High School Principal Anne Marie Weber for comments he made about her at a stormy June board meeting during which her replacement was appointed.    Board President Linda Romano…

  • Restored Morven to be a showcase

    Ready to begin new life as a gallery for New Jersey culture and arts. By: David Campbell    Morven has had a distinguished and varied history since it was built in the 1750s. It has been home to five New Jersey governors, two United States senators, one of the first recognized female poets in the country…

  • Making it seem simple

    West Windsor 10s one win from state title By: Bob Nuse    As confident as the West Windsor 10-year-old softball all-stars may have been heading into the state tournament final four, even they could not have thought it would be this easy.    West Windsor, the defending state champions, opened the tournament at North Cumberland Little League…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 5

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 5 New bypass design might be solution To the editor:     There’s more common ground than first meets the eye in the many "Millstone Bypass" letters to the editor. Hidden within the welter of alignment proposals in the "Penns Neck Area Draft Environmental Impact Statement" is a possible design solution…

  • Montgomery Friends of Open Space eye 36-acre site

    Tract proposed for 10-lot housing development By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Friends of Open Space has launched an effort to purchase a 36-acre tract in the Dutchtown section of the township before it becomes another housing development.    The Friends would like to see the site, which includes wetlands, preserved as open space. It…

  • Talarick balances swimming, baseball

    Lenape swimmer wins three PASDA events By: Bob Nuse    For most young people, the summer before entering high school is a time to relax and get ready for the challenges ahead.    For Drew Talarick, the summer before entering high school has been so full of challenges there hasn’t been a lot of time to relax.…