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  • Volunteers help keep Jamesburg running

    The first in a continuing series focusing on volunteering in Jamesburg and Monroe. By: Rebecca Tokarz JAMESBURG — Not far from a group of more than 50 youngsters taking part in a game of bingo, Michelle Jarosiewicz sat at a picnic table under the trees in Thompson Park, chatting about her time as a volunteer…

  • Wet spring puts school construction off schedule

    Contractors expected to ask for one-month extension. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Regional Schools officials are acknowledging that this spring’s wet weather has taken its toll and work on the $81.3 million construction program is behind schedule.    "We had a tough spring, in terms of the weather," Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said this week. But Dr.…

  • Mary Klug

       Mary Edith Webb Klug, 91, of Naples, died at her home on April 14.    She and her late husband, William J. Klug Jr. to whom she was married for 55 years, resided in Naples since 1980, spending the summer months in New Jersey.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she grew up in Ridgewood and graduated from…

  • ‘Seabiscuit’

    Writer-director Gary Ross races for box-office glory with a story about equestrian conquest.   [R] By: Jay Boyar As the summer films were lining up at the starting gate, Tinseltown touts had their eyes on Seabiscuit.    As the summer films were lining up at the starting gate, Tinseltown touts had their eyes on Seabiscuit.    Amid all the…

  • It’s a funny business

    Youth and humor round out the season for Princeton Summer Theater. By: Alyson M. Zureick    Wander onto the Princeton University campus during the summer and the campus may look like only a shadow of its former bustling self. Look a little closer, however, and you will see that the university community — particularly the university…

  • Merchant group eyes borough improvement district

    As downtown struggles and municipal funds are short, an effort by retailers to improve the streetscape. By: Jennifer Potash    To some, the Nassau streetscape — with garbage piling up in cans, refuse clogging the curbs and chewing gum embedded in the sidewalk — is looking worn out.    To deal with the garbage collection issues and…

  • Town mulls hotel tax

    Cranbury and Monroe considering 1 percent state tax. By: Al Wicklund    Cranbury and Monroe townships are among the municipalities in the area that may consider, or will enact, ordinances establishing a local tax on hotel and motel guests.    Last month, Gov. James McGreevey signed a state law that will impose a state tax on hotel…

  • Letter: Selfish interests oppose school site

    To the editor:     I am responding to Park Savers President and Perrineville Road resident Nancy Prohaska, whose recent letter to the editor expressed concerns about the Monroe referendum.    Ms. Prohaska lives across the street from the 35-acre parcel of Thompson Park being discussed as the site for the proposed new high school. This piece…

  • District defines goals for year

    The East Windsor Regional Board of Education sets plans for upcoming school year. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional Board of Education, Monday, defined its goals for the upcoming school year, a step that will lead to the development of strategies to increase student achievement, according to district Interim Superintendent James Sheerin.…