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  • Court ruling won’t prompt random drug testing in schools here

    New Jersey’s highest court ruled 4-3 that Hunterdon Central could continue to randomly test students involved in extracurricular activities. By: Jeff Milgram    Area school officials have no plans to adopt random drug testing, even though the state Supreme Court, ruling in a case involving Hunterdon Central High School, said such tests do not violate the…

  • No surprises for West Windsor Juniors softball

    Reaches Section 3 finals; Princeton-CP eliminated after two By: Justin Feil    The District 12 Juniors softball tournament didn’t have a lot of surprises, but the four teams competing for the championship didn’t really expect any.    Bordentown-New Egypt, which was unbeaten in the double elimination tournament going into Monday’s scheduled championship with West Windsor, was the…

  • Plainsboro police to host ‘Night Out’ rally

    Kick-off event to be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at Morris Davison Park.    PLAINSBORO — The township Police Department will host a kick-off rally for National Night Out 2003 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at Morris Davison Park on Plainsboro Road.    National Night Out is designed to heighten awareness of crime…

  • Expanded Horizons

    Vagabond Vistas: Photographer David Simchock goes out of his comfort zone to offer a new view of the world. By: Susan Van Dongen David Simchock’s lens zooms from Vietnamese cathedrals to Nepal’s mountaintops. Above, "Cao Dai Cathedral" in Long Hoa, Vietnam.    You won’t catch David Simchock on a tour bus, rolling through foreign countries in…

  • Embattled councilman says he will resign post

    Marc Moran, who was appointed to the Hopewell Borough Council July 3, says he will step down and not seek election in November in order to end the controversy over his membership in the white supremacist organization the National Alliance. By: John Tredrea    Embattled Hopewell Borough Councilman Marc Moran said Saturday morning he will resign…

  • WW 12s fall in marathon game

    HTRBA’s third lead holds up in District 12 elimination game By: Justin Feil    EWING — The West Windsor Little League baseball team could have felt like it was exiting the District 12 tournament empty-handed after a stirring 4-2 loss to HTRBA in 10 innings eliminated it Tuesday. But not Max Merkovitz.    In the post-game handshake…

  • Fund-raiser retires from Peddie School

    Lisa Winick will replace Anne Seltzer as director of development at The Peddie School. By: Brooke Olster    Anne Seltzer has left behind a legacy at the Peddie School upon her retirement this year. Ms. Seltzer, 62, of Princeton has served Peddie as an English teacher, English Department chair, head of school, and, most recently, development…

  • July 11, 10:55 p.m.: Heading south

    A week on the Outerbanks. By: Hank Kalet    I’ll be out next week, but look for my Top Ten on Tuesday — and maybe an occasional missive from North Carolina. I’ll be back on a regular schedule on July 22. Dispatches will run as usual on Thursday.

  • For the July 11 issue

    Joseph Giordano, Andrew Such, Jean H. Kleczkowski Bock, Estella A. Higham, Edith W. Hack, Viola Margaret Cromer Little. By: Joseph Giordano    SKILLMAN — Joseph Giordano, 79, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa.    Born in Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Giordano was a lifetime resident of Skillman. He was a truck driver for the New…