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  • Moultrie and Forkin advance to groups

    The two will represent Hightstown at the Group III boys track and field championship meet. By: Neil Hay    Scott Moultrie and James Forkin each finished in the top six of their respective events at last weekend’s Central Jersey Group III sectional meet and will represent Hightstown at this week’s Group III boys track and field…

  • West Windsor budget introduced

    Tax rate may rise 7 cents. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — With little time to spare, the Township Council introduced a municipal budget for 2003 Monday night.    The $26.9 million budget, which represents a 6.7-percent increase over last year’s budget of $25.2 million, was introduced by a 3-2 vote.    Councilwomen Alison Miller and Jackie…

  • North volleyball trip doesn’t go as planned

    Knights’ best season ends with loss to Cherry Hill East By: Justin Feil    Wednesday’s second-round state tournament game against Cherry Hill East didn’t turn out the way that the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ volleyball had envisioned it with high-fives and hugs after an upset of the sixth seed.    Instead, Cherry Hill East took early leads…

  • Beth El hosts ceremony to welcome new Torah

    The synagogue dedicated a new Torah recently. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — Approximately 150 people were on hand at Beth El Synagogue May 18, to celebrate the completion of the congregation’s newest Torah, the first ever commissioned by the group.    The Torah, the first five books of the Tanakh (Christian Old Testament), and the…

  • Forsgate light inching forward

    Traffic light is coming closer to reality. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG — The long-awaited signal light at the point where Forsgate Drive is met by Perrineville Road and Gatzmer Avenue is closer to reality.    Borough Attorney Fred Raffetto said Wednesday that correspondence between the borough and Middlesex County indicates that the county is close to…

  • Charles Dzingleski

       Charles Dzingleski Jr., 78, died Friday, May 23, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Helmetta, he lived in Jamesburg for the past 42 years. He retired in the early 1980s after over 20 years as a mechanic at Algro Knitting Mills in Milltown. He served in the U.S. Army during…

  • Dispatches: Random thoughts on summer’s music

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Our editor picks some of his favorite warm weather tunes. By: Hank Kalet    I have always associated summer and great music.    Sitting beside my pool, tape deck or CD player thumping a mix of rock and blues or some twangy country sounds, or riding in my car with the windows rolled…

  • Princeton school construction moving right along

    Redesign of plans for Princeton High expansion and renovation at halfway point. By: Jeff Milgram    Footings and foundations have been laid and building supplies are being stockpiled as work gets under way for the Princeton Regional School Districts $81.3 million school renovation and expansion project.    And The Hillier Group, the district’s architect for the project,…

  • Falcon golfers finish tied for fifth at GMC’s

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Monroe High School golf coach Pete LoPresti entered his team into last week’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with realistic expectations.    In the back of his mind, he may have been hoping his team could exceed those expectations, but with lousy playing conditions and a quality field, he’ll accept the results and…