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  • WW compost operator finds something rotten in contract

    State Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the operation. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Continued operation of the township’s compost facility on Alexander Road may be in jeopardy.    In response to residents’ concerns, the state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the operation of the site — and despite Township Council approval Monday night…

  • PDS’ Gupta triumphs in state tourney

    Sophomore helps Panthers finish fourth By: Justin Feil    Midway through the season, Vikram Gupta wasn’t feeling good about his tennis.    The Princeton Day School sophomore began the year playing in the second singles slot after the Panthers’ first singles’ Jon Headley was injured. Eventually, Gupta returned to third singles, but his game wasn’t progressing as…

  • Police in Montgomery push seat belt law

    Part of nationwide "Click It or Ticket" campaign By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — Township police, like their counterparts in Princeton and across the country, are cracking down on seat belt violators and giving drivers a choice — click it or ticket.    For the rest of this month, the Montgomery Police Department will participate in the…

  • Letter: Educate lawmakers on abortion bill

    To the editor:     The U.S. Senate has approved the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S.3).    The U.S House of Representatives will take up its version of the bill (H.R. 760) no sooner than early May.    The opponents of the partial-birth abortion ban are trying to substitute the Hoyer-Greenwood "phony ban" that would allow abortions in…

  • North, South girls’ lacrosse win first round of states

    Knights crush Jefferson, Pirates work overtime to advance By: Bob Nuse    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North and WW-P South girls’ lacrosse teams both opened play in the state tournament with wins on Tuesday. But that’s where the similarity ends between the two teams.    While the sixth-seeded Knights had little trouble disposing of Jefferson, 14-2, in…

  • Merchants seek boost for business

    Main Street shops are looking for customers. By: Matt Kirdahy    Downtown businesses in Cranbury are faced with a perennial problem — finding customers.    Local business owners agree that more shoppers need to come into town to maintain commercial viability, but getting them here is the hard part.    "There are fewer business now than there have…

  • LIFESTYLE: Hip hop hooray

    Just Dance studio’s most popular class features phat and funky moves. By: Melissa Morgan    The hip-hop protégées in Debbie Contillo’s recent intermediate dance class took huge leaps across the studio, stomped their feet to the beat and gave plenty of hip action — all to the pulse of pop star Christina Aguilera’s hit "Dirty."    The…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the May 23 issue By: GHEWIP appreciates donations for flowers To the editor:     The spirit of the public/private partnership, which has been the hallmark of the downtown Hightstown revitalization project, continued this week with the arrival and installation of 96 beautiful hanging flower baskets in red, white and blue, on the 48 new…

  • Antoinette Sabatino

       Antoinette M. Sabatino, 91, of Monroe, died Tuesday, May 20, at Care One Nursing Center in East Brunswick.    She was born in New York City and lived most of her life in the Monroe-Jamesburg area. She retired in 1975 after 38 years as a member of International Ladies Garment Workers Local Union 150 in New…