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  • Editorial: Land swap makes sense for Monroe

    EDITORIAL: Committee’s plan addresses the concerns of all residents.    No plan is perfect.    That’s the case with a proposal by the mayor and the Township Council in Monroe to allow construction of a new high school on a portion of Thompson Park in exchange for land elsewhere.    It is a plan with both benefits —…

  • Princeton rescue squad marks year of dedicated service

    Demand for service steadily rises as contributions decline. By: David Campbell    They are your co-workers, neighbors, strangers you pass on the street. In the event of an emergency or accident, they could very well be the ones who save your life.    The Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad’s 60 or so volunteers are drawn from…

  • Forecast: Rain on our parades

    Soggy weather may put damper on Memorial Day By: Jeff Milgram    Strike up the bands and get the troops ready to march. Memorial Day gets under way this weekend — if the weather cooperates — with picnics, patriotism and parades.    Princeton will hold its Memorial Day Parade on Saturday. On Monday, West Windsor will hold…

  • May 23, 2:55 p.m.: A budget of bad priorities

    Bush budget would hamper ability to provide social programs in the future. By: Hank Kalet    I suspect President George W. Bush will make the biggest of deals when he takes out his finest pen to sign his ill-conceived and dangerous tax cuts into law.    After all, the tax cuts and his hideous spending plan are…

  • Parade formation

    Lions Club ready to march down Main St. By: Matt Kirdahy    Roads in the center of the village will be closed temporarily on Monday to make way for Cranburians and the members of local organizations to march in celebration of Memorial Day.    The annual Memorial Day parade will kick off at 1 p.m. rain or…

  • Edison ousts Monroe from GMC tournament

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School softball team got to "Super Saturday" of this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament before being bumped by third-seeded Edison 3-0 last Saturday.    The Lady Falcons, seeded 14th, advanced to the round of 16 by beating Cardinal McCarrick (19th) in the preliminaries.    That sets Monroe’s final record…

  • OBITUARIES, May 23, 2003

    William H. Forsyth, Joseph G. Laga. William H. Forsyth Curator of medieval art     HIGHTSTOWN — William H. Forsyth died May 14. He was 96.    Mr. Forsyth was a Princeton resident from 1970 to 1991 before moving to Meadow Lakes in Hightstown.    Mr. Forsyth was curator emeritus of medieval art at the Metropolitan Museum of…

  • NBC’s Davis wins shot put, discus at BC Open

    Florence, BRHS track and field teams also played last week By: Sean Moylan     Yale bound superstar Erica Davis is making her last days at Northern Burlington County Regional High School count.     The senior’s latest heroics included wins in the shot put (39 feet 11 ½ inches) and the discus (129 feet 5 inches)…

  • Pennington Day memory

    Trying for a goldfish. Worries about rain were dispelled Saturday when Valley residents awoke to a cool and cloudy Pennington Day. Fun was had by all, including Caroline Wilson, 4, of Titusville, who tosses a ball toward the fish bowls in an effort to win a goldfish. See next week’s HVN for results of some…