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  • Donations sorely needed at Deacon’s Food Cupboard

    Part of an occasional series focusing on issues of hunger and financial need in the Jamesburg, Monroe area. By: Rebecca Tokarz JAMESBURG — A long, cold winter and a weak economy mean that the need for food and financial help is greater this year than in previous years, according to the Deacon’s Food Cupboard in…

  • MHS tennis seals state berth

    By: Ken Weingartner    The Monroe High boys’ tennis team might not have been able to get on the court as often as it would have liked so far this season, but when there the Falcons have been all business.    Coach Jim Kushner has been impressed with the attitude and work ethic shown by MHS, which…

  • Montgomery school board retains its leaders

    Linda Romano and William Hyncik selected as board president and vice president at reorganization meeting. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education needed little post-election adjustments at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting, as Linda Romano and William Hyncik were unanimously selected to retain their respective titles of board president and vice president.    Both Ms. Romano…

  • A farmer’s last stand

    No more roadside produce, Christmas display. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The "Picasso of Produce" has been known to be somewhat of a bona fide Picasso when it comes to painting.    Hanging on the walls inside Don Drake’s Route 518 farmhouse are his renderings of famous locations — the canals of Venice, a trolley running…

  • History on tour

    Local museum is featured in Trolley Trek. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Cranbury Museum is a historical treasure in itself, according to local historians and history enthusiasts.    That’s why Middlesex County residents have been invited to learn more about the building, and Cranbury’s small-town history, during a trolley ride Saturday.    The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage…

  • Mary Holman

       Mary A. Holman, 79, of Monroe, died Monday, April 28, at Monroe Village Nursing Home.    She was born and raised in New Brunswick and lived there until moving to Monroe 12 years ago. She was a secretary at Rutgers University for 32 years, retiring in 1985. She was a member of the Altar and Rosary…

  • PU men aim to reclaim Heps title

    Kauke, Tigers’ track have to step up By: Justin Feil    Josh Kauke has not progressed as much as he had hoped this spring, but the Princeton University junior could forget his disappointment with a strong showing at the Heptagonals at Yale on Saturday and Sunday.    "Not a lot of people know, but I’ve been hurt…

  • A fight to the death

    Immobilized ALS victim tells students his spirit will not die. By: Gwen Runkle    Chris Pendergast found out he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 1993. He was 44, a husband and a teacher active in the community with two children — a daughter in eighth grade and a son in…

  • Column: A trend toward triathlons

    It’s boom time for the three-sport event By: Justin Feil    If you fancy yourself on the tip of trends, then you have some serious training ahead of you, even more serious money-spending ahead, to keep up with the latest fitness craze — triathlons.    Maybe you were a part of the first running boom, widely measured…