Category: archives

  • Zoning changes debated

    Hightstown’s Borough Council has referred proposed zoning changes to the Planning Board. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — In 1998, the borough took a look at properties that did not quite fit with the Master Plan. In order to make those properties compliant, the borough needed to change their respective zoning designations.    At the Borough Council’s…

  • Living Passionately

    Michele Engoran uses her psychological training and personal experiences to lead a personal-growth workshop at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health. By: Susan Van Dongen    At the risk of sounding like the last scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Michele Engoran is trying to get people to look on the bright side of…

  • Presidential hopeful sees leadership void

    Former Vermont Democratic Gov. Howard Dean in fund-raising visit to Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash    Looking at the political landscape, Howard Dean, who is running for president of the United States, finds a Democratic Party bereft of a soul and a country headed in the wrong direction for financial recovery.    "No Republican has balanced the budget…

  • North girls’ track so close again

    Kieling continues to pick up points for Knights By: Bob Nuse    While Paul Glass knows his West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ track and field team isn’t going to contend for any championships this year, he also knows there isn’t another group of athletes he’d rather be coaching.    "They’re a pleasure to work with and they’re…

  • Scores drop in new high school exam

    State 11th grade proficiency test proves tougher than the old version. By: Jeff Milgram    When New Jersey Department of Education officials announced they were switching to a new 11th-grade proficiency exam in 2002, they knew they were raising the bar for graduation standards.    They found out just how high they raised the bar Thursday when…

  • Mildred Fox

       Mildred C. Fox, 84, of Monroe, died Friday, April 25, at her home.    Born in Newark, Ms. Fox lived in Kearney before moving to Monroe in 1966. She attended Boroughs Business School and then worked as a payroll clerk and bookkeeper for IT&T and Peter Pan Intimate Foundations, both in the Newark area. She later…

  • Hudak feels for his weary softball warriors

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko If there’s one positive trait that the Monroe High School girls’ softball team seems to have in abundance this year, it’s resilience.       After getting stomped by Bishop Ahr 13-3 in last Friday’s mercy-rule-shortened game, the Lady Falcons came back and fought the Lady Trojans (7-2) in a respectable 3-1 contest at…

  • No autographs or photographs please

    PERCEPTIONS by Steve Feitl By: Steve Feitl    So I spent my Saturday night with an Academy Award-winning actress.    Since that’s not the normal lead statement in a local newspaper column, I’ll repeat it. I was at "Cirque du Soleil — Varekai" at Randall’s Island in New York on Saturday evening and who should sit down…

  • Creating stronger advocates

    Upper Freehold groups helps parents of special-needs students work toward more inclusion in the school district. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — The idea is to devise a plan.    Special educators, psychologists, administrators, therapists, parents and sometimes children (if they’re old enough) meet to determine the expectations and guidelines for educating a student with special…