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  • Plainsboro approves Comcast’s franchise

    By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday renewing Comcast Cable’s franchise agreement with the township.    The 15-year agreement calls for Comcast to provide the township, within 12 months of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ approval, a dedicated governmental access channel and a $100,000 technology grant to purchase production…

  • Local fireman ready for Navy

    Monroe firefighter gets a call from the military. By: Matt Kirdahy MONROE — The Kotora men of Monroe Fire Department Station 23 are born firefighters and public servants, and now one of them was called to do even more service — in the military.    Joe Kotora Jr., 28, a part-time Monroe firefighter and volunteer firefighter…

  • Insurance, salary hikes focus for Princeton joint budgets

    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township officials review spending plans. By: David Campbell    It was a recurring leitmotif in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township’s joint budget talks Tuesday night: insurance, salaries and wages.    During a year of unprecedented belt-tightening by local and state governments, these are what are driving budget increases for Princeton’s 16 joint agencies,…

  • Cambodian author relates harrowing tale to students

    "I had a lot of hatred when I came to America; I had a lot of issues and scars to deal with," said Loung Ung. By: Gwen Runkle    Loung Ung was only 5 when Pol Pot’s genocidal Khmer Rouge overran Cambodia in 1975, forcing the entire population into the countryside and turning her childhood into…

  • SARS advisory is issued in WW-P schools

    Parents informed of school policies. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has issued an advisory on severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly known as SARS.    This week, a letter was sent home to parents requesting they contact school nurses if any family members have been exposed to someone in contact with SARS or…

  • OBITUARIES, April 25, 2003

    John Keaney, Andrew Dingwall, Myrtle C. Farlee, Bessie M. Kelley, Diane G. Christie, Michael J. Haraburda, Pong Tseng Sum. John Keaney University classics professor     John Keaney of Princeton, a Greek and Latin scholar who taught in Princeton’s Department of Classics for 41 years, died Monday after a brief illness. He was 70.    Dr. Keaney…

  • MHS boys join girls at Penn Relays

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe High School boys’ track program is about to take a giant step. For the first time in the school’s history, the Falcon boys’ squad will be represented at the prestigious Penn Relays, an annual tradition at Franklin Field held during the last week in April.    The Falcons’ 4×100 meter…

  • Local Lion recognized by international club

    Cranbury Lions Club member receives Presidents Excellence Award. By: Matt Kirdahy    Cranbury Lions Club President Bob Virgadamo was the recipient this year of the Presidents Excellence Award given by Lions Clubs International — but he didn’t even know he was in the running.    "It was news to me," Mr. Virgadamo said about discovering the award…

  • Rocky Hill may contribute to Mary Jacobs Library

    Montgomery to donate $240,000 and now Rocky Hill considers adding another $20,000. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — Following the Montgomery Township Committee’s decision earlier this month to donate $240,000 toward the expansion of the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, the Borough Council is considering a donation of $20,000 to the cause.    At Monday’s…