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  • Dispatches: Random thoughts and signs of spring

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: How will the Mets fare in this new baseball season? By: Hank Kalet    Maybe Ty Wiggington will become the second coming of Howard Johnson.    But then again, HoJo was not as hot a player at the hot corner as we seem to want to remember. (He had three great years, one…

  • New panel to focus on teens

    Committee formed to provide teens with recreational activities By: Matt Kirdahy    The teenage residents of Cranbury say there are few events in town that pique their interest. Many say they want to head into Princeton or somewhere else to socialize with their peers.    They have expressed their feelings in the past and their voices have…

  • Week of March 14, 2003

    From Far Hills, Hillsborough, Pennington and Princeton FAR HILLS    Diane Dilzell, certified residential specialist and broker/associate with RE/MAX Pinnacle in Bedminster and Far Hills, was recently honored by her peers at the association’s annual meeting held at Fox Hollow Country Club in Branchburg. She was named the Hunterdon/Somerset Association of Realtors’ "Realtor of the Year…

  • WW-P High School South to hold Korean festival tonight

       WEST WINDSOR — Get ready for an evening of all things Korean.    The Korean Bilingual Class and Korean Club at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South are sponsoring the third annual Korean Festival at the high school off Clarksville Road tonight.    Dinner will start at 6 p.m. with a show to follow from 7 to 8:30…

  • Route 92 back on horizon

    Draft environmental impact study due out in April. By: Gwen Runkle    Whatever happened to Route 92?    After nearly six decades of planning and more than three years of environmental study, debate has slowly faded away over the proposed 6.7-mile limited-access roadway that would link Route 1 and Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike.    But…

  • Three Montgomery teens charged with having fake guns

    Incidents involved school buses, police say. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY – Three Montgomery High School students were charged Tuesday with being in possession of imitation firearms, said Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest and Montgomery Police Director Michael Beltranena.    According to Mr. Forrest, two incidents spurred the police involvement. On March 5, he said, one…

  • Fried may pursue county executive post

    Washington Township committeeman considering bid if Prunetti decides not to seek re-election. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — Republican Township Committeeman Dave Fried said he’s "seriously considering" a run for Mercer County executive this year if Republican Bob Prunetti decides not to seek another term.    "There’s obviously a lot of speculation out there that (County Executive)…

  • What’s in a name

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING By:    Local historian Joseph H. West, in the early part of the last century, wrote the following for the Allentown Messenger. Both concern the use of historic names for the area’s villages and roads, an issue still being debated today. Hungry Hill    Very few persons are now living who remember when the whole…

  • Holmes, PU back in ECAC semifinals

    Senior, Tiger women’s ice hockey team looking for title By: Justin Feil    Annamarie Holmes can still remember well the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team’s only Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament semifinal appearance, in 1998.    "I definitely remember it," said Holmes, now a Princeton senior. "It was a completely unexpected event. I remember it, especially…