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  • HHS worker charged with sexual assault

    An East Windsor man is charged with assaulting a 15-year-old girl last year; now, others are filing complaints too. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — A Hightstown High School employee was charged Feb. 27 with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl student in a storage room.    David Vargas, 54, from Danbury Court in East Windsor has been…

  • Cranbury math team is calculating success

    Seventh and eighth graders vie for top state math title By: Matt Kirdahy    These Cranbury School team members don’t have their varsity letters in a conventional sport, but they do believe in the phrase "crunch time."    And they’ve shown that they don’t crumble under pressure when it comes time to break down some serious numbers.…

  • Borough eyeing tax rate hike of at least 6 cents

    Without state aid, Hightstown’s preliminary 2003 budget would raise taxes by 13 cents per $100 of assessed property value. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council on Thursday night introduced its preliminary municipal budget for 2003 — and whether the borough receives state aid could make the difference between a 6-cent tax rate hike…

  • Knights complete reversal of fortunes

    WW-PN boys’ hoops earn first state tournament win By: Bob Nuse    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys’ basketball team isn’t very far removed from some pretty tough times.    There was the 3-20 season of two years ago — the Knights’ first at the varsity level. And there was the 3-6 start to this season, which…

  • For the March 7 issue

    Matilda L. Tindall, Joy A. Saladino, Alva C. (Bud) Perrine, Leila G. Stone, Joseph L. Walentine, James W. Oertel, Ann Drialo Sudol. Matilda L. Tindall    ALLENTOWN — Matilda L. Tindall, 78, died Tuesday at home. Born in Trenton, she had lived in Allentown for 53 years. She was a member of St. John the Baptist…

  • Steep increase in PHS tuition

    Deal calls for 41.8% hike By: Matt Kirdahy    The Cranbury Board of Education can expect to pay nearly $1 million more in tuition to send students to Princeton High School next year.    Tuition per student is increasing by 16.1 percent in the coming school year, while the number of Cranbury students attending Princeton High School…

  • Forum: Give planning power to counties

    Central Jersey Tranportation Forum wants counties to implement governor’s smart-growth agenda. By: David Campbell    The Central Jersey Transportation Forum has approved a plan to empower the counties to implement Gov. James E. McGreevey’s statewide smart-growth agenda.    "The governor looked to this forum for a recommendation," said John Coscia of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission,…

  • Township/borough merger proposed

    Borough Councilman Eugene Sarafin has suggested Hightstown become a village within East Windsor Township. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — What is the sound of 10,000 flushes?    The hum of an efficient machine.    To understand the true meaning of this, one would have to do what few seem willing to do — hear Councilman Eugene Sarafin…

  • Overtime loss ends MHS boys season

    Cougars nearly pull off 21st win By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High boys’ basketball team understood well that there could be only one happy team at the end of the season. The Cougars knew too that they did not have an easy path to a Central Jersey Group II state tournament title.    To even reach…