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  • New special-ed program will cut costs in WW-P

    But school budget projected to increase 4.3 percent. By: Gwen Runkle    Special education was the focus Tuesday night as the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education approved a preliminary budget for the 2003-2004 school year.    The board voted 6-1 with two abstentions to approve the draft budget for submission to the county superintendent of schools…

  • A community in mourning

    Cranburians in shock over fatal accident By: Matt Kirdahy    The prayers and thoughts of Cranbury residents are on one thing this week —the Kishyk family of Symmes Court.    Therese Kishyk, 42, and Stephen Kishyk, 11, died of injuries suffered in an accident 7 p.m. Sunday on Old Trenton Road. The two were returning home from…

  • Striving for even Better Beginnings

    The Hightstown-based nonprofit group received national recognition this month. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Luz Horta considered the possibility of winning and thought to herself, "This might be nice."    That was an understatement. She figured there was a chance, of course, but winning?    Well, it happened. And Ms. Horta got to change her sentiment from…

  • Falcons’ girls basketball team scrappy’til the end

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The final game of the 2002-2003 season was typical of the way most games went this winter for the Monroe Township High School girls’ basketball team. They played hard, had some early success, but in the end fell 59-49 to 13th seeded Highland Park in the opening round of this year’s…

  • Think globally, park locally

    GUEST OPINION, Feb. 28 By: Dawn Cariello    The Princeton Borough Council recently approved a resolution urging President Bush and the Congress to exhaust all diplomatic means before initiating military efforts to disarm Iraq. Some residents are upset that the council is delving into areas that don’t affect the day-to-day management of the borough. Others counter…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Feb. 28 issue By: Board member responds to critics To the editor:     I want to respond to the letter regarding my comments during the Feb. 10 school board meeting.    The militarization of our society, and the protests against that trend, absolutely have relevance to our students and our district’s curriculum. Our students…

  • Hillier plans blend of housing, parkland, research

    But neighbors of Textile Research Institute want the site preserved. By: David Campbell    Architect J. Robert Hillier presented the Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment Wednesday night with a plan to build on Textile Research Institute lands off Carnegie Lake that he said promises new senior housing and parklands for Princeton residents, and a research…

  • Rider names sixth president

    Mordechai Rozanski, president of the University of Guelph in Ontario, to take post Aug. 1. By: Lea Kahn    Mordechai Rozanski, a child of Holocaust survivors who rose to become the president of a top Canadian university, has been named the sixth president of Rider University in Lawrence.    Sporting a Rider University lapel pin in his…

  • Vote permits Elm Court expansion

    Borough endorsement follows township approval. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday permitting expansion of Elm Court, the affordable-housing development for senior citizens and the disabled.    Nevertheless, the issue sparked a small debate.    The ordinance makes the existing 88-unit Elm Court development straddling the borough’s border with Princeton Township and…