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  • Geese Police again hired to patrol school grounds

    The school district was cited last year by the Health Department for an excessive amount of geese droppings. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The school board on Monday approved using the Geese Police to control the population of geese at Drew, McKnight and Hightstown High School.    The company uses border collies to frighten the geese.…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Feb. 14 issue By: Bush’s affirmative action fight ironic To the editor:     The Bush administration has filed a brief before the United States Supreme Court against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admission policy. It is ironic since George W. Bush was the recipient of an affirmative action policy at Yale. After…

  • Orleans Homebuilders’ Delancey Place earns Community of the Year accolade

    Evesham community beat the competition in the "Best Attached Home Under $200,000" category    Orleans Homebuilders’ Delancey Place received the prestigious "Community of the Year — Best Attached Community" at the recent Builders League of South Jersey MAME Awards. The community, located in Evesham, beat the competition in the "Best Attached Home Under $200,000" category. The…

  • Slover makes sure MHS is heard from at Greater Middlesex Conference meet

    Falcon junior earns two medals swimming as an individual By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Monroe Township High School may not have a swimming team, but it does have a talented high school swimmer.    Junior Lisa Slover won two medals at last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference’s Girls Swimming Championships. Slover started with a bronze…

  • Viking hoop seasons come to a close

    By: Rich Fisher    And so ends another winter season for the Cranbury School basketball teams.    The Viking boys stumbled at the end of the year, losing three straight and finishing 4-8 for the season. But coach Jay Gilligan felt the record did not tell the whole story.    "I’m going to miss these 8th-graders, they were…

  • Movie Timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from Friday, Feb. 14 through Thursday, Feb. 20. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that…

  • Slow Down for a downtown java taste

    Former Hightstown council president Mike Vanderbeck and his wife now own a coffee shop on Main Street. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Amid the memorabilia, the knickknacks and the Americana, there is a photograph labeled, "Hightstown Circa 1900." Outside the J.D. Mount Wallpaper, Toys and Stationery store (that’s Main Street, folks), a horse and buggy…

  • Borough approves new taxi rates

    Single passenger rate in borough increases from $4 to $6 on Tuesday. By: Jennifer Potash    With little comment or fanfare, the Princeton Borough Council adopted several ordinances changing taxi service in Princeton Borough, including the first rate hike in almost 15 years.    The Borough Council unanimously approved the taxi regulation ordinances Tuesday.    Under one of…

  • It’s snowing men: Male revue draws crowd

    A risqué fund-raiser for the Hightstown Fire Company attracted almost 200 women. By: Julie Gartland    It may have snowed enough last Friday to keep area children out of school but not enough to keep 177 women from engaging in an evening of fun and fantasy with a celebrity male revue show, sponsored by the Hightstown…