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  • Princeton schools seek grant to save innovative program

    Tutoring and enrichment IDEAS Center threatened. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Regional Schools officials are crossing their fingers that the state will renew a grant to fund a tutoring and enrichment program even though the district no longer qualifies for the aid.    If the money is not approved — or if it is reduced — the…

  • Monroe girls hoop team loses tough one

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With three more games in the book, the Monroe Township High School girls’ varsity basketball team record stands at 4-11. The Lady Falcons split with a pair of Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division teams in cross-over action, demolishing J.F. Kennedy 52-30 last Friday, and falling to Spotswood 44-34 on Monday of…

  • Barbara Flanner

       Barbara Rice Flanner, 81, died Thursday, Jan. 30, at her home in Cranbury.    Born in Hartford, Conn., she lived in Hightstown for 14 years before to moving to Cranbury in 1964. A former employee of Benson & Benson of Princeton, she had also been employed by the former Hightstown Trust Company. Ms. Flanner had also…

  • Tribute to assist cancer victim

    Fund raiser in Monroe being held for postal employee diagnosed with cancer By: Al Wicklund MONROE — Postal workers will hold a fund-raising event next week to help a fellow employee who has been diagnosed with, and is fighting, cancer.    The event will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 16, at the Jamesburg…

  • LHS mock trial team earns Steinert rematch

    Spartans won county title in 2002. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence High School’s mock trial team cleared its first hurdle Saturday in its march toward the Mercer County Mock Trial Team championship, defeating mock trial teams from three high schools in the preliminary and semifinal rounds.    Now, Lawrence’s mock trial team will take on Steinert High…

  • Reigniting the Sparks of Love

    The Roxey Ballet’s ‘Evening of Romantic Dance’ is a Valentine’s Day treat. By: Susan Van Dongen

  • South Brunswick girls basketball team heats up

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School varsity girls’ basketball team may finally have found its grove.    The Lady Vikings scored back-to-back victories on the road to raise their record to 5-11. South beat Piscataway 67-53 in a Red Division contest last Friday night, then slipped past Sayreville 54-49 in a non-division game…

  • Master Gardeners offer program on growing plants from seeds

    Master Gardener Evy Roberts of Hopewell will take the mystery out of sowing seeds.    The Master Gardeners of Mercer County will host a program, "Selecting and Growing Plants from Seeds," on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County, 930 Spruce St., Trenton.    Master Gardener Evy Roberts of Hopewell will take…

  • Lady Bulldogs topple Notre Dame

    Girls basketball By: Matt Nalbone    No matter what happens for the rest of this season, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team had a great year.    After a disappointing 2001-02 season, the Lady Bulldogs came out strong, winning their first five games, and they haven’t let up since. Perhaps their biggest win took…