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  • Peddie to host fifth service day

    Students at The Peddie School in Hightstown will participate in Community Service Day on Feb. 9. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — It’s about sensitivity. And it’s about lending a hand.    For the past four years, students, staff and faculty at the Peddie School have lent that hand on Community Service Day. This Feb. 9, they…

  • Shazam! Dar helps WW-PS move toward state berth

    Senior back-up goalie keeps Pirate heads high By: Justin Feil    In the world of Captain Marvel, Shazam has the power to transform a regular boy into a superhero.    It’s not quite as magical in the West Windsor-Plainsboro South ice hockey team’s world, but they have their own Shazam, who’s doing his part to transform the…

  • A lifetime of artwork is focus of exhibition

    Artwork on display at Senior Center By: Al Wicklund MONROE — Jennie Poris will bring her love of beauty and decades of artistic accomplishment to Castle Senior Living center this weekend with a four-day personal art show.    The show, "Oils on Canvas by Jennie Poris," opened Thursday and is scheduled to run through Sunday at…

  • Borough eyes ways to increase parking

    Hightstown officials will use grant to study the two municipal parking lots. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — With construction to the downtown streetscape complete, the borough is turning its attention to the other half of its downtown revitalization recipe — parking.    Recently, the Borough Council announced it has received a $55,000 grant from the state…

  • WW-P eyes new scheduling plan

    School board is expected to vote on proposal Feb. 11. By: Gwen Runkle    If all goes as planned, students at West Windsor-Plainsboro High Schools North and South could have a very different class schedule in the fall.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education reacted favorably Tuesday night to a proposed "rotating" class schedule presented…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN

    By: Michele S. Byers    I recently came across these wonderful words from Ed McMahon, vice president for land use programs at The Conservation Fund. I hope you enjoy his message as much as I did!     "Great shifts in public climate are often marked by changes in the nomenclature. This is one reason why we…

  • Teachers say HHS rooms are harmful

    Hightstown High School teachers told the Board of Education that the school’s modular addition is making teachers sick. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Hightstown High School’s modular addition is making teachers there sick, according to the East Windsor Education Association, the teachers’ union.    HHS union representative Terri Tuliszewski presented school board members with a list…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 31, 2003

    Orville A. Petty II, Surenda (Suren) N. Sehgal, Kurt R. Maurer, Edward I. Fischer, Seymour Solow, Helga Neuhauser, Marie S. Manson, Mahesh Amritlal Shah By: Orville A. Petty II Executive at Lenox     Orville A. Petty II, former senior group vice president and director of Lenox Inc., died Wednesday at The Pavilions at Forrestal. He…

  • Woodstock

    3-year-old retriever mix with a great personality, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html