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  • Nolan begins 4th term as Rocky Hill mayor

    Outlines goals for new year at reorganization meeting. By: David Campbell    Brian Nolan was sworn in for his fourth term as mayor at Rocky Hill Borough’s reorganization meeting on Monday night.    Also sworn into office on Borough Council were Democrat Connie Hallman and Republican Peggy Harris.    Councilman George Morren was chosen council president for the…

  • School choir’s trip might not fly

    Planned February tour may become first victim of war against Iraq. By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton High School Choir trip to Budapest and Vienna in February may become the first victim of a war against Iraq.    "We’re revisiting the trips, particularly the impending trips," Princeton schools Superintendent Clair Sheff Kohn said Monday. "We’re obviously watching…

  • $12 million to help Transave fund product trials

    Monmouth Junction-based developer of therapeutics for lung disease completes a second round of financing. By: George Frey    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Hoping to help people breathe easier, Transave, a Monmouth Junction biotechnology developer of therapeutics for lung disease, announced it had recently completed a second round of financing that will help the company take its first…

  • Essays in identity

    A Korean reads ‘Native Speaker’ By: Hyung Jin Park    I decided to read Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker in the midst of a busy life with multiple roles as a student, father and husband. The reason was a kind of obligation mixed up with personal curiosity about the author and the book’s title. At first, I…

  • Donors provide gifts for 164 needy children

    Princeton Human Services Department toy drive a success. By: Jennifer Potash    In the weeks following the December holidays, mailboxes may be stuffed with thank-you notes from grateful gift recipients. But the Princeton Human Services Department could not find a note big enough for all the donors to its annual toy drive, which brightens the holiday…

  • WW-P North outlook is sunny

    Hockey team has more depth than ever before By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — The West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team has found itself a nice barometer for its progress. Whenever the Knights need to know what kind of progress they’re making, all they need to do is play a game against Morris Knolls.    "We started…

  • Veteran Pottorf takes lead

    Senior captains MHS track team By: Justin Feil    With freshmen making up nearly half of the Montgomery High boys’ winter track and field team, it’s hard to find much experience among the team. It’s what makes Brad Pottorf so important to the Cougars.    Pottorf is a co-captain along with Steven Laporta and he has been…

  • Elaine C. Cowell

    Funeral services set Wednesday.    Elaine C. Cowell, 33, of Mohrsville, Pa., formerly of Hopewell Township, died Friday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.    Born in Trenton, she had resided in Hopewell Township for many years before moving to Mohrsville, Pa. She was a graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School, Class of 1987. She…

  • The New Year: ‘virtuous’ food

    IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian:  After a series of festive (and high calorie) holiday meals, it’s time to pay the piper by trying a balanced meal with a minimum of saturated fat, some protein and carbohydrate, and plenty of green stuff. Illustration by Judy Martin    After a series of festive (and high calorie) holiday…