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  • Children, pets a hit in fund raising

    There is an old saying in Hollywood that the surest way to make a hit movie is to put a child and a dog in it. So it isn’t unheard of that kids and pets go hand in hand. By: Scott Morgan    But when Ann Soden and Marilyn Hondorp of Animal Friends Education & Welfare…

  • Lady Bulldogs take second in Holiday Classic’s distance relay

    Winter track By: Jim Green    With recent snowstorms having disrupted his team’s training regimen, Hopewell Valley Central High School girls winter track coach Aaron Oldfield was just happy to have some of his runners in action at the Holiday Classic on Friday.    Oldfield brought only his top distance medley team of seniors Jessie Pall, Sarah…

  • South Brunswick right on schedule

    BOYS HOOPS By: Redd E. Patrick    South Brunswick High School boys basketball coach Dave Turco has it all figured out.    Looking at his schedule, which includes a rugged regular-season slate vs. such Red Division teams as Piscataway, St. Joseph’s, Old Bridge and Perth Amboy among others, Turco figured his Vikings would have to win three…

  • Military recruiting requirement draws some opposition

    Schools must give out personal information about students By: Jeff Milgram    Some parents are opposing a provision in the 477-page No Child Left Behind educational funding law that requires high schools to give military recruiters personal information about students.    The federal No Child Left Behind legislation, signed into law last January, gives school districts across…

  • Towns plan to reorganize

    By: David Campbell    The Princeton Borough Council and the Princeton Township Committee have scheduled their reorganization meetings for noon Sunday at Borough Hall and Township Hall, respectively.    The Montgomery Township Committee plans to hold its reorganization meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the township’s municipal building off Route 206. The Rocky Hill Borough Council will…

  • WW-P school panel eyes new schedule options

    Rotating schedule plan being examined for two high schools By: Gwen Runkle    Since two plans for changing class schedules at West Windsor-Plainsboro High Schools North and South were scrapped in early December, a new advisory committee has been formed to come up with something new for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District.    The committee, made…

  • A year-round view of Cranbury

    Local resident creates landscape calendar By: Melissa Morgan Michele Hart almost always has her camera with her while driving around Cranbury.    "When I see something calendar-worthy or just really beautiful, I stop and pull over," she said.    Ms. Hart, the creator of this year’s Cranbury Landscapes Calendar, said she’s always loved taking beautiful pictures. After…

  • Jim Crow laws subject for West and Cochran broadcast

       Princeton University religion Professor Cornel West and lawyer Johnnie Cochran will discuss Jim Crow laws in New Jersey on NJN’s "Another View" at 6 p.m. Jan. 21.    The program, "Jim Crow in New Jersey: Then & Now," will complement a PBS series on white supremacist laws scheduled to be broadcast at 10 p.m. on four…

  • Township Dems host tax reform discussion

    A former state senator will talk about the proposed constitutional convention on property tax reform. By:    The East Windsor Township Democrats will meet on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the East Windsor Municipal Building, sponsoring a discussion of the state legislation which would provide for a state constitutional convention to reform New Jersey’s system of…