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  • WW-P schools extend online survey deadline

    Response rate not as high as expected By: Gwen Runkle    Still haven’t taken part in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s community survey? Don’t worry. There’s still time.    The deadline for participation in the online survey — previously extended to early December — has been pushed back to Monday.    "Our response rate was still a…

  • Princeton panel to begin researching skateboard park

    $250,000 capital funding request being considered By: David Campbell    Is a skateboard park in Princeton’s future?    The Recreation Department has formed a committee to explore the feasibility of constructing such a facility for Princeton youth.    The department is seeking to earmark $250,000 in capital funds this year to build a roughly 10,000-square-foot open-air facility at…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Jan. 3 issue By: Sarafin should resign council position To the editor:     First, I would like to wish the council and everyone a belated Merry Christmas and a very happy new year.    Now, I come wearing two hats, first as a senior citizen, then as a veteran who served in Korea as…

  • Milton Shapanka

       Milton Shapanka, 80, of Monroe, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, at New York University Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y.    Born in Jamesburg, Mr. Shapanka lived there until moving first to East Brunswick and then to Monroe three years ago. He was the owner and operator of JASCO Heating and Air-Conditioning Company, in Jamesburg. Mr. Shapanka never…

  • Budgets and geese prominent in 2002

    This is the first in a series of four articles looking at events from 2002 as reported in the Windsor-Hights Herald. By: Mark Moffa The following dates reflect the issue in which the story was published. Jan. 4     Democrats Dan Buriak and Rick Pratt joined the Hightstown Borough Council at the council’s reorganization meeting.…

  • The case for resolutions

    Stuck for ideas on resolutions? Here is a new twist on the typical goals for the New Year. By: Jamie Simpson The ball has dropped, the festivities are over and 2003 has begun.    Walking down Main Street this New Year’s Eve, it was my objective to find out what the residents of Cranbury had in…

  • Teachers’ project collectscomputers for families

    Here’s what to do with that outdated box By:Sally Goldenberg    Students who must rely on the public library or the limited afternoon hours of the schools’ computer labs may get a chance to spend more time on their papers and type them at their leisure in the new year.    The Hillsborough Education Association — the…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Closing in on a natural legacy

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: A column from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. It’s a word that evokes a sense of timelessness in the face of passing years. It’s also a term conservationists often use to describe what we do — creating a natural legacy for future generations. So as the calendar…

  • 2002: A year of dramatic change for Manville

    Year in review By:John Patten    Sometimes, the changes in a community are small and almost unnoticeable, but over the past 12 months some important changes occurred in Manville that will continue to affect the news in the coming year.    Looking back over the year can help gain a fresh perspective on the events. Here is…