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  • Falcon boys soccer team enjoyed strong regular season after moving up

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The last couple of years, the Monroe Township High School varsity boys’ soccer team has shown a split personality. The Falcons would play so-so through the regular season, then come on like a freight train during the post season tournaments.    There were still signs of schizophrenia this year, but in reverse.…

  • Local resident looking to open youth boxing club

    Open to youths ages 8-17 By: John E. Powers        Amateur boxing helped keep Hillsborough resident Frank Santoro out of trouble when he was growing up in Plainfield. Eventually, he said the sport gave him direction, purpose and discipline to his life.    Now, the 1967 Plainfield High School graduate is hoping to pass along his…

  • Persia’s 80-footer tops Monmouth

    PU evens record at 2-2 with win By: Justin Feil    All that Ed Persia wanted was a chance to prove that he deserves more playing time.    If helping the Princeton University men’s basketball team claw back from a 10-point deficit to Monmouth with 7:42 left in regulation wasn’t enough, then perhaps his 80-foot buzzer-beating bank…

  • Dr. West: complexity personified

    Cornel West stirs things up in the classroom, on the lecture circuit and as the author of 16 books. By: Jeff Milgram    When he was 7, Cornel West heard stories about blacks being lynched, their bodies wrapped in the American flag.    And so, the Sacramento, Calif., third-grader, in his first act of civil disobedience, refused…

  • A blast-from-the-past!

    Mercury fast-forwards 40 years to reclaim its musclecar crownWhat happens when you spice up a plain-vanilla sedan with a monochromatic black paint scheme, a brawny V8 and other high-performance ingredients? If the car in question is a Mercury, the result is the 2003 Marauder, a high-voltage land yacht that’s reminiscent of a time when bigger…

  • Stylish, modern SUV: the all-new Nissan Murano

    The Nissan Murano is named for "elegantly sculpted glass art that comes from the islands near Venice." How’s this as a prescription for success — your company designs a crossover sport utility vehicle and shows it to potential customers. One-third says, "I’ll buy it." Another third says, "It’s OK." While the final third hates it…

  • Sewer works wins approval

    Township approves budget to improve sewer lines. By: Rebcca Tokarz    The township has approved $2.8 million to improve the sewer lines east of Route 130.    At Monday’s Township Committee meeting, the committee approved projects that will construct pump stations at Half Acre and Dey Roads and develop force mains at each of those locations. It…

  • Witmer will leave district next year

    East Windsor Regional’s chief administrator to run school system in Monmouth County. By: Chris Karmiol    Going? Going? Gone. After leading the East Windsor Regional School District for over a decade, David Witmer, chief school administrator, will move on to run the Middletown Township School District in Monmouth County. According to officials in that district, Dr.…

  • Violence threat places WW-P schools on alert

    By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District was put on "heightened alert" Tuesday after the West Windsor Police Department received a call threatening violence at 8 a.m.    No specific threat or school was mentioned, but school administrators were notified and police from both towns were stationed in and around each school, police said.…