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  • Development truce just details away

    West Windsor, Toll Brothers may complete settlement negotiations by Monday. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — With Township Attorney Michael Herbert back at the bargaining table, members of the Township Council are confident a final settlement with developer Toll Brothers can be reached soon — putting an end to more than a decade of conflict.…

  • Cranbury School to get new playground equipment

       The Cranbury Education Foundation and Parent-Teacher Organization have agreed to donate a new playground structure to the school. By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury students will soon slide, swing and climb on new playground equipment.    The Cranbury Education Foundation and Parent-Teacher Organization have agreed to donate a new playground structure to the school.    In addition, the Board…

  • In fight against breast cancer, there’s good news

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Dr. Rachel Dultz    According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.    In 2001, approximately 192,200 American women were found to have invasive breast cancer. About 39,600 women will…

  • A New Way of Seeing

    Tim Lefens changed the way he perceives and creates art, unlocking potential in others along the way. By: Amy Brummer TIMEOFF/AMY BRUMMER Artist, author and teacher Tim Lefens started to incorporate sun-bleached pork bones, corn husks and dirt into his work (above) when he began losing his eyesight.    Popular culture is moving so fast these…

  • South volleyball season ends without second upset

    Mandecki closes four-year career with Pirates By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ volleyball team could acknowledge that Pascack Valley was the better team on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop the Pirates from wishing they had another shot at the Group III No. 3 seed before ending their year.    "I thought we had…

  • Change due for policy on hazing

    State law requires the school district to update its harassment and hazing rules. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The East Windsor Regional School District is expanding its policies on harassment and hazing to include intimidation and bullying, as now required by state law. The district asked its official policy writers, Strauss Esmay Associates of…

  • Feng Shui consult offered by builders

    K. Hovnanian adds a certified Feng Shui consultant to their resources    Feng Shui – the art of building homes in harmony with the owners’ surroundings and personalities – has moved from the topic of jokes to such importance that one of the nation’s largest builders has added a certified Feng Shui consultant to the resources…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ Tennis Player of the Year

    Hun’s DiPastina rebounds for successful year By: Justin Feil    For someone who had such an ominous precursor to the season, Angela DiPastina ended up having a pretty amazing run to headline the undefeated Hun School girls’ tennis team.    "It was good. It was a lot of fun too," she said. "We all did really well…

  • Senior Center renovations to begin in December

    By: Al Wiclund    MONROE — The long-awaited renovation of the Monroe Township Senior Center is scheduled for the first two weeks of December when the center will be closed for 10 days.    The renovations of the center’s public rooms and offices on the lower level of the Township Hall will begin Dec. 2. The center…