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  • School talk is shot down

    MONROE — The school board didn’t want to talk about a failed $113 million expansion project Wednesday. By: Rebecca Tokarz    During a meeting at Greenbriar at Whittingham, school board members said they didn’t want to discuss the project, despite an audience of senior citizens and other residents who wanted to make it an issue.    During…

  • Lawrence falls short against Hamilton

    Football By: Steve Feitl    For one half of football Saturday, the Lawrence Cardinals looked like they were going to do what they came so close to doing a year ago — knock off a favored Hamilton team.    In 2001, the Cardinals were only stopped by an ill-advised penalty that took the winning points off the…

  • Let us count the many ways why Motyka ran well at sectionals

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Kristi Motyka thinks it was the socks. Or maybe the braids. Maybe it was the Sponge Bob sticker. Maybe it was just talent.    At Saturday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Cross Country Championship, the Monroe High School junior took almost two minutes off her best Holmdel Park time and ran a…

  • Movie Timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from Friday, Nov. 15 through Thursday, Nov. 21. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that theaters…

  • John Blangiardo

       John Blangiardo, 81, died Thursday, Nov. 7 at his home in Rossmoor.    He was born in New York City and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 1990. Mr. Blangiardo was the proprietor of Frost Trucking Co., Inc. before retiring. He was a former communicant of both St. James R.C. Church in Jamesburg…

  • WW-PS volleyball looking to block Paramus Catholic

    Vidulich is key for Pirates defense By: Justin Feil    Maureen Vidulich has been an integral part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ volleyball defense all season. The Pirate senior is the team leader in blocks.    Never will WW-PS need her blocks more than 5 p.m. today when the 11th-seeded Pirates try to upset sixth-seeded…

  • Towns get state money

    Monroe and Jamesburg will receive money from the state Transportation Trust Fund for a traffic signal and road rebuilding projects, respectively. By: Al Wicklund    The trust fund, a continuing statewide disbursement of funds for transportation projects to be done by municipalities, this week provided 17 Middlesex County communities with more than $3 million.    Announcements of…

  • The story teller

    Paul Zindel shares his wacky world with Princeton students. By: Jillian Kalonick    Paul Zindel, author of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"; "My Darling, My Hamburger" and "Pardon Me, You’re Stepping on My Eyeball!" has a story ready when asked about how he comes up with his off-the-wall titles.    "UCLA called and said…

  • EDITORIAL: Mudslinging soils process of democracy

       Perhaps the best that can be said about the Senate and House campaigns just ended in New Jersey is that they weren’t as malicious, offensive, distasteful, ugly or insulting as the campaigns in other states.    In fact, this year’s Senate race was downright tame compared to the one back in 1988, when Frank Lautenberg dubbed…