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  • North girls end roller coaster season

    Knights fall to PHS in CJ III soccer By: Justin Feil    A 1-0 loss to Princeton High in the Central Jersey Group III tournament on Thursday ended what has been a courageous season for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ soccer team.    It began with the tragic death of captain Diana Rochford in an automobile…

  • Jameburg terrorism squad offering training

    Team is generating interest among other law enforcement agencies. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Jamesburg Police Department’s Tactical Squad, a unit equipped and trained to enter buildings under hostile gunfire and to deal with other high-risk situations, is drawing interest from other law enforcement agencies, Police Chief David Lester said Wednesday.    "While the squad…

  • Peddie girls’ soccer repeats as Prep A champs

    The Falcons needed double overtime to turn aside the determined Raiders, 1-0. By: Neil Hay    It may have taken just two games for the Peddie girls’ soccer team to retain its state Prep A championship.    But after Sunday’s historic clash at the Lawrenceville School with previously undefeated Pennington, the Falcons are thinking they went to…

  • Theodore Zuhl

       Theodore Zuhl, of Monroe, died Thursday, Oct. 31, at home.    Born in Romania, he lived in Rahway and Cranford before moving to Monroe.    He was a chemical engineer with Tenneco Co., Piscataway before retiring. He was a graduate of Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and served with the Army during World War II.    He is survived…

  • Cranbury’s Kotowski and Grubb help U-12 Blaze to State Cup title

    By: Rich Fisher    They under the umbrella of the South Brunswick Soccer Club, but there was a Cranbury influence on this year’s Under-12 State Cup champion.    Cranbury residents Sam Grubb and Sam Kotowski were both members of the South Brunswick Soccer Club U-12 Blaze, who won the first State Cup in league history by defeating…

  • Falcon girls eliminated from CJ II soccer tournament

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The 2002 soccer season came to an abrupt end for the Monroe Township High School girls’ squad on Thursday. The visiting Freehold Lady Colonials, seeded sixth in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II flight, beat the Lady Falcons 4-0 in the quarterfinal round, knocking third seeded Monroe (14-4-2) out of the…

  • PHS’ Spinazzi continues to improve

    PHS XC excited about sectionals By: Justin Feil    The first time that Eleanora Spinazzi ran the Holmdel Park course at the Shore Coaches Invitational, it was a learning experience. The Princeton High freshman hopes that lesson pays off when she and her Little Tiger girls’ cross country teammates race in the Central Jersey Group III…

  • Proposed legislation may restore borough aid

    Bill would help plug school budget gap and offer municipal property tax relief. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — Two pieces of legislation designed to help reduce property taxes facing the residents of Jamesburg were introduced recently by state Sen. Peter Inverso, R-14, whose district includes the borough.    The senator said two measures, introduced last month,…

  • Beauregard wins Cranbury committee race

    Defeats Ziegler with about two thirds of vote By: Casha Caponegro    Tuesday’s election resulted in a landslide victory for Democrat Becky Beauregard and enabled Democrats to maintain their one-seat majority on the Township Committee.    "I am very happy," said Ms. Beauregard after learning that she had won the three-year committee seat. "I am extremely grateful…