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  • Candidate backing incumbent mayor

    Letter to the editor By:     The mayor has done a wonderful job in the past and I hope she gets the opportunity to continue serving her constituents. Mary Brennan The writer is the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in the Fourth Congressional District.

  • PDS roll into Prep B final

    Balanced effort gives Panther girls’ soccer sixth straight win By: Bob Nuse    Midway through the season, the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team found itself in a little bit of a lull.    After a 3-1 start, the Panthers suffered through a stretch in which they lost five of their next six games to fall to…

  • DISPATCHES: Seven reasons I didn’t watch the Series

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: This year’s Series just wasn’t the same    "The World Series was wonderful because it was wild, insane and totally unpredictable. The only predictable game ended being Game 7. Was it as great as last year’s Series? No. As great as ’75 or ’86? No. Yet it went seven games, four decided…

  • Legal deal creates two winners in Princeton High elections

    Lawyers for student’s parents and school board reach a settlement. By: Jeff Milgram    After more than six months, Princeton High School’s Student Council officially has a new president.    Actually, the Student Council officially has two presidents: Laura Weischaus and Andrew Porwancher.    Lawyers for Andrew’s parents and the Princeton Regional Board of Education reached a settlement…

  • A.S. Cole Son & Co. earns national honors

    Funeral Home acknowledged for outstanding service By: Casha Caponegro    One of the oldest businesses in Cranbury was recognized nationally this month.    A.S. Cole Son & Co., which has been located at 22 N. Main St. for nearly 150 years, was a recipient of the 2002 National Funeral Directors Association Pursuit of Excellence Continuing Achievement Award.…

  • League discusses homeland security

    Brian Cige speaks with Monroe League of Women Voters By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — In wartime situations, the desire for security makes the preservation of the individual’s rights a much more fragile thing, Brian Cige, president of the Somerset County Bar Association, said Monday.    He said giving away rights sometimes seems necessary for the safety…

  • Lillian Lee

       Lillian Lee, 93, of Jamesburg, died Saturday, Oct. 26, at Genesis ElderCare Center in Monroe.    Born in Jamesburg, she was a lifelong resident.    She was a machine operator at Peter J. Schweitzer & Co., Division of Kimberly Clark Corp. in Spotswood for 20 years, retiring in 1970. She was a member of the Assembly of…

  • Democrats needed in Washington

    To the editor:     Well, we Americans have come a long way in just one short year. Not only have we lost money in our personal investment portfolios, our pension plans and our 401K’s etc, but now our U.S. budget has gone from a $127 billion surplus to a $159 billion deficit. Too bad our…

  • Monroe could use lighted stadium

    To the editor:     On Monday, Oct. 21, we spent a wonderful evening with many Monroe and Jamesburg parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, friends and fans of the Monroe Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer Teams as they battled the North Brunswick Raiders for the win.    It was under the lights, a cool, crisp, fall evening, a…