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  • MHS has changing of the guard

    Maselli replaces retiring Demsky as athletics director By: Bob Nuse    Bernie Demsky’s 11-year tenure as athletic director of Montgomery High School can best be characterized as one of growth. As Tony Maselli takes over the post today, he can look for more of the same on his watch.    During the time Demsky has served as…

  • Insurers may be hit with EMT bills in Plainsboro

    Plan would help recoup costs of expanding the township’s paid emergency medical technician services. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — To help recoup costs associated with expanding the township’s paid emergency medical technician services, the Township Committee is planning to establish a third-party billing program.    Such a program would enable the township to hire a collection…

  • Complaint turns into controversy for Rocky Hill school board

    Board president’s objection to a ‘substandard’ classroom boils into debate about ethics and the borough’s long-term relationship with Montgomery. By: Steve Rauscher    ROCKY HILL — Throughout its existence, the Rocky Hill Board of Education has not exactly been a center of power and controversy.    The influence of the board is best illustrated by the fact…

  • Uncommon Senses

    What started out as a weekly radio program featuring five sisters chatting on the phone has turned into a new paperback book. Liz Dolan, the second-oldest, will visit Barnes & Noble in West Windsor Nov. 6. By: Jillian Kalonick    The premise was this: Five women living in three different places hold a weekly conference call…

  • Vanderbeck unhappy with Dems

    Letter to the editor By:     When a member of one political party (a Democrat) feels the need to support the candidate of another political party (a Republican), it is never a popular move. However, this happens in local politics, especially in small towns, where party affiliation can be somewhat arbitrary.    As a Democrat, I…

  • HHS band wins marching honor

    The HHS marching band took first place in marhcing and placed third overall at the state championships. By: Chris Karmiol    HIGHTSTOWN — Nobody marches like the Hightstown High School marching band. That’s what a group of judges said last weekend at the first New Jersey State Marching Band Championships when they awarded the HHS band…

  • A party divided?

    As election season winds down, party loyalty remains blurred over one controversial issue — the support by some borough Democrats of Republican mayoral candidate Bob Patten. By: Scott Morgan    Last week, Democratic Borough Councilman Richard Pratt announced he would spearhead a movement called Democrats for Patten, which included the placing of purple lawn signs with…

  • Falcon boys win GMCT soccer opener

    By: Carolyn M. Harkto    In spite of a sloppy first half in Tuesday’s game, the seeding held up as fourth seeded Monroe beat 13th seeded Metuchen, 5-2, to advance to the quarterfinals of this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Boys Soccer Tournament.    The Falcons (12-3-2), looking a little flat in their first tournament game, allowed Metuchen…

  • Drug alliance in need of funding

    Short $3,000 of level to meet state and federal grant requirements. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — It’s the hope that charitable organizations don’t feel the effects of an economic downturn quite like the business world does, but unfortunately for one local non-profit, that’s not the case. If the Allentown-Upper Freehold Drug Alliance cannot come up…