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  • Week of Oct. 18, 2002

    From East Windsor, Hillsborough, Princeton, Princeton Junction and South Brunswick EAST WINDSOR    Felix Quist-Natter, branch manager, has announced that three sales associates at Weichert, Realtors’ East Windsor office have been honored for their achievements in May.    Sharon Weiner led the office in sales during June and is a member of the 2001 New Jersey Million…

  • Updike decision the correct one

    To the editor:    Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted to The Press by the family of former Township Committeeman Tom Gambino following his death last week from stomach cancer. To the editor:     I want to write to you to tell you how much I appreciate the foresight, good sense, and courage the Township…

  • MHS wins second straight CJ II crown

    Cougars knock off Manasquan for tennis title; eye Group II states By: Justin Feil For the second straight season, the Montgomery High girls’ tennis team can call itself Central Jersey Group II champion.    The top-seeded Cougars knocked off second-seeded Manasquan, 3-2, in a tense battle at East Brunswick High on Thursday. Winners for MHS included…

  • Falcons blank Jodleka and JFK in boys soccer

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The strategy for Tuesday’s high school boys’ soccer game between Monroe and John F. Kennedy was simple, at least from the Falcons’ point of view.    "Stop Jodleka," Falcon defensive midi Brandon Theinert said.    That would be senior Mustang Arek Jodelka, one of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s leading scorers last year. Monroe…

  • Twin Rivers needs no tort immunity

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On Oct. 30, 2002 there is supposed to be a special meeting of the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association to vote on a proposed tort immunity amendment to our bylaws.    I would like to suggest to my fellow homeowners that you vote against the tort immunity amendment until certain…

  • Friendly firemen

    Preschoolers get safety lesson By: Casha Caponegro    Wide-eyed youngsters looked on with interest as Cranbury firefighter Richard W. Zimmer donned his uniform.    Wearing heavy duty boots, pants and coat, with a mask and helmet covering his head, Mr. Zimmer no longer resembled an everyday person.    "Now he looks very different from before," said Cranbury Fire…

  • Debaters argue relative worth of civil liberties, security

    University teams clash on state of post-9/11 America. By: Jeff Milgram    In one of the most defining moments of the 1930s in Great Britain, the Oxford Union debated the famous motion, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and County."    The debate was held in 1933 and the motion passed, 275-153.…

  • Hearty, yet healthy: cooking for seniors

    Terence St. Clair cooks for The Residence at Forsgate By: Pat Tanner    If anyone had looked into the future and told a young Terence St. Clair, who has been cooking for senior citizens at an assisted living community for four years now, that what he would most enjoy about his job would be mingling with…

  • Plainsboro Library awards contract to architect

    By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Public Library Board of Trustees awarded a $142,000, six-month contract to BKSK Architects of New York City at its meeting Thursday to design and flesh out a cost for doubling the size of the current library.    A task force of community members, township leaders and library officials selected…