Category: archives

  • Falcon cross country shows bounce-back ability

    By: Redd E. Patrick    As head coach Frank Bonich builds the Monroe High School boys and girls cross country programs, he has found some rough spots along the way.    But just when frustration sets in, just when it seems the project may take longer than expected, his young troops bounce back and the promise returns.…

  • Panel backs Tenacre expansion

    Religious organization plans to build a new nursing residence and an administrative building and to modify several existing buildings. By: David Campbell    A Princeton advisory panel Wednesday night unanimously endorsed a plan by the Tenacre Foundation on The Great Road to build a new nursing residence and an administrative building and to modify several existing…

  • Circulation plan includes traffic light proposal

       The Township Committee is considering a plan that could bring another traffic light to Main Street and a new access road to Cranbury School from Park Place. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The Township Committee is considering a plan that could bring another traffic light to Main Street and a new access road to Cranbury School from…

  • School district mulls bid process

    School officials have their eyes on other districts, such as Princeton Regional, that have had difficulty obtaining bids for construction projects at or below budget. By: Chris Karmiol    The East Windsor Regional School District has begun its march toward building additions and renovations on its schools after passing a bond referendum last month. The next…

  • Women make voices heard in borough politics

    In the race for Borough Council this season, the four candidates are women. Some of those candidates talked about that fact with the Herald this week. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Politics, traditionally, has been a male-dominated field. Certainly women are common on the political scene these days (after all, the mayors of both East…

  • Cheatham helps North advance in states

    Knights’ new third singles has made adjustments By: Justin Feil    For the first two years of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ tennis team’s existence, Lauren Cheatham was a steady first doubles player. She was part of a Knights team that debuted strongly, but took its hits, then last year began to show that it…

  • FORUM: School referendum

    What should a new Monroe school plan look like? What should a new Monroe school plan look like?

  • Parties disagree over debates

    By: Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — Borough Democrats have declined an invitation from Republicans for the second year in a row to hold a public debate.    Debates would could give the campaign a negative tone and that Democrats prefer to talk with residents face-to-face, said Bernie Long, chairman of the Democratic Club.    "The Republicans do not…

  • State lends clout to counter landlords who discriminate

    Agency helping homeless families asserts housing discrimination is widespread in Princeton area. By: David Campbell    Mary Ellen Marino of HomeFront, a Lawrence-based nonprofit agency that assists Mercer County’s homeless families, is putting on notice landlords she says discourage minorities and the poor from renting their apartments.    Ms. Marino said Princeton area landlords commonly discriminate against…