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  • PRESS FORUM

    Will you support Monroe’s most recent school expansion project? Will you support Monroe’s most recent school expansion project?

  • Yankees become Thunder’s parent club

    Union helps both clubs By: Bob Nuse    TRENTON — If the fans who flock to Trenton Thunder games take to their new team the way officials from the Thunder and New York Yankees seem to have taken to one another, there is no telling what might happen to the franchise’s attendance records.    The Yankees made…

  • Town honors national hero

    Todd M. Beamer was honored at a memorial dedicated in his honor on Sept. 14 By: Casha Caponegro     Emotional speeches, prayers and patriotic music marked the dedication of the Todd M. Beamer memorial.     A large crowd, which included state and township officials, gathered at Heritage Park on Saturday to pay tribute to the…

  • CRANBURY: Three new police officers join ranks

    Total reaches 16 BY: Casha Caponegro    Three new patrol officers are on the Cranbury beat.    Patrol Officers Michael Cipriano, Ryan Dworzanski and Gregory Pfremmer were sworn into the Cranbury Police Department at the Sept. 9 Township Committee meeting. They were hired in August at a salary of $32,292 each.    Their addition has brought the number…

  • Princeton’s football offense does not hold up

    By: Justin Feil    After his first game as Princeton High head coach, Stephen Everette didn’t hesitate when asked what he’d work on this week following a 20-0 loss to Allentown.    "Offense," the first-year head coach said. "Offense again. If we’re going to do this, we have to be able to move the football."    Any offensive…

  • BACK PORCH: Busy schedules are back as summer draws to a close

    By: Melissa Morgan    There’s no doubt that it’s coming, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Actually, I’m dreading it.    I am beginning to feel the fall season’s cool presence all around me. The mercury may still be rising, but my carefree summer mood has started to free fall.    No matter how hard…

  • School librarian wins Japan study grant

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South media specialist to take part in Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. By: Gwen Runkle    Deborah Marinsky, media specialist at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, soon will be racking up quite a few frequent-flier miles.    On Oct. 6, she’ll be leaving her library responsibilities behind and heading off on a three-week…

  • Telemarketers should be stopped

    To the editor: Rrring Rrring Rrring "Hello?"     (Pause) "Um, hello. May I speak with Mr. or Mrs.—-?"     "No. Please don’t call again!"     One down, 1,000 more to go.     Why should I have to tell each and every telemarketer not to call! Why do I have to ask them not to call…

  • Teacher pay pact won’t bust budget

    No severe cuts seen; board to hold ratification vote on Tuesday. By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional Board of Education will not have to make severe budget cuts to cover a recently agreed upon teacher contract, Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said Wednesday.    And the Princeton Regional Education Association ratified the contract Wednesday, Co-President Suzanne Thompson…