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  • Vote ‘yes’ for school construction

    EDITORIAL: The East Windsor Regional School District’s student population is increasing. The simple and correct reaction is to build the needed classrooms.    Voters in the East Windsor Regional School District will be faced with a difficult question later this month. The district will ask whether it should build $64 million worth of renovations — a…

  • Area food drive under way

    The borough and the Community Action Service Center are joining together to help needy families. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The aftermath of Sept. 11 doesn’t stop with the immediate victims. While no borough residents lost their lives in the tragedy, the subsequent economic downturn has sent some area families reeling.    Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh said…

  • Monroe and Jamesburg set to commemorate Sept. 11

    A list of services and memorials By: Rebecca Tokarz    As the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, residents may seek ways to reflect on the events of the day or to honor friends, family and strangers lost and the men and women who devoted themselves to the efforts at Ground Zero.    Various…

  • Solebury School opens with full dorms

    School has more than 200 students from all around the world.    Classes start today at Solebury School, a day and boarding school for students in grades 7-12, located on a 90-acre campus just north of New Hope.    "For the first time since the 1960s, Solebury School is opening with over 200 students," said John Brown,…

  • Manville becoming battleground in Congressional race

    Recent appearances by Ferguson and Carden keeping local politicians busy By:Alec Moore    Manville has certainly seen its fair share of high profile politicians lately.    From Gov. James McGreevey’s visit to the borough in late July to more recent visits from Congressional candidates Mike Ferguson (R-7th) and Tim Carden (D), each of whom are vying to…

  • Improvement key for Cards in ’02

    Football By: Steve Feitl    A look at the 2002 Lawrence High School football roster shows several familiar faces.    There’s top running back Orlando Kane, defensive leader Calvin Cason and starting quarterback Charlie Park all returning for the new campaign. Names like Manuel Jurado, John Nalbone, Curtis Thompson, Howie Anderson, Frank DiMeglio and Jason Williams should…

  • Shame on paper for printing claims

    To the editor    Shame on this newspaper, allowing Tony Gwiazdowski to make false claims about opposing the cancellation of the Aug. 13, Township Committee meeting and for not confirming the story before publishing it in the newspaper.    And shame on Mr. Giazdowski for showing such arrogance at lying about an incident that could easily be…

  • Mix of experience and youth lead Lady Bulldogs

    Hopewell Valley Girls Soccer By: Matt Nalbone    Even though school doesn’t start for another two weeks, the fall sports at Hopewell Valley Central High School are getting into full swing.    Over the past few years, the girls soccer program has been one of the most successful teams at the school, and this year doesn’t seem…

  • Celebrating a century of life with friends and family

    Margaret Panyko, 100, looks back on her life and family By: Rebecca Tokarz    Margaret Panyko, small and grayed haired, sits with the straightest of posture in her daughter’s Deans living room. Wearing an old powder-blue dress with simple navy sequins at the neck and waistlines, she glances at a wall crowded with portrait photographs of…