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  • Thirsty trees left parched by drought

    Scorching temperatures, negligible rainfall take toll on local vegetation By: Steve Rauscher    Weeks of scorching temperatures and negligible rainfall are beginning to take their toll on local vegetation, and some of the worst damage may be to the trees.    Summer rainfall is over 5 inches — more than 50 percent — below yearly norms in…

  • DISPATCHES: Baseball is broken and strike won’t help

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Baseball already has enough problems, a strike won’t rectify them    I think it’s time we leave Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig alone.    Tied to a chair.    In a dark room.    On a desert island.    Maybe we can ask baseball union head Donald Fehr to join him. And Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. And…

  • Alumni Weekly picks Marks as editor

    By: Jeff Milgram    Marilyn Marks, Princeton University’s director of media relations and chief spokeswoman for the past two years, will become the new editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.    "I’ve enjoyed it tremendously and I’ve learned a lot about the Princeton community that will be useful in the future," Ms. Marks said Thursday. She will…

  • Big plans for Cranbury Day this year

    Actor Dave Bennett will play Benjamin Franklin at the museum By: Casha Caponegro    The Historical and Preservation Society hopes to make this year’s Cranbury Day one to remember.    The society, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, is planning some special guests and activities for the Sept. 7 event, which brings Cranbury’s businesses and organizations together…

  • PRESS FORUM

    Will you still be a baseball fan if a strike shuts down the 2002 season? Will you still be a baseball fan if a strike shuts down the 2002 season?

  • Cluster busing proposal draws parents’ ire

    Parochial school students in the district would be forced to walk longer distances to get to their bus stops under the plan proposed by the district administration. By: Chris Karmiol    Several parents of parochial school students were angered this week when the East Windsor Regional School District sent letters announcing the creation of "cluster" bus…

  • JAMESBURG: Borough honors founding fathers

    The town celebrates Buckelew Day By: Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — Jamesburg residents walked onto the Buckelew Mansion property and back to the Civil War era.    The day was Saturday and the scene was Buckelew Day, the borough’s day to honor its founding father, James Buckelew.    People filled the mansion home of Mr. Buckelew and its…

  • MONROE: Signal pole to get moved

    Pedestrian signal pole on Foresgate Drive is moving By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The oft-battered pedestrian signal pole at main entrance to Rossmoor on Forsgate Drive is going to be moved.    The pole which holds the equipment and switch that enables pedestrians to gain a green signal to cross Forsgate Drive, has been hit by…

  • Energy deregulation has been a failure

    To the editor:     August 2003 is when deregulation goes into final phase as the NJ public utilities exact their price of higher electric bills. Deregulation of electricity hasn’t been the boom the utilities claimed it would be. Competition hasn’t been seen here in any form.    The state-chartered utilities such as JCP&L and PSE&G convinced…