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  • O’Brien, Madden are key to cause

    By: Rich Fisher    HAMILTON – To succeed in tournament play, teams need contributions from just about everyone. But teams also need the studs who are going to carry them in tough situations.    The Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old All-Stars have a couple of those studs, and both live in Cranbury.    Clint O’Brien was a hitting machine in the…

  • Empty classrooms still in limbo

    Proposal to convert space at Millstone River School in Plainsboro would cost more than the school board wants to spend. By: Gwen Runkle    Just what will be done with nearly a dozen vacant classrooms at the Millstone River School, formerly the Upper Elementary School, in Plainsboro is still up in the air.    On Tuesday, the…

  • Service rewarded

    Teen earns Lion award By: Casha Caponegro    Stan Thomas exemplified all of the qualities a good Cranbury Lion, and citizen, should possess.    "He was absolutely the nicest guy in the world," said Bob Virgadamo, president of the Cranbury Lions Club. "He volunteered for everything. If something needed to be done, Stan would be there."    In…

  • Herbert keeps post as township attorney

    West Windsor Township Council votes 3-2 to retain. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — After more than two hours of closed-door discussions, the Township Council reappointed Michael Herbert as township attorney Monday.    The council voted 3-2, with Councilwomen Jackie Alberts and Alison Miller dissenting, to appoint Mr. Herbert and his firm to a three-year term…

  • One lucky film student

    FIRST PERSON by Brian Clopp:  For a film student, hanging out on the set of ‘Anger Management’ like a dream come true    For a student going into film, it was an incredible experience to talk with David Dorfman, screenwriter, and Peter Segal, director, of "Anger Management," which filmed in Cranbury this week.    I’d originally come…

  • Nicholson, Sandler big draws

    Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson take over Cranbury for the day. By: Casha Caponegro    A star-struck crowd gathered on Main Street in Cranbury Monday to watch the magic of a movie shoot.    Police barricades blocked traffic from entering the usually busy center of town. Equipment trucks and trailers were packed in the Cranbury School parking…

  • Garage proposal trimmed slightly

    New plan receives some support, but opposition as well. By: Jennifer Potash    The developers for the proposed Princeton Borough garage revealed a smaller and lower version of the building Tuesday — and though it received some support, it was not enough to quell opposition to the development, which also includes residential and retail improvements to…

  • PHASE THREE: ‘Tell ya what I’m gonna do’

    PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Weeling and dealing with the best of them    I’m always on guard against getting ripped off, and perhaps too much so, but it’s not just because I grew up in New York, for I think most people share somewhat the feeling that somebody out there is sooner or later going…

  • School district’s technology director prepares to log out

    John Peraino: ‘West Windsor has been good to me and if I have a chance to be good to West Windsor I’ll certainly take it.’ By: Gwen Runkle    In the race to keep up with the ever-changing world of technology, John Peraino, the director of technology K-12 for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, has…