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  • Gold Key ceremony honors best at PHS

    By: Carly Rothman    Princeton High School held its annual Gold Key awards ceremony May 22 to recognize seniors and juniors who have demonstrated outstanding service to PHS, as well as fine character and strong leadership.    The Gold Key Award for Meritorious Service is the highest award given to students at Princeton High School, and has…

  • PHS tabs Everette new football coach

    Former Clayton coach excited about program’s potential By: Bob Nuse    Steve Everette knows building a winning football program at Princeton High School will be a challenge. But it’s a challenge he is more than willing to undertake.    "I’m excited about the whole thing," said Everette, who was named the new head coach at Princeton, where…

  • Margaret Morton Creese

       HIGHTSTOWN — Margaret Morton Creese, wife of the late James Creese, former president of Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, died Saturday.    Born in July 1899, she spent her early years in the Philadelphia area, graduating from the Baldwin School and Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College.    She lived in New York City until 1928, when her husband…

  • Park slated for upgrade

    County grant pays for improvements By:Alec Moore    Lincoln Park will be getting an overhaul thanks in part to a $15,000 grant from the Somerset County Youth Athletic and Recreation Facility Grant Program.    "We’ve seen the growing demand for youth athletics and we want to be able to help provide towns with the ability to create…

  • Fun facts for flag fanatics

    TWELVE MONTHS by Scott Morgan: Our reporter lets his freak flag fly by show his love for all things having to do with flags.    The Danes had no idea what they’d done…    I’ve been looking forward to this particular month for at least 11 months now. This is the month in which I get to…

  • Mitchell earns nod as Rams’ top female athlete

    Junior Sarah Mitchell, a three-sport star, was named Hightstown High’s Female Athlete of the Year last week. By: Neil Hay    Imagine what must have gone through Sarah Mitchell’s mind last Thursday night.    Along with her friends and teammates, family, classmates and faculty, the 17-year-old junior is sitting in the Hightstown High School auditorium. As the…

  • Kathleen Kelly Such

       TRENTON — Kathleen Kelly Such, 63, died June 6 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital.    Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., she lived in Trenton most of her life.    Mrs. Such retired in 1992 after 25 years as a waitress with Van Dynes Luncheonette in downtown Trenton. She previously was a waitress for Gus’ Luncheonette in…

  • EDITORIAL

    High school is not as bad as you think    The four years of high school haven’t been easy.    There have been lessons in science, history and math, tests, essays, clubs to join, college applications to fill out and a lot of pressure to do well.    And that doesn’t include having to do the everyday things…

  • Domenico Ristorante – Monroe

    Even the breadcrumbs are something to rhapsodize about at this neighborhood Italian restaurant that delivers both quantity and quality at reasonable prices in Monroe. By: Pat Tanner Domenico Ristorante 146 Applegarth Road Monroe (609) 490-9500 Food: Very good Service: Standard Prices: Inexpensive to moderate Cuisine: Italian Ambiance: No frills Hours: Lunch: Tue.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.;…