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  • School construction plan will head to voters in September

       The Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to ask voters to approve a school construction project that includes a new high school and renovations to the existing high school and to Applegarth and Brookside schools. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — Voters will get their say in September on a school expansion project that could raise…

  • Changes are sought in PHS parking

    Moore Street neighbors object to changing school’s front lawn. By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional Board of Education will ask its architect and engineer to retain the circular drive in front of Princeton High School, after residents of Moore Street told the board’s Facilities Committee on Thursday that they would rather see students park on…

  • Local recipes to be found in cookook

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Milly Estrin thought it was about time for the Congregation Etz Chaim Monroe Township Jewish Center to have its own cookbook.    So, she sat down and put one together herself.    The 78-page book, "Cooking Treasures, Eating Pleasures," contains 200 recipes from members of the congregation. It was published last month…

  • Class of 2002 offers advice to incoming freshmen

    Cranbury seniors comment on coping at PHS. By: Angel Chen    It wasn’t long ago that this year’s Princeton High School graduates were accepting their Cranbury School diplomas from then principal Robert Bartoletti.    Now, on Tuesday, just four years after walking out of Cranbury School, 26 PHS students from Cranbury will be the proud recipients of…

  • Borough gets tough on housing overcrowding

    Officials in the process of issuing 27 complaints. By: Jennifer Potash    In a continuing effort to clamp down on overcrowded rental properties, Princeton Borough is in the process of issuing 27 complaints to property owners.    The first set of complaints was sent out this week, said William Drake, the borough’s housing inspection and fire official.…

  • Sounds of Freedom

    From patriotic tunes to Broadway hits, the cast of the Summer Musicale Series at Bristol Riverside Theatre kicks off the season with Let Freedom Sing. By: Sally Silverman    Audiences may think they know what they are going to hear at the Bristol Riverside Theatre Summer Musicale Series. The song titles in the programs will be…

  • Carl Kirkpatrick, 81

       Carl Kirkpatrick, 81, died Tuesday, June 4, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.    Born in Waynesville, N.C., Mr. Kirkpatrick was a World War Army veteran.    His parents, Benjamin and Agnes Ledford Kirkpatrick, are deceased.    Survivors include his daughter, Charlotte McCallum and her husband, Robert, of Hightstown; two brothers, Garnet Kirkpatrick and his wife, Ada, of…

  • Visitor offers hopeful message from Mideast ‘Oasis of Peace’

    Community in Israel seeks to be a model of peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs who have chosen to live and educate their children together. By: David Campbell    For Nava Sonnenschein and her family, life in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam is not always easy, but reconciliation rarely is.    "For us, the change that’s important is in…

  • Students get education in world of work

    Cranbury School Career Day hosts local professionals from a variety of fields. By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury students received career advice from a pilot, an artist and a professional baseball player.    As part of the annual Cranbury School Career Day on June 7, students in grades six through eight attended three seminars led by local professionals…