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  • WW council, mayor at odds on sewer debt

    Administration wants more study; council wants a tax cut. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Despite repeated requests from township administrators to hold off, the Township Council continues to press forward with an ordinance that could change the way the township pays its sewer debt.    Township administrators are concerned the council is rushing the ordinance…

  • Submerged in the Spirit World

    Ceremonial masks, on view in Frenchtown through June 23, elevate the wearer to the level of deity. By: Susan Van Dongen Shadows and Ceremonies by Charles S. Klabunde, is on view in Frenchtown through June 23. Above, portrait of a Maasai woman.    Animal and plant species are becoming extinct at a rate of thousands per…

  • Chauncey’s

    A family run favorite of locals, this pub-like charmer in Franklin Park is the perfect place to bring the kids along. By: Antoinette Buckley Chauncey’s 3059 Route 27 Franklin Park (732) 297-4477 Food: Good Service: Good Prices: Inexpensive Cuisine: American Ambiance: Local pub Hours: Kitchen open Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m.-midnight, Sat. noon-midnight,…

  • Youthful Obsession

    Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray is alive and well and forever young at Playhouse 22 in a new musical by Richard Gleaves. By: Susan Van Dongen    The story of Dorian Gray would certainly be very different today. For one thing, the main character could let a plastic surgeon do the heavy lifting and just bypass the…

  • Township resident participates in Summer Games

    Sherri Miller, a special education teacher at the Walter C. Black School, coached the Mercer Lightning at the Special Olympics at The College of New Jersey. By: Kyle Moylan    Some people stumble across thier careers. Other people dream about them.    Call East Windsor resident Sherri Miller someone who is living a dream.    "This is what…

  • Shakespeare at the rodeo

    Stage and screen star Bill Pullman speaks out for the Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival. By: Matt Smith    When Bill Pullman was asked to headline Monday night’s benefit for the Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival, the star of stage and screen wasn’t so sure he was the man to wax poetic about The Bard.    "I asked myself,…

  • The critical importance of lab tests

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Barbara Stechman, MT (ASCP)    Few people outside the hospital setting are aware of the critically important testing performed every day by laboratory professionals, yet many of us have had a blood test, a glucose reading, a cholesterol screening or a Pap smear within the last year.    According to the American Society for…

  • Police to host child safety seat check

    Trained child passenger safety technicians will be ready to assist motorists with the proper installation and use of their child safety seat. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township Police Department, in conjunction with McCaffrey’s market, will be hosting a child seat check from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the Southfield Shopping Center…

  • Veterans recall D-Day invasion

    Two Monroe men who were part of that great invasion force on June 6, 1944, tell their story. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Thursday was the 58th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy and the beginning of the end of World War II.    Nazi Germany was 11 bloody months of fighting from being…