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  • A boyhood dream takes flight for township resident

    By: Casha Caponegro    A boyhood fascination was revived three years ago when Jerry Yochelson, 56, attended an air show in Rhinebeck, N.Y.    It was at this 1999 show, which displayed vintage planes from the World War I era, that the Cranbury resident reacquainted himself with his affection for antique aircraft.    But what Mr. Yochelson did…

  • PHS rally falls short

    Tigers fall to Mountain Lakes in NJSIAA second-round lacrosse game By: Justin Feil    Down by three goals three times in the first three quarters against fifth-seeded Mountain Lakes, the Princeton High boys’ lacrossse team rallied the first two times to bring themselves within a single score in the second round of the state tournament Wednesday.…

  • A.F. Rohles Jr.

       A. Frederick Rohlfs Jr., 64, of Monroe died Tuesday, May 28, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Lancaster, Pa., he was raised in Pittsfield, Mass., and resided in North Brunswick for many years before moving to Monroe three years ago. He was a consulting actuary for Buck Consultants Inc. in…

  • PHS meets match in Livingston

    Little Tiger boys’ lacrosse falls in Tournament of Champions By: Justin Feil    Depth carried the Princeton High boys’ tennis team all the way to the Group III state title before the Little Tigers finally met their equal in Group IV champion Livingston in the Tournament of Champions. Tuesday, Livingston proved to be just a little…

  • Maguire wins CJ II hurdle title

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    HOLMDEL — One gold medal, three school records, and placement in four different events were highlights for the Monroe Township High School girls squad at this year’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II sectional meet held at Bob Roggy Memorial Field at Holmdel High School this past weekend.    All of the Lady…

  • AROUND CRANBURY

    Saturday’s going to be a busy day By: Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury Arts Council would like to remind everyone that tickets will be available at the door for their spring gala, which takes place on Saturday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the law offices of Hill Wallach in Carnegie Center.    Invitations went out some…

  • Point-and-click sagacity

    By: Jillian Kalonick    Literature takes patience. One cannot grasp the themes of poems or novels by flipping through them as if changing channels on a television. For those who wish such rapid consumption, there is a quick fix: aphorisms.    Princeton University professor and poet James Richardson seems to be able to produce his wry yet…

  • Locals to get say in primary vote

    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. By: Al Wicklund    Voters go to the polls Tuesday for a primary election to pick Democratic and Republican candidates for state and local offices.    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.    Offices being contested this year include U.S. Senate, U.S. House…

  • ‘Report’ is mayor’s ego trip

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Not since studying Soviet sistory in college have I seen a document such as the recent East Windsor Township Report.    Josef Stalin practiced the "cult of personality." The sun rose and set on him and all things good in the world were due to him (at least, according…