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  • PHS boys pull upsets for state tennis title

    Little Tigers claim first championship in 15 years By: Justin Feil    On the outside of the fence to the Princeton High courts is a sign that proclaims that the Little Tiger boys’ team won a Group II state championship in 1987.    Fifteen years later, PHS has added another state title, this time a Group III…

  • Couple picks Concord for schools, easy living

    Concord Manor has two enclaves of stunning estate homes, ranging in size from 2,900 square feet to almost 4,300 square feet.    Michelle and Ken Gross knew the time had come to sell their two small homes and buy a new home where they would live for a long time to come. They knew they wanted…

  • Students face challenge of home design

    Fourth-grade class at Orchard Hill Elementary School in Montgomery receives some early professional training. By: Steve Rauscher    Students from Laurie Winer’s fourth-grade class at Orchard Hill Elementary School in Montgomery Township received some early professional training this past month.    The children were asked to break into pairs and design a 2,000-square-foot ranch-style home as part…

  • Quarry conundrum

    The 3M operation eats boulders for lunch but struggles with some little things. By: Steve Rauscher     MONTGOMERY — Driving along the quiet back roads that plunge through the wooded northeast of the township, or gazing at the deep green mass of the Sourland Mountain, you could be forgiven for being unaware that not too…

  • Curb Appeal

    Mailboxes are as individual as the garden in which they exist By: DAWN NIKITHSER Custom mailboxes can come in a variety of forms. Some people like whimsical wooden creations, mailboxes shaped and painted like animals such as cows, cats or dogs, while others desire stately creations in wrought-iron or solid brass. SUMMER HOME & GARDEN…

  • Residents complain about Ward Street traffic

    Ward Street residents presented a plan to the Borough Council that would close the road’s bridge to all but pedestrian traffic. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Traffic has long been a problem for many borough residents. Monday, some of them offered an option around it.    An entourage of East Ward Street residents presented a plan…

  • Setting the pace at the speedway

    At the New Egypt Speedway, it’s survival of the fastest. By: Scott Morgan    Number One staggers on the turn. A flash, and stable ground becomes a jagged slide. The slender hold on traction might survive, but in the turns, it’s not the leader’s call. The turns belong to velocity.    Out here, the leader is prey,…

  • Anthony T. Schwing

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Anthony T. Schwing, 70, died Sunday at home.    Born in Lawrenceville, he lived there 22 years and in Trenton for 30 years before moving to Bordentown eight years ago.    Mr. Schwing retired in 1995 after 35 years as owner of Schwing Excavating.    He was an Army corporal with the military police during…

  • Peddie nets third place in state action

    BOYS TENNIS: John Scott’s loss to Lawrenceville’s Ross Rosenstein was the deciding factor in the state Prep A team championship race. By: Neil Hay    The state Prep A Tennis Championship was there to be had    All the Peddie netters needed was to win at first singles to pull it off. And with senior John Scott…