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  • Senior citizen EMT earns honor

    At age 70, Sandy Farkas was named East Windsor Rescue Squad District 2’s EMT of the Year last week. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Sandy Farkas just turned 70 and she is quite familiar with the sound of an ambulance siren. Ms. Farkas is in and out of emergency rooms constantly and has been…

  • Aubrey Huston Jr.

    Management consultant     Aubrey Huston Jr. died Tuesday at home. He was 80.    Born in Berwyn, Pa., he was raised in Villanova, Pa. He moved to Princeton in 1957 and Lawrence in 1994.    At the time of his death, he was president and owner of the Princeton Executive Institute, a management consulting firm.    He was…

  • Effort officially under way to bring football to CHS in fall

    At a special meeting Thursday night, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education directed school administrators to work toward getting a team on the field By: John Tredrea    Officially under way is an effort to bring interscholastic football to Hopewell Valley Central High School this fall.    At a special meeting Thursday night, the unanimous consensus…

  • Monroe survives GMCT softball opener

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    When it comes to winning in sports, sometimes you’re good, and sometimes you’re lucky.    For the Monroe Township High School girls’ softball team, it was a little of both this past Wednesday, as they edged Piscataway 7-6 in a first-round Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament game. The Lady Falcons, seeded 11th, advance…

  • Form and Passion

    The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition celebrates its 10th year. By: Daniel Shearer    Several generations of artists have come to view Phillips’ Mill with a reverence usually reserved for religious shrines. Perched at a tricky bend on Route 32 in Solebury, Pa., the quaint stone structure started life as a water-powered gristmill in 1756, then took…

  • MHS baseball looks for CJ II crown

    Cougars need consistency for second title in four years By: Bob Nuse    As a freshman, Andrew Baldino was part of the Montgomery High baseball team that captured the Central Jersey Group I championship.    Now that he’s a senior, Baldino would like to end his Cougar career with the same sort of successful run through the…

  • Peddie buys Old Hights Theater

    The school’s board of trustees will likely decide on one of three plans for the building next month. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The Peddie School recently closed a long-awaited deal to buy the Old Hights Theater on South Main Street.    The building, located at 120 S. Main St., has been dormant since 1979.    Charlie…

  • Ralph Godney

       HIGHTSTOWN — Ralph Godney, 79, died Wednesday at home.    Born in Jamesburg, he was a lifelong Hightstown resident.    He retired from American Cyanamid Corp. in 1991 and enjoyed gardening.    Son of the late John and Anastasia Godney, he is survived by his wife, Mary Godney; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lauren and Edward Bolar of Raleigh,…

  • Let George fund his own sports palace

    EDITORIAL: A new arena for the Nets and Devils should be the furthest thing from Gov. James E. McGreevey’s agenda.    It isn’t often we find ourselves agreeing with Bret Schundler, the former mayor of Jersey City and Republican gubernatorial candidate whose solution to almost every public policy problem seems to be cutting taxes, eliminating tolls…