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  • Township eyes purchases

    A new ambulance, a new garbage truck and the extension of Lanning Boulevard are among the items a proposed bond ordinance would pay for in East Windsor. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council introduced a bond ordinance this week to borrow $1.3 million for various capital improvements.    A public hearing on the…

  • Westminister commencement is Saturday

       Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman will deliver the commencement address when Westminster Choir College of Rider University holds its 73rd graduation ceremony 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Princeton University Chapel.    Joseph Flummerfelt, Westminster’s artistic director and principal conductor, will conduct the ceremony. Dr. Tilghman and George Shorney, retired president of Hope Publishing Co. and…

  • Open space trust fund tax to go to voters in Novermber

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The question of whether to create a township open space fund will be on the ballot for Monroe voters in November.    The Township Council voted Monday to authorize a referendum on the funding of an open space preservation fund through the local property tax to be included on the official…

  • Bessie Mae (Riggins) Reid

       HARTFORD, Conn. — Bessie Mae (Riggins) Reid, 56, passed away on April 25 at Avery Heights, Conn.    Born in Pike County, Ga., she formerly lived in Hightstown. Mrs. Reid lived in Hartford since 1964 after graduating from Hightstown High School.    She worked at Clay Hill Social Services for many years.    She is survived by her…

  • Peddie places second at Prep A meet

    GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: The Falcons’ 80 points were good enough to earn them second place and make their coach look like a prophet at Wednesday’s Prep A Championship meet. By: Neil Hay    Remember Karnack, the old Johnny Carson character who could predict what was written on a piece of paper inside a sealed envelop?…

  • Monroe claims Blue crown

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Pete LoPresti thought rebuilding the Monroe High School golf program would be a slow process. He never expected anything like this.    Winners of just three matches a year ago, the Falcons have racked up an 11-3 mark this season. Not only that, but with a 238-248 victory over Spotswood on Tuesday,…

  • Moms, moms, moms: My mother, Gloria Dube

    ‘Giving and gracious’ — That’s what motherhood is about By: Ilene Dube  Related Articles:   Packet writers talk about the First Lady in everyone’s life ‘Giving and gracious’ ‘Apologies to Hallmark’ My mother, Sylvia Milgram My mother, Helen Potash    When I was in grade school, my mother arose early each morning to prepare lunch –…

  • Town to improve James Monroe Park

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The Township Council Monday authorized the expenditure of $288,750 for improvements to James Monroe Park on Dey Grove Road.    The more than 161-acre park, owned by the township, was built in 1982 with the help of Green Acres funds.    Funding for improvements to the park will include $275,000 from the…

  • Objections are ‘poorly grounded’

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I read with some amazement "Questions raised over mural’s ethnic inclusiveness," Windsor-Hights Herald, Friday, May 3, 2002. The objection raised by Dr. Abalos to the mural in the Hightstown High School is self-serving and poorly grounded. Dr Abalos brings up the accurate points that 75 percent of the…