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  • Princeton Township seals Gulick farm deal

    The township has acquired 28 acres of the roughly 40-acre farmland property. By: David Campbell    Princeton Township on Monday said it has closed a $2.7 million deal to acquire much of the Gulick farm on Princeton-Kingston Road as open space.    Under the agreement, the township has acquired 28 of the roughly 40-acre farmland property that…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 23

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 23 By: It only takes one to give hope, life To the editor:    We are overwhelmed by the love and support of our community. On Saturday, April 21, over 500 people came to Princeton Day School to have their blood drawn. Their purpose was to help give our son a…

  • Romano leads Montgomery school board

    Board also changes its meeting nights. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education changed its biweekly meeting schedule at its annual reorganization meeting last night, while re-electing Linda Romano board president.    The board shifted its meeting nights from the second and fourth Monday of each month to the second and fourth Tuesday of…

  • Alumnus says Boychoir School should admit abuse

    School says it will not respond to allegations through the media. By: Jeff Milgram    An alumnus who is suing a former choirmaster wants the American Boychoir School to acknowledge that he was sexually molested while he attended school there, and apologize.    "I just want the truth," John Hardwicke Jr., 44, said Monday.    "I’d like them…

  • Government gets mixed reviews for credibility

    Legislators, lobbyists and academics discuss trust during Princeton University symposium. By: Jennifer Potash    Do citizens trust government? Depends on whom you ask.    A gaggle of state legislators, lobbyists and academics discussed the question as part of Princeton University’s annual symposium on New Jersey issues Friday, and the collective answer was, sort of.    While acknowledging the…

  • Beatrice Donovan

       Beatrice (Kluchinskas) Donovan died Saturday, April 20, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge Division.    She was born in Kingston, Pa., and lived in Jamesburg for 25 years before moving to Old Bridge, and finally to Monroe 10 years ago.    She had been a quality control inspector for Turner TubeSales in Monroe for five years,…

  • PU softball’s banner year will continue

    Tigers claim first Ivy title since 1996, trip to NCAA Regionals By: Justin Feil    The orange Ivy League softball championship banners hung uniformly around Princeton University’s 1895 Field on Sunday with one on every other partition of the outfield fence from left to right-center field. But along right field, the decorators had fallen one banner…

  • University student predicts coup in Venezuela

    Richard Brand’s senior thesis on Hugo Chávez was handed in a week before coup. By: Lindsay Dell    Many Princeton University students make sound analyses and predictions in their senior theses. But few are likely to be as good — or as timely — as Richard Brand’s assessment of Venezuela.    On April 4, Mr. Brand, a…

  • Sarnoff development limits get timely approval in WW

    Council votes unanimously for revised downzoning ordinance. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Township Council adopted an alternative downzoning ordinance limiting Sarnoff Corp. to developing 21 percent of its 345-acre property — a move that after months of contentious debate comes just in the nick of time.    If…