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  • Younger Falcon softball players get their chance

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With a loss and a win on a recent road trip, the Monroe Township High School varsity softball team remained on the plus side with a record of 5-4. The Lady Falcons fell to Woodbridge 7-0 in a crossover match, but flattened Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division rival Mother Seton 11-0…

  • Voters approve district’s budget

    Both municipalities passed the spending plan, which was approved by an overall vote of 841-524. By: Chris Karmiol    In a strong victory for the number crunchers of the East Windsor Regional School District, voters passed the $58,327,466 school budget Tuesday night by a vote of 841-524.    Of the district’s 15,384 registered voters, 1,339, or 8.7…

  • Week of April 19, 2002

    From Corporate, East Windsor, Hillsborough and Princeton CORPORATE    Jacelyn Botti, senior vice president, has announced that Roger Christman has been promoted to vice president of Weichert Capital Properties and Estates Division.    "Roger has earned his new position through hard work and dedication and I have no doubt he will do an excellent job," Ms. Botti…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN

    New report: save the Highlands! By: Michele Byers    The USDA Forest Service released a second study on the New York-New Jersey Highlands, updating a 1992 study. The new study reinforces earlier findings: the Highlands is nationally significant, has a great diversity of plants and animals, contains priceless water for millions of residents, is located within…

  • Chances for downzoning on Route 1 improve

    Sarnoff Corp. withdraws its formal protest. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Now that Sarnoff Corp. has withdrawn a protest filed months ago against efforts to downzone its Route 1 property, an alternative downzoning ordinance recently introduced by the Township Council has a green light for adoption after a public hearing Monday.    With the protest’s…

  • Borough rezones for active adult community

    The Borough Council will consider an ordinance to change a parcel of land from research/office use to active adult. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council is one step closer to providing space for age-restricted housing in Hightstown.    On Monday, council introduced an ordinance that could rezone land adjacent to Wyckoffs Mill Road from…

  • Offer of help OK’d with reservations

    Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association offers services to Princeton Environmental Commission. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Environmental Commission on Wednesday night responded favorably but with caution to an environmental organization’s offer to help Princeton map its future planning.    Noelle Mackay of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association asked the commission to consider a Watershed program that analyzes…

  • Princeton Public Library groundbreaking is delayed

    But project said to remain on schedule with December, 2003 opening date. By: Jennifer Potash    The groundbreaking for the new Princeton Public Library will be pushed back to September, but the project remains on schedule, according to library officials.    The former library, located at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins streets, was demolished in March…

  • AROUND CRANBURY

    Cranbury events pack April and May By: Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury Arts Council, in cooperation with the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, is pleased to offer a limited number of free tickets to an upcoming concert by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.    The family-friendly concert takes place on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the…