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  • Guest Opinion

    Islamic Society promotes education, understanding By: Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli    The Islamic Society of Central Jersey is responding to the recent heightened interest in Islam by working to help the community understand its history and current activities.    God is at the center of Islamic life. The first pillar of the faith is to believe that…

  • Town shopping for answers

    CRANBURY- Many want stores that serve locals By: Casha Caponegro    Businesses that address the needs of residents would be preferable to those that bring outsiders into Cranbury.    This was the general consensus of residents when asked what businesses they would like to see on Main Street in the future.    But business owners said that for…

  • Taking a chance on Main

    CRANBURY- Businesses like Cranbury’s small-town feel By: Casha Caponegro    Opening a small business can be a risky endeavor for anyone.    It can be especially difficult in a small town, such as Cranbury, which doesn’t always get an abundance of traffic from outsiders looking to shop on Main Street.    Chryssanthi Chisholm, who owns Bread and Life…

  • Depth should help Monroe golf team

    By: Redd E. Patrick    As Pete LoPresti begins his first official season as the head golf coach at Monroe High School, he will count on a group mixed with youth, experience and up-and-coming talent.    As he begins to build the program, LoPresti will take things one step at a time.    "I think we should be…

  • Column: Justin Time

    Hoops season lives on through Ivy alumni By: Justin Feil    If you didn’t get your fix of college basketball, and now you’re starting to feel that sort of deep depression that you always hear studies being advertised for on the radio after Maryland wrapped up the national title Monday, there’s still hope.    It might be…

  • WW-P school board candidates exchange views at forum

    Five West Windsor residents and two Plainsboro residents are seeking election on April 16. By: Gwen Runkle    Six of the seven candidates running for seats on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education sounded off on everything from diversity and school equality to field trips and textbooks at a candidates forum Tuesday night.    But while they…

  • Route 1 downzoning will move to Plan B

    The West Windsor Township Council is expected to introduce a version backed by the Planning Board. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council is expected to put a doomed downzoning ordinance it introduced a few months ago to rest Monday and introduce in its place a version of an alternative developed by the…

  • Hightstown loses first game

    SOFTBALL: After a 9-0 loss to visiting Steinert, the Rams have only direction to go — up. By: Neil Hay    It does not get any easier for Hightstown High School softball coach Sam Sortino.    Now in his 24th year, Sortino can only wonder what has happened over the last several years to the program.    Once…

  • Former pastor to give talk at annual event

    By: Casha Caponegro    A familiar face will speak at Sunday morning’s 8th Annual All-Church Breakfast at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury.    The Rev. Dr. Roger A. Kvam, who was pastor at the church from 1957 to 1961, will deliver a speech on "The Lineaments (Characteristics) of A Living Church" at the event that begins…