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  • Municipal alliance sponsors breakfast

    Al WIcklund    MONROE — Carmen Mercatante of the Real Life Outreach program of Bloomfield will be the guest speaker Tuesday when the Monroe Municipal Alliance Committee holds its spring breakfast and senior awareness program at the Monroe Community Center on Monmouth Road.    The breakfast and program, scheduled for 9:45 to 11:30 a.m., is free of…

  • Above-average rains fail to dent drought

    Rainfall between September and February remains about 12 inches below average. By: David Campbell    March rains did little to ease the drought in New Jersey, according to the state’s climatologist.    Precipitation in March statewide was 4.26 inches, which is slightly above the 4.17 average, State Climatologist David Robinson said Thursday.    March brought the first above-average…

  • Moorestown shows PHS lax the look of champion

    Defending state champions hand Little Tigers 15-11 loss By: Justin Feil    After two straight seasons have ended in the state quarterfinals, the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team is hoping to advance beyond that round this season. In order to do so, the Little Tigers have to get used to playing the best teams in the…

  • Zone change may not call for senior housing

    Panel examines service business district in Princeton Borough. By: Jennifer Potash    A proposed zoning change to encourage more housing opportunity in downtown Princeton Borough may no longer include incentives for senior-citizen housing.    The Zoning Amendment Review Committee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board discussed the proposed ordinance Tuesday.    In February, the Princeton Borough Council referred…

  • RCN’s improvement plan gets skeptical reception

    Committee members proved a tough sell. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Representatives of much-maligned cable provider RCN appeared before the Township Committee on Wednesday night pledging to include the township in the company’s $75 million upgrade of the region’s service, but the committee members were a tough sell.    Prodded by a flood of resident complaints…

  • Corner Cafe opens to the public again

    By: Casha Caponegro    About a year after it closed its doors to the public, the Corner Cafe has re-opened on Main Street.    The cafe, which offers breakfast and lunch items, officially opened on Wednesday to the public. For the last year, the cafe was strictly a catering facility.    John Davison, who has owned the business…

  • Improvements propel PHS girls to lax win

    Second-half effort eases Little Tigers by MHS By: Bob Nuse    As one of the veterans on an otherwise young Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team, Cheryl Lau knows the team is going to get better from game to game.    In fact, the senior captain thinks the improvement could even be seen from half to half.    That…

  • Resident killed by automobile

    MONROE- Driver charged in fatal accident By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — An East Windsor man faces a vehicular homicide charge after a car he was driving hit and killed a township resident walking his dog Easter Sunday morning.    Police said a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina driven by Manuel Zomba, 31, hit Charles D. Olchvary, 52, as…

  • Drive-In Dreams

    The ghosts of the drive-in live in the photographs of Sandra C. Davis, on view at the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville through May 5. By: Matt Smith "Natalie Drive-In" was taken on Sandra C. Davis’ trip back in time to the coal-mining towns of west-central Pennsylvania.    Drive-in movie theaters are disappearing from the American landscape.…