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  • 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.…

  • Muir’s no-hitter claims North-South pitchers’ duel

    Pirates’ senior lefty strikes out 11 to outdo Caracappa in 1-0 win By: Bob Nuse    On opening day, Doug Caracappa was nearly perfect.    And Justin Muir was even better.    The two pitchers hooked up in a classic pitcher’s duel to open the high school baseball season on Tuesday, with Muir’s no-hitter lifting West Windsor-Plainsboro High…

  • Phyllis L. Grover

       RIVERTON — Phyllis L. Grover died March 28 at Baptist Home of South Jersey.    Born in Hudson, Pa., she lived in Hightstown since 1942 and later moved to the Baptist Home of South Jersey.    She was an accountant for Main Line Garage of East Windsor for 35 years. She was a member and treasurer of…

  • State DOT gets ‘smart’ in budgeting new capital projects

    More money for bridge and roadway improvements, less for projects that promote sprawl. By: David Cambpell    State transportation officials Monday unveiled a $2.5 billion capital budget for next year that they said promotes the concept of smart growth, with more money for bridge and roadway improvements and less for projects that promote sprawl.    "This is…

  • Mastriano deserves re-election

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    As a senior officer in the U.S. Marine Corps I had the opportunity to evaluate the personality, character, and work ethic of hundreds of men and women during my 30-year career. The areas that are most often considered critical are loyalty, endurance, force, judgment, personal appearance and work…