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  • Suit alleges defect caused death

    The father of a 16-year-old Hightsown High School student killed in a one-car accident in July 2000 has sued the maker of the minivan she was driving. By: Mark Moffa    A Hightstown High School girl killed two years ago died because the minivan she was driving had a defect that caused the vehicle to catch…

  • Two heroic Hun alumni chosen for top honors

       The Hun School of Princeton has selected two alumni, both involved in the tragic events of Sept. 11, as recipients of the school’s annual alumni awards.    The "Alumnus of the Year" award goes posthumously to Richard Guadagno of Eureka, Calif., originally from Ewing. The "Distinguished Alumnus" award will be presented to Jason Read of Ringoes.…

  • Blood donation drive set April 6 at brew pub

       New Jersey Blood Services is offering the opportunity for residents to give a pint of blood April 6 in exchange for a logo pint drinking glass from Triumph Brewery.    New Jersey Blood Services will park a blood donation vehicle outside the brewery, located at 138 Nassau St., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.    A one-pint…

  • Thanks to many who helped students

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On behalf of the East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education and administration, I would like to personally thank the many people who came to our students’ aid following the bus collision last Friday morning at the intersection of Lake Drive and Twin Rivers Drive involving 22…

  • Course aims to enhance parenting skills

    Montgomery district offers Active Parenting Today. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — If you’re a parent and you find out your rebellious 12-year-old slashed the tires on the neighbors’ Explorer, would you make him work through the summer to pay for a new set of all-weather radials, or banish him to his room without TV until…

  • Sisters injured in accident

    The daughters of a local businessman were injured in a car accident Thursday night. By: Melissa Morgan    Two South Brunswick teen-agers were injured when their 1999 BMW hit a utility pole on Deans-Rhode Hall Road Thursday night.    Maria Hage-Boutros, 18, and her sister, Jamilli Hage-Boutros, 19, hit the pole at 11:18 p.m. after they swerved…

  • Standing proud

    Red Cross supporters salute ‘America the Beautiful’ By: Christian Kirkpatrick    The American Red Cross of Central New Jersey was striking up the band Saturday night. And the song it was playing was "America the Beautiful."    The lobby of the Hyatt Regency Princeton was wreathed in blue bunting and bouquets of red and white flowers. A…

  • EDITORIAL

    Buying Updike should not be highest priority    It appears that Cranbury residents want the Township Committee to put on a full-court press to get the 50-acre Updike parcel preserved as open space.    More than 100 people turned out at last week’s public hearing on the parcel, packing town hall in a way that is rarely…