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  • Help rebuild mission home

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    The Feb. 13 fire at Bethany Gospel Mission Home on Stockton Street in Hightstown was in many ways a terrible tragedy. Thank God only one fireman was injured while fighting the blaze. The five residents who lived at Bethany lost their home. And the one family who was…

  • Learn about Girl Scouts

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    There are several advantages to staying in Girl Scouts as girls grow older. Though Girl Scouts may seem like children doing arts and crafts, there is a lot more to scouting that lays hidden. Girl Scouting provides many opportunities which make girls more well rounded and wholesome people.…

  • FORUM: School Report Cards

    How useful do you find the state School Report Cards? How useful do you find the state School Report Cards?

  • Tigers’ win not in the Cards

    Bechtold, seniors bow out with NIT loss to Louisville By: Justin Feil    With 5:49 remaining in Princeton University’s first-round National Invitational Tournament opener at Louisville on Tuesday, Mike Bechtold felt the season and his collegiate career slipping away.    The Cardinals’ Larry O’Bannon hit two free throws to stretch Louisville’s lead to 10 points, 53-43, and…

  • West Windsor sets sights on more open space

    Purchase of 22-acre Yeger property along Millstone River planned. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council unanimously introduced a bond ordinance Monday providing $511,350 for the open-space purchase of a 22-acre property on Millstone Road.    The total cost of the Yeger property, which borders the Millstone River, comes to $1.53 million, but it…

  • ‘They love a piano’

    Foundation provides free and subsidized piano instruction to children. By: Michael Redmond    The Small Miracles Foundation is all about big dreams.    Founded in 1996 by Robert Murray Diefendorf, a Princeton piano teacher, the Small Miracles Foundation provides free and subsidized piano instruction to children who would not otherwise be able to pursue musical study. What’s…

  • DISPATCHES

    No explanation for the unexplainable By: Hank Kalet    A chill ran up my spine when I saw it.    It was during the CBS documentary, "9/11," that aired Sunday, an elevator opens and a group of people hurry out, escaping the fate that was to befall far too many that September day. And there was Keith,…

  • ElderPairs offers alternative for seniors

    Local company operates a personal alternative to the nursing home. By: David Campbell    Given the embattled condition of the assisted-living and skilled-nursing industry, the ElderPairs concept may be just the alternative to nursing home care that seniors and their families have been waiting for.    According to recent reports by federal health officials, understaffing at nursing…

  • Opening loss could not keep MHS boys track team down

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It would have been easy for the Monroe Township High School boys winter track team to let a disappointing loss to Highland Park in the season opener set the tone for the 2001-2002 season.    Instead, the Falcons picked themselves up and turned the season around, finishing up 4-3. After the loss…