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  • Study says West Windsor, Plainsboro homes overtaxed

    Underassessment of West Windsor commercial properties found in study commissioned by Plainsboro. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — Homeowners in Plainsboro and West Windsor townships may be bearing an unfair portion of the tax burden because West Windsor’s commercial properties are assessed too low, according to a study commissioned by township officials.    The study, conducted by…

  • State releases school aid

    Remains the same for Monroe; goes up for Jamesburg By: Nick D’Amore    State aid for schools will remain the same for Monroe, but will go up for Jamesburg.    According to aid figures released Monday, Monroe will receive $3,273,747 in aid, the same amount the district received for the 2001-02 school year. Jamesburg will receive $3,491,833,…

  • Application gets boost from Buriak

    Dan Buriak has offered to use his salary as a councilman to help offset the cost of an application for a historic district in Hightstown. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — To help the borough obtain a grant, one councilman is putting his money where his mouth is.    As the borough seeks official recognition of its…

  • Suspect’s sanity in question

    By: Jennifer Potash    The competency of a Ewing man to stand trial for the alleged shooting of his wife outside a Princeton Borough nursing home in 1999 is under question.    Police say Errol Thompson, 51, shot his estranged wife, Dorothy, three times as she sat in her parked car shortly after she arrived for work…

  • Helen Segesser

       HIGHTSTOWN — Helen Segesser, 95, died Sunday at Meadow Lakes Health Care Center.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Hamilton and the Rossmoor community before moving to Meadow Lakes in 1997.    She was a secretary 20 years at the Mercer County Clerk’s Office, Trenton.    She is survived by her husband, Ernest Segesser; and nieces and…

  • Candidates Forum, March 8

    CANDIDATES FORUM, March 8 By: Patricia Bocarsly Plainsboro candidate West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education    I am a candidate for the Plainsboro seat on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education being vacated by Cheryl Larrier-Jemmott, who has served our district well over the past six years. I believe I have the ability and commitment as well…

  • FORUM: Testing

    Should the state alter its testing program for high school students? Should the state alter its testing program for high school students?

  • Committees gather to discuss expansion project

    The Prisco Group held the first of a series of meetings to garner input from the public and the school district about the proposed expansion project. By: Chris Karmiol    More than 50 members of the community gathered at Hightstown High School Wednesday night for the kickoff meeting in support of September’s nearly $50 million bond…

  • Rescuers save man, police arrest him

    A man that fell into the ravine under Route 130 near Burlington Coat Factory was pulled from the water and then charged for hindering the rescue attempts. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — A man was arrested after being pulled from a ravine under Route 130 Wednesday afternoon.    Rescue workers pulled Nicholas Charles Leewaye, 24,…