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  • New chief carries on legacy

    Carl Dye Jr., whose father is a former chief of Hightstown Engine Company No. 1, this week became the new chief of East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 has elected Carl Dye Jr. as its new chief.    Mr. Dye, former…

  • Reliable Fisher excels in big meets for Tigers

    By: Justin Feil    When Mark Fisher started swimming as a youngster, it didn’t take him long to figure out that his best gift was in the distance freestyle events. The Cranbury resident has another way of seeing it.    "I really stunk at all the other stuff," Fisher said. "That’s the only thing I had going…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 18, 2002

    Edward D. Sullivan II, Dr. Louis A. Pyle Jr., Alexander Wojciechowicz Jr., Katherine N.W. Angrick, Alexander H. Gnagy, James D. Schwartz Sr., Jacqueline Washington, Julia Kucker, Margaret Grant, Ann Morterud, Harry T. Welty, Jean E. Welch, I-Fang Tu. Edward D. Sullivan II College student    Edward D. Sullivan II of Princeton died peacefully at home Monday.…

  • A Tribute to ‘Rabbie’ Burns

    Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout will perform with her trio in Doylestown, Pa., Jan. 25 and in Hightstown Feb. 23. By: Daniel Shearer    For a significant portion of the world population, Jan. 25 is a date for celebration. Each year, people of Scottish ancestry salute the birth of poet and songwriter Robert Burns (1759-1796) with elaborate…

  • Author’s books draw children to nature

    Princeton University artist-in-residence inspires Dutch Neck Elementary School’s plan for animal habitat. By: Jeff Milgram    Virtually every teacher at Dutch Neck Elementary School in West Windsor uses the environmentally oriented books of author and illustrator Lynne Cherry.    And when Ms. Cherry spoke with Dutch Neck’s principal, Scott Feder, and proposed turning the area near the…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY

    Use of the drug Accutane needs to be monitored By: Judy Shepps Battle    On Jan. 5, 2002, Charles Bishop deliberately flew a single-engine Cessna airplane into the 28th floor of the Bank of America skyscraper in downtown Tampa, Fla. Although much was made of the similarity of this incident to the September 11 World Trade…

  • Area educators wary of federal education legislation

    By: NIck D’Amore    Local school administrators are taking a wait-and-see approach to a federal education bill passed in December that mandates annual testing for grades three to eight 8 in reading and mathematics.    While administrators in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe agreed with the bill’s mantra, No Child Left Behind, and said standardized testing is an…

  • Parenting expert will offer advise at The Pennington School

       Parenting expert Nancy Samalin will speak at The Pennington School on Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Her presentation, which will be held in the school’s Stainton Hall Lecture Center, will address "Positive Discipline for All Ages," from early childhood through the teen years. It will be followed by a brief question-and-answer period.    The program is…

  • Expanded roles for Monroe engineer

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Ernie Feist has new responsibilities to go with the new year.    Mr. Feist, the township engineer for the past four years and director of public works since last January, is Monroe’s new director of municipal disaster control and succeeds Thomas Guldin of Stetler & Guldin Engineering Inc. of Clinton as…