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  • NJ science leadership focus of Princeton session

    The conference is also intended to stress to students that education in science, math and technology can lead to fascinating careers.    Princeton University will be the backdrop for a one-day conference highlighting New Jersey’s leadership in scientific research, innovation and discovery.    The Innovators Conference will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11,…

  • MHS boys track team looking for some winter fun

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    With a strong core of returning athletes, the boys’ winter track team at Monroe Township High School is looking forward to a good season. The Falcons lost just three seniors from last year’s squad that went 5-1 in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Blue Division. Jon Ross was the team’s top weight…

  • Good day on the mats for Princeton High

    By: Justin Feil    Don’t be fooled by Princeton High’s ninth-place team finish out of nine teams at the Garden State Classic wrestling tournament Saturday. The Little Tigers entered just five wrestlers in the varsity portion of the all-day tournament, and almost all of them made big improvements over their finishes a year ago.    By the…

  • What You See is What You Get

    The Coryell Gallery in Lambertville is featuring the paintings of Albert Bross Jr. and Vincent Ceglia in a holiday exhibition running through Jan. 6. By: Jim Boyle "Generations Past" by Albert Bross Jr.    Albert Bross Jr. was lucky to have a father willing to break the rules to promote his artwork.    "You’re not allowed to…

  • Public Works Dept. gets new contract

    By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council approved a new four-year contract — with annual 4 percent pay increases — with the members of the Public Works Department Wednesday.    The new contract will be effective Jan. 1.    Denise Jawidzik, borough business administrator, and Paul Intravartola, public works foreman and shop steward for Local No.…

  • Surrogate Portraits

    Works by five artists — Bill Leech, Keary Rosen, Linda Stojak, Charles Yuen and Tom Nussbaum — focus on the universality of the human figure and are on view at the Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton through Jan. 6. By: Susan Van Dongen    A perusal of Tom Nussbaum’s sculptures of human figures is likely…

  • Local economy has ups and downs…

    In the first installment of our series on the economy, the Herald speaks with several local business owners to see how things are going. By: Chris Karmiol and Scott Morgan    Sam and Dipti Sanyal are a month away from celebrating a first anniversary, but the honeymoon is long over.    The anniversary is for their Indian…

  • Three-less Monroe still wins

    By: Redd E. Patrick    When the Monroe High School boys basketball team opened its season last Friday with a 78-59 victory over Perth Amboy Tech, there was something missing on the Falcons’ stat sheet — no 3-pointers.    Stop the presses!    After leading the GMC by far in 3-pointers made last year with well over 100,…

  • A Sept. 11 Christmas message

    True meaning of Christmas remains the same. By: Al Wicklund    Members of the clergy in Christian churches in the area will carry the almost 2,000-year-old message of Christ’s birth to worshippers celebrating the traditional joyful event in a time of distress and uncertainty.    Whether in Cranbury, Jamesburg or Monroe, speaking at Christmas Eve or Christmas…