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  • Lavery’s actions jeopardize expansion

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Shame on you, Mr. Laverty. For someone recently elected to our school board, you surely do not follow the proper code of ethics. The board of education and district administration have provided ample proof at recent public meetings that your supposed new construction proposal is just an attempt…

  • A metamorphosis

    Garden club transforms courtyard into environmental science center. By: Melissa Morgan    Kids at the Cranbury School are learning that education also can take place outside the classroom.    Students transformed an empty courtyard at the school into a place to experience environmental science in action. The school recently received a $995 state grant to expand its…

  • Families getting ready to celebrate Hanukkah

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Jewish families in the area — and worldwide — are preparing to light candles and celebrate the warmth and joy of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.    Hanukkah begins Sunday at sundown and will end at sundown on Dec. 16, and area families have different ways of celebrating.    Lisa Mason, vice…

  • Somber gathering mourns for Israelis

    Students read names and ages of victims of three suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa. Prayers were said for leaders of America, for Israel and for peace. By:Jeff Milgram    About 40 somber Princeton University students lit candles and said prayers Wednesday night near the 1879 Arch for the 10 teen-agers and 16 others killed in…

  • New plan won’t change Montgomery zoning in area near Bloomberg

    Residents had criticized a proposal to change the zoning of certain areas around the Bloomberg site from residential to commercial to accommodate an additional 300,000 square feet of office space. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Township residents lambasted the Planning Board’s proposals for the area southwest of the Route 206-Route 518 intersection during three public…

  • HHS puts Irish CVC win streak on ice

    ICE HOCKEY: The Rams are 2-0 after ending Notre Dame’s 27-game CVC winning streak Tuesday by a score of 3-2. By: Neil Hay    Sluggish first periods. Too many penalties. Excessive finesse.    What is going to happen when the Hightstown hockey team shakes off the bad habits and plays solid hockey?    Coach Phil Eichinger, for one,…

  • Toys wanted for the needy

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — There’s an unusual shortage of toys to be used as holiday gifts for children of families in need. The number of toys collected at the Monroe Township Senior Center is running behind recent year’s numbers.    "We provide gifts for more than 200 boys and girls whose families are going through…

  • First-aiders issue awards

    AROUND CRANBURY By: Lorraine Sedor    On Nov. 3, the Cranbury First Aid Squad held its award banquet at Good-Time Charley’s.    Five-year awards were given to Ed Durner, Bruce Gunia, Suzanne Nydick and Chuck Watkins. Myrna Doggett received a 15-year award and Dan Doggett one for 20 years of service.    An award was also given to…

  • Manville looks ahead to 2002

    Softer schedule should help By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High football coach Mike Herrera couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the season.    Looking ahead to 2002 with optimism is so much easier after the way the Mustangs dismantled Bound Brook in the season’s most lopsided affair. Manville lost a bunch of games to…