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  • Process, not decision, is disappointing

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Several issues were raised in Monday night’s meeting of the East Windsor Regional school board that require a public response, but I will only respond to one of them here.    The board conducted a public roundtable discussion on Nov. 5 to address the needs of our expanding school…

  • District interviews assistant principals

    School board recieves 35 applications for the position. By: Casha Caponegro    Chief School Administrator Carol Malouf hopes to have a new assistant principal chosen by mid-December.    "We hope to have him or her start in mid-February," said Ms. Malouf, who formerly held the position of assistant principal for 13 years.    Ms. Malouf was promoted to…

  • Family continues tradition

    The Simonsons are preparing for Christmas By: Casha Caponegro    Members of the Simonson family throughout the country traveled to Cranbury last weekend to prepare for the hectic holiday season.    "My family came in from Arizona," said Katie Bobowski, a member of the Simonson clan. "My sister traveled from Virginia with her husband. A cousin of…

  • Library’s building set for a fall

    Demolition is slated to begin about Jan. 7 and should last five weeks. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Public Library building at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins streets soon will be reduced to a memory.    The demolition is slated to begin about Jan. 7 and should last five weeks, library officials said Tuesday at…

  • Deer-hunting’s foes gear up for protest

    By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Local wildlife lovers have been invited to join animal-rights activists from around the state Saturday to protest the township’s deer-management plan.    A similar demonstration last month in front of the township municipal building drew only a few protesters, but organizer Janine Motta of the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance said…

  • WW planners hold off vote on batting facility

    Board does approve the Little League’s plans for two, two-story announcing booths. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — As anticipated, the Planning Board deferred its vote on the West Windsor Little League’s proposed 6,000-square-foot indoor batting facility but approved plans for two, two-story announcing booths for its softball and minor league fields Wednesday night.    The…

  • Giving needs to be up when economy isn’t

    EDITORIAL: "Helping people less fortunate than ourselves is a long-standing tradition of the holiday season and this year should be no different."    Another "Black Friday" has come and gone and the holiday shopping season appears to be in full swing.    Toys and clothes and jewelry and a variety of other goodies will be bought over…

  • Wintress eager to face the challenge

    Karen Wintress will become Montgomery’s newest Township Committee member Thursday. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — When Karen Wintress heard last August that a proposed development might encroach on the cherished woodland behind her Yorkshire Woods home, she decided to do something about it.    "It was an overnight awakening," she said. "This was literally in my…

  • After trauma: here’s how to help you and your children cope

    HEALTH MATTERS By: William Hodgson    One of the residual effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the country’s present engagement in a lengthy and uncertain war is increased stress. It is quite normal for people to feel overwhelmed by today’s world affairs, even when not suffering personal losses.    What happens after the initial impact…