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  • One election left to go

    EDITORIAL: The Herald hopes for a civilized election this year for the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association Board of Directors.    Election season is almost behind us. Yes, it’s been decided Jim McGreevey will be governor; Dan Buriak and Rick Pratt will serve on Hightstown’s Borough Council, and Perry Shapiro, Hector Duke and Al Rosenberg will sit…

  • Wall stands tall in 1-0 triumph over PHS in CJ III boys tournament

    By: Bob Nuse    WALL — Most high school soccer programs would be content with a season that saw them go 13-7 and reach the second round of the state tournament. But at Princeton High, the boys’ program has set the bar higher than that.    "When you win the state championship, like this program did in…

  • Jamesburg elects three Democrats

    The sweep means the council and mayor are all Democrats. By: Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — Jamesburg voters overwhelmingly supported the three Democratic candidates for Borough Council on Tuesday, ousting the borough’s lone Republican council member.    The sweep means the council and mayor are all Democrats.    A majority of 1,291 voters in the borough also supported…

  • Twin Rivers Candidates Night set for Wednesday

    Residents of Twin Rivers will have a chance to meet the candidates for the homeowners association Board of Directors at the Community Room Wednesday night. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — To paraphrase what Mark Twain said about his own public readings, "The trouble starts at 7:30." The sometimes stormy political life of the Twin…

  • Coming to understand patriotism

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY By: Judy Shepps Battle    Unexpected gifts can be found in almost any situation.    From the ashes and rubble of the World Trade Center and amid increasing reports of bio-chemical terrorism has risen a wave of unilateral patriotism that this country has not experienced since World War II.    Flags fly proudly from homes…

  • ‘The Man’ is back

    Sean’s return makes it a Homecoming like no other By: Ken Weingartner    Sean Denehy has lived in Monroe for just a couple years, yet right now it’s hard to imagine anyone more beloved.    He is not large in stature, about 5-foot-8 and now weighing around 130 pounds, but it could be argued that no one…

  • University’s Spies takes a top post at Brown

    By: Jeff Milgram    Richard R. Spies, vice president for finance and administration, will leave Princeton University after 30 years to become executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to the president at Brown University in Providence, R.I.    Mr. Spies will begin his duties Jan. 15, according to a statement from Brown.    "At a time…

  • Township Council sells senior center

    The council accepted a bid for $270,000 to sell the township’s senior center to Joseph and Livia Mezrich of Poplar Run. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Despite questions by the second-place bidder, Township Council members accepted a $270,000 bid to sell the present senior center building at Dutch Neck and Hickory Corner roads.    Council…

  • Aughenbaugh falls short in Senate bid

    The Democratic mayor of Hightstown was defeated in the 12th District state Senate race by Republican incumbent John Bennett in Tuesday’s election. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — She ran a race even her opponent termed "a great one," but in the end, it was not to be. Incumbent Republican state Sen. John Bennett retained his…