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  • Monroe seeks food and toys for the needy

    Launches annual drive for Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas toys and dinners. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The annual drive for Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas toys and dinners for families in need soon will be providing the makings for happier holidays for some 100 households in the community, Rita Whitney, director of the township Office on…

  • Scout completes Eagle Project

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    As a Boy Scout from Troop 59 I recently complete my Eagle Project at the Rocky Brook Environmental Resource Area in Hightstown, also known as Bank Street Park. My project consisted of building new benches in the park and refurbishing the lumber on the pre-existing tables. I would…

  • Talking Terrorism

    Program to discuss causes By: Casha Caponegro    How has the worldwide refugee situation over the past 10 years contributed to the events of Sept. 11?    Frederick Barton, a professor of economic policy and lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Studies, will address this issue in…

  • No new illnesses at Monroe High

    Testing of the building has continued to yield negative results. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — No illnesses were reported this week at Monroe High School and testing of the building has continued to yield negative results.    Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said Richard Lynch, an independent consultant and industrial hygienist, had done a lot of work on…

  • Best effort not enough for North field hockey

    Knights fall to South Plainfield in shootout By: Justin Feil    There were games this season when the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North field hockey team could reflect on how it could have done more, particularly in losses to top area teams like Steinert and Allentown. The Knights expected a lot of themselves in just their second…

  • Smart Homes 2001

    NEW! Packet Magazine: Home automation Inspired bath hardware Eco-friendly furniture Smarter cell phones

  • Top court slates housing case

    The court is expected to rule on whether lower courts erred in granting Toll Brothers a ‘builder’s remedy’ under the Mount Laurel doctrine to build the 1,165-unit Estates at Princeton Junction housing development. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The long battle between the township and developer Toll Brothers over affordable housing regulations is expected…

  • Anthrax scare closes Robertson Hall briefly

    A rambling, threatening letter containing a suspicious substance was opened Tuesday morning. By: Jeff Milgram    Robertson Hall, part of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was closed for three hours after a rambling, threatening letter containing a suspicious substance was opened Tuesday morning.    The Trenton Fire Department’s HazMat Task Force was…

  • Two-way traffic in bridge’s future

    County tells Montgomery Opossum Road must be realigned for safety if bridge gets two-way traffic. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee dedicated its Thursday night meeting to building bridges within the community.    Literally.    The committee reaffirmed its decision to reopen the Opossum Road bridge to two-way traffic, responding to a letter from the…