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  • Café Antonio

    Expanded from an original pizza shop, this Morrisville, Pa., Italian restaurant offers appealing fine dining and a few specialties, if you know to ask for them. By: Lari Robling Café Antonio 107 E. Trenton Ave. Morrisville, Pa. (215) 428-1933 www.cafeantonio.com Food: Good Service: Attentive, but lacking in knowledge Cuisine: Italian with some American standards Prices:…

  • Tax hike for open space OK’d

    By: Nick D’Amore    Voters in Middlesex County voted to use their tax dollars to preserve open space within the rapidly growing and developing county.    Unofficially, throughout the county, 67,989 voters approved of a tax increase to fund open space preservation, with 59,286 voting against it.    The referendum called for a 2-cent increase in property tax…

  • GOP shut out, LOSAP approved in East Windsor

    Two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to the Township Council Tuesday. The Length of Service Awards Program was overwhelmingly supported by township voters. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — "If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it," seemed to be the attitude of East Windsor voters, as they maintained an all-Democratic Township Council in Tuesday’s…

  • Gloria Freedman

       EAST WINDSOR — Gloria Freedman, 74, died Friday, Nov. 2, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in New York City, she lived in Jersey City before moving to East Windsor in 1972.    Mrs. Freedman was director of Busy Bee Nursery School in East Windsor since 1972. She also was director of Cedarville…

  • Edwards leaves last impression on WW-PS football

    Hard-hitting senior prepares for final game with Pirates By: Bob Nuse    It didn’t take long for Sean Edwards to make an impression with the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South football coaching staff.    As a sophomore in just his second season of organized football, Edwards made one play that made a lasting impression. And it started an…

  • Order and Chaos

    Dennis Peyser is one of six artists included in a new sculpture exhibit at the Extension Gallery in Mercerville. His three pieces symbolize the chaos and order of the Holocaust. By: Jim Boyle    The ultimate goal of any artist is to make a connection with the public. They want to create something that touches people…

  • Democrats may have a sweep on traditional Republican turf

    The upset comes, by many accounts, as the result of a bare-knuckled, populist campaign aimed at areas of apparent discontent in Montgomery. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — After a nervous hour spent camped on the second floor of the municipal building Tuesday night, waiting for vote tallies from the township’s 16 districts, Democrat Louise Wilson…

  • Thanks for the memories

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    It is difficult for me to express in words all the different feelings I have in retiring from the Hightstown Memorial Branch of the Mercer County Library.    Librarianship is a wonderful profession but not every librarian has the opportunity to work in such a charming, cozy building in…

  • State Democrats get nod in Monroe, Jamesburg

    By: Al Wicklund    The voters of Jamesburg and Monroe were in step with most of the county and state, helping winners win by larger margins, in Tuesday’s election.    The exception was in the state Senate race in their legislative district, District 14, where Republican Sen. Peter Inverso won re-election despite negative numbers in Monroe and…