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  • Michael Mayes and Richard Stannard win in Cranbury

    Cranbury voters split the ticket. By:    Cranbury voters split the ticket Tuesday as they elected Republican incumbent Michael Mayes and Democrat Richard Stannard to three-year seats on the Township Council.    Mr. Mayes, the township’s current mayor, was the top vote-getter with 817. Mr. Stannard garnered 677 to win the other three-year seat. Republican Susan hagerty…

  • Hun surprising run ends short of ‘A’ title

    Girls’ soccer team falls to Peddie By: Bob Nuse        LAWRENCEVILLE — With a 2-7 record midway through the season, the Hun School girls’ soccer team probably wasn’t thinking about an appearance in the state Prep A championship game.    But with six wins in their final seven games, including two in the state tournament, that’s…

  • Sex discrimination suit filed against BASF unit

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken up the case of a BASF Corp. employee and recently filed a federal sex discrimination complaint against the company.    The EEOC alleges that BASF, located on Route 1, denied Diana Rembert, 43, of Delran equivalent training and job assignments as a heating…

  • Title comes with mixed feelings

    South tennis team shares CVC Colonial crown By: Justin Feil        Kermit the Frog sings, "It’s not that easy bein’ green." The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ tennis team understands.    The green-and-white clad Pirates won 17 matches, lost just twice and just once in Colonial Valley Conference play, reached the Central Jersey Group IV final…

  • Strobino, West earn council terms

    Republican incumbents defeat two challengers in Allentown Borough. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Republican incumbents Art West and Dave Strobino on Tuesday soundly defeated Democratic challengers Stephanie Smith and Bill Soodul in the race for two Borough Council seats.    Mr. West and Mr. Strobino received 438 and 376 votes, respectively, compared with Ms. Smith’s 248…

  • Moving For DUMMIES

    How not to downsize By: SALLY FRIEDMAN   Illustration by Judy Martin   ‘We were leaving behind a huge old house with eight bedrooms for a sleek condominium with three. We had precisely four weeks to do it. And from the start, it felt vaguely like Mission Impossible meets Oscar and Felix.’ — Sally Friedman…

  • Church & Dwight among firms that buy Carter Wallace

    By: George Frey    Carter Wallace, which until recently provided nearly 1,000 jobs in the region, was recently acquired in deals valued around $1 billion. The acquisitions were made by several private equity firms and Princeton’s Church & Dwight.    Church & Dwight, the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda products, and the New York-based private…

  • Holiday Home Tour aids breast cancer research

       The Montgomery Holiday Home Tour 2001, which will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, will take place Thursday, Nov. 29, 5-9 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.    The decor of each home in the tour will reflect the special memories and traditions of the families living there.    The houses…

  • Roosevelt Borough Council results

    Democrats Shapiro, Moser claim seats on Borough Council. By: Roosevelt Borough CouncilTwo full-term seats available    Elly J. Shapiro (D) 231    Patricia E. Moser (D) 210    Stuart Kaufman (R) 125    Joseph D. Zahora (R) 116 Unexpired one-year term    Marilyn Magnes (D) 251