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  • Very suddenly, everything changes …

    An account of one family’s experience with nursing homes. By: David Campbell Related articles: > Caregivers for elderly face worrisome challenges > For help at a difficult time    Michael Soroker has mixed feelings about Easter.    Ruth Hoffman, Mr. Soroker’s mother-in-law, came to stay at his and his wife’s Princeton home for the holiday weekend in…

  • EDITORIAL: Vote ‘Yes’ on tax hike for open space

    A county ballot questions would increase the open space tax rate from 1 cent to 3 cents.    There are ball fields for kids to play on in the area. In between housing developments are tracts of wooded land and farms stretching from highway to highway.    Open fields of green and the agricultural character of the…

  • Princeton football drops another close one

    Tigers fall to Ivy co-leader Pennsylvania By: Justin Feil PHILADELPHIA – The rushing yards, the passing yards, the even turnovers, the first downs and time of possession were all about equal in Princeton University’s football game against Pennsylvania on Saturday. Only one yard of total offense separated Princeton from the Quakers, yet Penn came out…

  • Ridge ousts Falcons from CJ II girls soccer tournament

    Penalty kick the difference in 1-0 loss By: Carolyn M. Harkto This year’s state tournament appearance turned out to be a 50-50 proposition for the Monroe Township High School girls’ varsity soccer team. The Lady Falcons, seeded 10th, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 victory over John F. Kennedy, but lost Thursday afternoon’s game…

  • 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…

  • Patten makes a positive difference

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I have known Bob Patten since our high school days at Hightstown High School.    Bob Patten has always made a positive difference to Hightstown. From his days as a student in the Stockton Street Elementary School and Hightstown High School to his teaching and coaching career in our…

  • 12th District won’t keep two area towns

    By: Jennifer Potash    Unlike the acrimonious redistricting procedure for New Jersey’s legislative districts earlier this year that was challenged in the courts, the structure of new congressional districts was agreed to by a unanimous vote Oct. 26.    The Congressional Redistricting Commission, comprised of six Democrats, six Republicans and one nonpartisan tie-breaker, is mandated by the…

  • Marks receives high marks

    LEDGER FORUM    I had the pleasure of serving the people of Lawrence Township as a Township Council member in the mid-’90s. I am writing to encourage your readers to support a great public servant, Mercer County Freeholder candidate Ira Marks.    Ira provided outstanding service to the people of Lawrence Township in many different capacities over…

  • Auction’s proceeds to help buildnew Woodfern School playground

       The Home and School Association of the Woodfern Elementary School is hoping to improve the school’s playground equipment and is hosting a tricky tray auction Friday to get started.    "Although not an auction in the true sense of the word, the event will be lots of fun," notes Irene Czernikowski, event chairperson. "The number of…