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  • Walking to school together

    About 200 children, parents and township officials paraded through Jamesburg as part of Walk Our Children to School Day. By: Melissa Morgan    A quiet morning on Front Street came to an end Tuesday when a group of about 200 children, parents and township officials paraded through Jamesburg on its way to the John F. Kennedy…

  • Centers of attention

    Approach offers individual instruction. By: Casha Caponegro    Kindergarten student Zack Kleiman was nearly done with his scarecrow. He had already created the figure’s pants, shirt and hat out of different patterns of wallpaper, but something was missing from his colorful project.    "I think I’m going to put hair on next," said Zack, gluing shredded crepe…

  • Griffin joins school board

    Kenneth A. Griffin begins his term filling in after the retirement of Mark Madden. By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury’s Board of Education welcomed its newest member Tuesday.    Kenneth A. Griffin was sworn in as a board member and will serve the remainder of Mark Madden’s term, which will expire in April.    Mr. Madden, who was a…

  • PU looks for back-to-back football wins

    Tigers host Colgate at Princeton Stadium By: Justin Feil        It’s been more than two seasons since the Princeton University football team won back-to-back games. And it happened only once in the 1998 season.    The Tigers, who come off a convincing 44-11 win over Columbia last week, will look to put back-to-back wins together when…

  • High school class prepares for debate

    The Choosing to Participate class at Hightstown High School is teaming up with the League of Women Voters for an Oct. 10 candidates forum for the Borough Council election. By: Michael Arges    A candidates forum on Oct. 10 will be a chance for Hightstown residents to get to know the candidates for Borough Council better,…

  • Otto Rabe, 99

       Otto Rabe, 99, died Thursday, Sept. 2, at his home in Monroe.    He was born in Heiningen, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in the 1920s, settling in Monroe nearly 60 years ago.    He retired more than 30 years ago from Synchro Machine Co., Perth Amboy, where he was a longtime machinist.    He was…

  • Officials: WIB delays Route 130 bus service

    After assuring that a contractor was in place to run the proposed Route 130 shuttle bus, the county Workforce Investment Board now says that issue still needs to be finalized. By: Michael Arges    The Mercer County Workforce Investment Board needs to "ramp up" their Route 130 bus project and put an end to the repeated…

  • Deal may preserve 90 acres

    Land would be added to the Plainsboro Preserve. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — More than 90 acres could be added to the Plainsboro Preserve if the township is able to finalize a deal with developer Calton Homes for the purchase of the property in the northern section of the township.    A 126-acre property lies northwest…

  • Wawa appeals Monroe zoning board’s denial

    Proposal for a convenience store and 24-hour gas station is going back to court. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — A proposed Wawa convenience store and 24-hour gas station that was voted down by the Monroe Township zoning board is now the subject of a lawsuit being brought by Wawa Inc. against the township.    In June,…