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  • Veloso targeted, but still too tough to stop for MHS girls soccer team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Going into Tuesday’s girls’ soccer game at North Brunswick, the Monroe Township High School Lady Falcons had a simple game plan: try to contain the Lady Raiders left wing Trish Veloso, currently the number two scorer in the Greater Middlesex Conference.    But even with extra attention from Monroe…

  • Princeton planners OK Hun School entryway

    By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Planning Board has unanimously approved plans by The Hun School of Princeton for demolition and construction of a new entryway addition to its main academic building fronting Russell Road.    The expansion, approved Sept. 20, also includes a new vehicle drop-off in front of the 772-square-foot addition as well as…

  • HHS club raises relief funds

    The Red Cross Club at Hightstown High School, always one of the largest in the state, raised over $1,600 from students at the school for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. By: Michael Arges    Students at Hightstown High School have collected more than $1,600 to assist victims of the World Trade Center disaster during four…

  • Deer reflectors coming to 2 Princeton roadways

    Installation to begin on Rosedale Road and The Great Road. By: David Campbell    A contractor hired by Princeton Township is expected to begin installing deer reflectors on Rosedale Road today, according to Township Engineer Robert Kiser.    Reflectors are also planned to be installed shortly on The Great Road by a second contractor, with work at…

  • Mike Arcieri memorial Oct. 6

    Change of location announced    Friends of Michael Steven Arcieri, 69, who died Sept. 21 at Mountainview Hospital, Las Vegas, Nev., will celebrate his life on Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of Hopewell Valley Central High School (change of location), Pennington-Titusville Road.    Mr. Arcieri, a former longtime Hopewell Township resident, was a former…

  • Farming leases extended on WW land

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council passed a resolution Monday night extending the time period of leases for farmers who farm township-owned property from one year to five years.    The resolution passed by a 3-2 vote, with Councilwoman Jackie Alberts and Council President Alison Miller voting against it.    Of the 1,480 acres…

  • Monroe plans Patriotic Musical Tribute

    Young and old set to gather 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Monroe Township High School football field. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Bands and many of the township’s youth, veterans’ and other organizations will be showing their support of the country at a Monroe Township Patriotic Musical Tribute.    The event, with a theme…

  • WW-P school board names new Wicoff principal

    By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education approved Michael Welborn, currently an assistant principal at the Upper Elementary School, to become the principal of the J.V.B. Wicoff School in April 2002.    The board’s decision Tuesday is part of a shift of administrators that will take place when the Town Center Elementary School…

  • Terror breaks hearts, not a nation

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    This letter goes out to all the men, women, mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends who have lost their lives in the collapse of the World Trade Center, Pentagon and plane crashes on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Unfortunately a group of people felt they had…