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  • ‘Try to remember the kind of September…’

    A NEIGHBOR’S TRIBUTE, Sept. 21 By: David L. Nathan, M.D.    On Friday evening, my neighborhood in Montgomery Township was one of many that held a candlelight vigil for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks. Perhaps my narrative of this gathering will sound romantic, like the song from The Fantasticks that is quoted in the…

  • Monroe’s indoor skate rink may be ready in October

       Construction of the steel frame and roof to cover the rink for in-line roller skaters and work on an adjacent outdoor skate park is expected to start the beginning of next week, township Engineer Ernie Feist said Thursday. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The roofed roller rink to be built on the same lot as…

  • Hightstown GOP wants tax relief

    The Republican candidates in this fall’s Borough Council election, Bob Patten and Paul Szewczyk, want to lessen the tax burden on borough’s residents. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough’s two Republican council candidates are ready for November.    Incumbent Councilman Bob Patten and first-time candidate Paul Szewczyk this week expressed their views on some of…

  • Falcons finally play tennis

    By: Al Wicklund    Tennis Coach Trudy Marmorek will be looking for progress and hopefully a win this week after her Monroe Township High School girls team lost a close match in a delayed start to the season last week.    Singles players Kaitlyn Schobert, a junior, and senior Meredith Blumenstock picked up the Falcons’ points in…

  • Benefit proceeds go to NYC firefighters

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On behalf of the all-volunteer membership of Hightstown Engine Company No. 1, I would like to extend my thanks to those who assisted in making our annual golf tournament such a huge success. To The Peddie School, golf participants and local business community, it is your continued interest…

  • McCarter cancels play, citing terrorist theme

    ‘The Vienna Notes’ concerns a politician’s self-absorbed behavior during a terrorist incident. By: Jeff Milgram    McCarter Theatre has canceled its next production, "The Vienna Notes," which concerns a politician’s self-absorbed behavior during a terrorist incident.    The production was scheduled to run from Oct. 16 to Nov. 4.    "We are a country in pain. As a…

  • Sports games provide good diversion

    HHS teams return to action with heavy hearts By: Rudy Brandl    Covering sports isn’t any easier than playing the games at a time like this. Yet, even in the wake of a national tragedy, we must all move on.    I respect the National Football League and Major League Baseball for postponing all action through last…

  • Trade center job interview a trial by fire

    ‘It felt like an earthquake.’ By: Jennifer Potash    Rich Giarrusso of Greenview Avenue arrived at the World Trade Center at 8 a.m. on Sept. 11.    After having worked for Merrill Lynch in Plainsboro for several years, the 26-year-old had lined up a job interview at Euro Brokers on the 84th floor of the south tower.…

  • Families remember those lost in Trade Center attack

       Two area residents — a Monroe man and a Jamesburg man — and the son of a Rossmoor resident, all missing since the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, have brought the tragedy of the disaster to the doorsteps of township and borough homes. By: Al Wicklund and Steve Rauscher    Two area residents…