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  • Schools translate forms

    In an effort to bridge the language gap, the school district is offering important forms and documents in both Spanish and Punjabi. By: Michael Arges    Twenty-first century technology is helping the East Windsor Regional School District address an ancient problem: communication between people speaking different languages.    Because of special computer software, it will be easier…

  • Mother’s kidney donation ‘an act of love’

    Hightstown resident Ursula Thompson is giving one of her kidneys to her son, Jake, next month. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — She calls him a total sweetheart. A fighter. A lucky kid.    He was born with only one functioning kidney and a host of internal problems linked to acrylamide poisoning. At the tender age of…

  • Fashion show to benefit disabled children

       A Fashion Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, at 11:30 a.m. at the Trenton Country Club to benefit The Step Ahead Early Childhood Learning Center, a nonprofit subsidiary of The Arc Mercer, which provides services for children with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.    The show will feature fall fashions by Talbots and Talbots Kids…

  • Fire district look to grow with Monroe

    The township’s three fire districts are in various stages of developing plans for fire substations to contend with population growth and the increase in traffic that adds precious minutes to a fire company’s response time. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The township’s three fire districts are in various stages of developing plans for fire substations to…

  • EDITORIAL: State needs to move on traffic light

       When Jamesburg’s request for a traffic light at the intersection of Forsgate Drive, Gatzmer Avenue, Willow Street and Perrineville Road was approved three years ago, it thought it was well on its way to fixing one of its two most dangerous intersections.    But the process of actually getting the traffic light installed and paid for…

  • The World Takes

    The ‘Walk This Way’ tour of Trenton brings some of the city’s past grandeur to light. By: Matt Smith A statue in front of the Mary G. Roebling building pays tribute to Trenton’s steel cable industry, made famous by the Roebling family who designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge. Staff photo by Matt Smith    Because…

  • Fire in West Windsor complex started in couch

    Fire was ‘not electrical and not suspicious.’ By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The early-morning fire that left 13 families homeless Monday at the Avalon Watch apartment complex on Clarksville Road started in a couch in a second-floor unit, according to Jim Yates, township director of emergency services.    He declined to say what exactly ignited…

  • The World Takes

    The ‘Walk This Way’ tour of Trenton brings some of the city’s past grandeur to light. By: Matt Smith A statue in front of the Mary G. Roebling building pays tribute to Trenton’s steel cable industry, made famous by the Roebling family who designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge. Staff photo by Matt Smith    Because…

  • New WW-PS girls’ tennis coach can relate

    Pirate alumna Squitieri returns to guide powerful squad By: Justin Feil    It wasn’t so long ago that Kris Squitieri was fighting for a spot in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High girls’ tennis lineup, playing second singles for the Pirates and winning Colonial Valley Conference titles.    Squitieri has rejoined the Pirate girls’ program in a new capacity,…