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  • Panel to assess future of Montgomery High building

    What to do with the Burnt Hill Road structure after new high school is completed. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — In about two years, a new high school will be built on Belle Mead-Blawenburg Road, and the district will be left with an empty building when students vacate the present high school on Burnt Hill…

  • New school will not open until January

    Construction of the new Mill Lake School is behind schedule because of delays in the completion of the steel framework of the building. By:Nick D’Amore    MONROE — Construction of the new Mill Lake School is behind schedule because of delays in the completion of the steel framework of the building.    Originally slated to open in…

  • Roosevelt man lives folk-singer’s life

    Spook Handy has been interested in music his whole life. The singer-songwriter will be performing at Etra Lake Park this coming Wednesday. By: Sarah Winkelman    ROOSEVELT — The first thing Spook Handy thinks about when he reminisces about his childhood is music by The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. Growing up in Montclair, he spent…

  • Project Graduation a great success

    To the editor    We are pleased to announce that Project Graduation for the Class of 2001 was a great success.    Project Graduation is a nationally recognized program that provided a drug and alcohol free celebration for the Class of 2001. The event was held at the Rutgers’s Sonny Werblin Center immediately following the commencement ceremonies…

  • Finnegan gem provides lone Legion tourney win

    Hillsborough knocked out of Connie Mack bracket By: Rudy Brandl    Pitching was the difference in all three games the Hillsborough American Legion baseball team played at last weekend’s Connie Mack Tournament.    Sean Finnegan delivered a powerful performance to lift Hillsborough to a 5-1 victory over Warren Hills in the second game of Saturday’s action. That…

  • Borough takes giant step toward garage

    Council, in 4-2 vote, gives go-ahead to develop financial plans By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed’s longtime proposal for a downtown parking garage took a giant step this week.    The Borough Council voted 4 to 2 Tuesday to develop financial plans for a garage and related development.    While the split vote does not…

  • School board names new high school principal

    William M. Roesch is expected to take the helm at Hightstown High School at the end of September, replacing Michael Matyas. By: Michael Arges    The East Windsor Regional School District announced Monday that Hightstown High School’s new principal will be William M. Roesch, an assistant principal at Somerville High School since 1993.    Mr. Roesch, who…

  • Edwin Podbielski

       Edwin A. Podbielski, 84, of Lawrenceville, died Thursday, July 26, in the Tandem Health Care Center in Lawrenceville.    Born in Trenton, he resided in Lawrenceville for 50 years.    He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of North Trenton American Legion Post #458.    Mr. Podbielski retired from the American Standard Company…

  • Judge’s ruling offers hope for township’s future

    EDITORIAL: Greenbriar ruling may point the way for township lawyers to fight further development    Reading the decision handed down last month by Judge Robert Mahon on the Builder’s Remedy lawsuit filed against Hillsborough Township by the developers of the proposed Greenbriar development reveals some hope for the future of the township.    The first note is…