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  • Bowling to aid new senior center

    The event at Brunswick East Windsor Lanes on Route 130 is open to all comers. Proceeds will aid in the construction of the township’s new senior center. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Bowlers of all levels of ability are invited to have fun and support the new Senior Center in East Windsor at a…

  • Medical center, Carrier mull merger of mental-health services

    Princeton House and Montgomery-based Carrier Clinic would combine facilities. By: David M. Campbell    The Medical Center at Princeton is in discussions to join its mental-health program at Princeton House with the Montgomery-based Carrier Clinic, with a possible merger by the end of the summer, spokespersons for both facilities said Wednesday.    It is still too early…

  • Frances Davis

       Frances K. Davis, 79, died Thursday, May 31, at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital, Trenton.    Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., she lived in Middletown 36 years before moving to Lawrenceville a year ago.    Daughter of the late Francis X. and Freda Parker, sister of the late Robert and George Parker and wife of the…

  • Rave reviews

    Enthusiasm reigns at sneak preview of new Garden Theater Refurbished movie theater to open today at 5 p.m. By: Jeff Milgram    If movie theaters were reviewed, instead of movies, the refurbished Garden Theater would get five stars.    That was the opinion of the civic officials, Princeton University officers, dignitaries and anyone else involved in the…

  • Bread shop opening a week off

    North Main Street’s Bread & Life is ready to rise. By:Brian Shappell    North Main Street’s Bread & Life is ready to rise.    Christa Chisholm and her son Aaron, owners of Bread & Life, plan to open the store within a week. Ms. Chisholm said the first loaves of fresh-baked bread and cups of gourmet coffee…

  • Renaissance man to star in Career Day

    As part of next week’s Career Day at the Cranbury School, the PTO will present an astronaut, physician, glider pilot and poet. By:Casha Caponegro    As part of next week’s Career Day at the Cranbury School, the PTO will present an astronaut, physician, glider pilot and poet.    One speaker represents all of these diverse professions —…

  • Fire lane creation sparks controversy

    Hightstown Housing Authority residents are upset over a Borough Council decision to bar all but emergency vehicles from the courtyard area of the development. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — "Please don’t punish us for being handicapped," pleaded Joanne Holland, a resident of the Hightstown Housing Authority, to the Borough Council last week.    Ms. Holland and…

  • District touts technology as a tool

    The district’s technology coordinator hopes a new program designed to teach technology to teachers will help spread enthusiasm for the use of computers and the Internet in the classroom. By: Michael Arges    Like "dye in the water," Kevin Akey is spreading the use of technology for teaching to more and more teachers in the East…

  • Borough may borrow up to $800,000 for project

    The Hightstown Borough Council introduced an ordinance that would allow the town to borrow up to $800,000 for the downtown revitalization project. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council last week introduced an ordinance that would allow the borough to borrow almost $800,000 for its revitalization project.    "It’s time for Hightstown to ante-up," said Council…