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  • Peddie prepares for graduation

    Thomas A. DeGray, the school’s retiring headmaster, will address the students on the hard work and effort they have put into their studies at Peddie. By: Sarah Winkelman    HIGHTSTOWN — The Peddie School will graduate 125 seniors in its 137th annual Commencement ceremony at the school’s center campus at noon Sunday.    Retiring Headmaster Thomas A.…

  • State offers tax relief to borough

    The state is giving the borough $350,00 in extraordinary state aid, which borough officials say should significantly reduce a proposed 21 percent municipal tax hike. By:Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — The state is giving the borough $350,00 in extraordinary state aid, which borough officials say should significantly reduce a proposed 21 percent municipal tax hike.    Officials…

  • Peddie, Turco go out as champs

    BOYS LACROSSE: The Falcons delivered for their outgoing coach, Bob Turco, with a 10-6 win over Lawrenceville in the state Prep A title game — the school’s fourth such championship in six years. By: Neil Hay    What a way to go out. On top.    As they have produced all year long, the Peddie boys’ lacrosse…

  • Residents to board: Don’t develop Baker Farm

    Under the current draft Master Plan, the 170-acre tract would be rezoned from residential to allow for possible commercial development. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — Local residents urged township Planning Board members to oppose development of the Baker Farm on Old Trenton Road during ongoing Master Plan hearings Wednesday night.    "We don’t want…

  • WW-P service staff seeks end of pay impasse

    Workers confront school board over lack of a contract. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education stared out at a sea of blue Tuesday night as more than 100 district Service Association members dressed in blue T-shirts packed the auditorium of the Thomas R. Grover Middle School rallying for school board support to…

  • Borough, library poised to swap land for roadwork, landscaping

    The exchange would give the borough more room for a left-turn lane on Wiggins Street. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council and the Princeton Public Library agreed Tuesday to swap 3 feet of land.    But before the papers are signed, the Borough Council wants to make sure the swap doesn’t limit the borough’s options…

  • A forgotten tragedy: Resident survived sinking of Rohna

    Herman Vinnet was among some 2,000 U.S. soldiers involved in one of the greatest and least known sea disasters in World War II. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Herman Vinnet was among some 2,000 U.S. soldiers involved in one of the greatest and least known sea disasters in World War II.    Mr. Vinnet, now a resident…

  • David J. Murphy

       David J. Murphy, 84, died May 18 at home.    Born in Bridgeport, Conn., he lived in Levittown, Long Island, for 34 years before moving to Clearbrook 22 years ago.    After receiving his pilot’s training at Stockton Air Field in California and Roswell Air Field in New Mexico, he served in the Army Air Force as…

  • Skaters to get help from civic association

    The Jamesburg Civic Association is proposing to bring a circus to the borough to help raise money for a planned skate park. By:Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — The Jamesburg Civic Association is proposing to bring a circus to the borough to help raise money for a planned skate park.    Mike Sanders, JCA president, said the association…