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  • Truck accident on Route 130 injures three

    According to police, faulty brakes on a tractor-trailer travelling north on 130 were to blame for last week’s accident. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — A tractor-trailer truck with defective breaks plowed into two minivans stopped at the traffic light at Routes 130 and 571 at 12:11 p.m. April 20 causing three injuries, police reported.…

  • Yards of deals at Evans Tract

    By:Nick D’Amore    The annual Evans Tract garage sale is a mere garage sale the way Home Depot is just a hardware store or Regal Cinemas is just a movie theater.    This year’s garage sale Saturday brought nearly 50 residents together to make their junk someone else’s treasure. Among the great finds were a great variety…

  • Fire damages special education school

       MONROE — Though damaged by fire Saturday, the county school for children with disabilities being built on Matchaponix Road is still on schedule for a September opening. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Though damaged by fire Saturday, the county school for children with disabilities being built on Matchaponix Road is still on schedule for a…

  • Raiders break victory drought on diamond

    Mercy rule win over Plainfield ignites confidence By: John E. Powers        Time will tell if Saturday’s 13-3 rout of Plainfield will be a key turning point of the season for the Hillsborough High School baseball team.    Head coach Norm Hewitt, whose team stopped a 13-game losing streak, dating back to last year, with a…

  • Wanda Alessi

       EAST WINDSOR — Wanda Alessi, 72, died Sunday at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Torrington, Conn., she lived in the Linden area before moving to East Windsor in 1964.    She graduated from Linden High School in 1946 and St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in 1949. She retired after 48 years as a registered…

  • Peddie’s Pustay pitches a no-hitter

    BASEBALL: The Falcons shut-out visiting Hightstown last week, 10-0, behind the ace’s gem. By: Neil Hay    So far this season, the pitching staff of the Peddie School baseball team looks like ace Matt Pustay and a bunch of other guys.    Going in to the season coach Frank Schermerhorn believed he had more than enough good…

  • Peddie squad moves above .500

    BOYS TENNIS: The Falcons defeated Princeton Day School Tuesday by a count of 3-2. By:    The Peddie School tennis team improved to 5-4 on the season Tuesday with a 3-2 win at Princeton Day School.    The Falcons got wins at first singles and in both doubles matches to go home with the victory.    John Scott…

  • Cranbury School board welcomes back new faces

       Incumbent school board members Walton Caldwell and Bill Persons and newcomer Adam Hawes joined the board after being chosen by voters April 17 to serve three-year terms on the school board. By:Brian Shappell    The school board swore in one new member and welcomed back two familiar faces Tuesday during its reorganization meeting.    Incumbent school board…

  • Hillsborough girls set relay hurdling records

    Team captures fourth straight county title By: Rudy Brandl        SOMERSET — The Hillsborough High girls weren’t just on a title mission at Saturday’s Somerset County Relay Championships. They were there to set some records.    As usual, the Raiders lit up the scoreboard and piled up enough points to win in convincing fashion. While the…