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  • MHS softballers win clutch game on road

    Ortman fires no-hitter at Roselle Park By: Rudy Brandl        Amy Ortman provided the pitching, Tina Corcoran supplied the power and Lauren Kohler used her speed to help the Manville High softball team pull out a big win at Roselle Park last week.    The Lady Mustangs needed nine innings to register the 2-1 victory, their…

  • Spaghetti Dinner

    Today, April 20 From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Jamesburg Elks will hold a spaghetti dinner to benefit the Jamesburg Rec skatepark. The dinner will be held at the Elks Lodge, Railroad Ave., Jamesburg. The cost is $7.50 for adults, $3.50 for children. The dinner will include spaghetti and meatballs, salad and bread. Beverages…

  • Princeton school budget approved

    The spending plan sailed through by more than a 2.5-to-1 margin. By: Jeff Milgram    Turnout was light Tuesday as Princeton voters approved a $44.4 million school district budget for 2001-2002, returned two incumbents to office and elected one newcomer to the Princeton Regional Board of Education.    The budget was approved 1,102 to 433, a 2.5-to-1…

  • Families of survivors to speak at Holocaust observance

    The annual Yom Hashoa Ho­locaust-observance program will be held in Monroe Township High School’s auditorium 1:30 p.m. Sunday. By:Al Wicklund MONROE – The child of Holocaust survivors will share remembrances Sunday of his parents and what they survived. The annual Yom Hashoa Ho­locaust-observance program will be held in Monroe Township High School’s auditorium 1:30 p.m.…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Taking a trip through Scotland

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Our columnist reflects on current happenings in Cranbury. By: Lorraine Sedor    Tomorrow is the big day in the Evans/Brainerd neighborhood, where dozens of families will be setting out their wares for the annual Evans Tract yard sale.    The sale officially begins at 8 a.m. rain or shine but, as a…

  • Montgomery panel considers longer deer season

    The Environmental Commission is leaning toward a community hunt. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The Township Environmental Commission this week discussed safety issues surrounding an expanded community hunt and recommendations for a deer-management report it plans to submit to the Township Committee.    The report would urge the township to take action to deal with its…

  • Outdoor arts program makes move

    Rather than have artists meet in Village Park at the gazebo as has been done the past two years for the annual Art in the Park events, the Cranbury Arts Council wants artists to paint Brainerd Lake from Memorial Park, on the lake’s western tip, near the firehouse By:Brian Shappell    Budding artists participating in this…

  • Scottish travel presentation

    Thursday, April 26 At 7:30 p.m. Bart Jackson, local travel writer will present a program on the wild Scottish Highlands at the Cranbury Public Library. He will also give travel advice from his recent book "Bumming Abroad." The program is free. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call the library at (609) 655-0555.

  • 4-H Camp Open House

    Sunday, April 29 From 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp, there will be an open house in preparation for 4-H sleep-away Summer Camp. The camp runs for six consecutive weeks from July 2 through Aug. 12. For more information or directions, contact the 4-H camp office at (973) 948-3550…