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  • Beth El plans Jewish culture celebration

    Members of the synagogue are providing the main initiative for the event, which is being celebrated for the first time. It will be held April 29 at WW-P North High School. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Famed Jewish folk singer and songwriter Debbie Friedman will join headline acts Pharaoh’s Daughter, the Strauss/Warschauer Klezmer Duo…

  • Commission wants Coventry Farms to be preserved

    The Winant property should be preserved for open-space purposes, according to the Princeton Environmental Commission. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Environmental Commission is urging local authorities to consider preserving Coventry Farms, one of the last remaining parcels of open space in Princeton Township.    The commission, which met Wednesday, unanimously decided to send a letter to…

  • String ensemble performance

    Saturday, May 5 At 7:30 p.m., the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Comission will present the Claring Festival Players, a group including five stringed instrument musicians and a pianist. The ensemble will perform music by Mozart and Janacek, and Schubert’s "The Trout" at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts at Monroe Township High…

  • Manville boys’ track breaks into win column

    Gilmore ignites victory over Brearley By: Rudy Brandl        Ryan Gilmore showed the kind of firepower and intensity that made him a force last spring during Thursday’s track meet at Manville High.    The MHS junior won three events to lead his team to a 75-51 victory over David Brearley. While Gilmore won the 400 intermediate…

  • Local officials prepare for legislative shift

    East Windsor and Hightstown are slated to move to the state’s 12th Legislative District under the new alignment approved by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. By: Michael Arges and T.J. Furman    Officials from Hightstown and East Windsor are saying similar things this week concerning the two towns’ possible move from the state’s 14th Legislative District to…

  • Preschoolers learn safety

    Cranbury Police visit the Cranbury Presbyterian Nursery School By: Casha Caponegro    Harrison Coffee stared in shock as the cold, metal handcuff encircled his tiny, right wrist. At the other end of the handcuff stood his teacher, Dorothy Klotzbeacher. He heard the loud click, indicating that the handcuff was locked and he was trapped, shackled to…

  • Hungry HHS softballers feast on Peddie

    McKee busts out at bat, Lavoie guns them down By: Rudy Brandl        Cheryl Iaione hopes her Hillsborough High softball team comes out as hungry and fired-up to play every day like it did in Monday afternoon’s home game against Peddie.    The Raiders, who hadn’t played in nine days since three games were washed out…

  • Ordinance on underage drinking delayed

    The measure to allow police to enter private property will be considered in the fall. By: Jennifer Potash        A proposed ordinance that would permit Princeton Borough police to cite underage drinkers on private property has been tabled until the fall.    The Public Safety Committee of the Borough Council had recommended the ordinance be discussed…

  • Joseph D’Agostino

    DOVER, Del. — Joseph D’Agostino Sr. died Tuesday, April 17, at Kent General Hospital.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime resident of Hopewell Township before moving to Delaware.    Mr. D’Agostino had been a labor foreman with Local 369, Trenton.    He was a member of St. Alphonsus Church, Hopewell, where he was an usher, member…