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  • Teachers, district strike deal

    The contract, retroactive to July 1, was finally ratified Monday by the board after being approved by the teachers’ union last week. Forty percent of the district’s teachers voted against the deal. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The Board of Education and the Monroe Township Education Association agreed earlier this week on a new contract…

  • Ice-skating rinks get board approval

    The Monroe Skating Center was approved by the Planning Board and may be open for use by the fall. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — A two-rink center for ice-skating and roller-skating was approved by the Planning Board March 8 and could be in operation by the fall.    To be called the Monroe Skating Center, the…

  • Town’s move to seize land is overturned

    Monroe’s attempt to use eminent domain to obtain three lots was overturned by the state Appellate Court. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The township cannot use eminent domain — government seizure of land for public good — to take three residential lots at the corner of Half Acre and Prospect Plains roads, a state Appellate…

  • Carolina ends PU season

    Persia-led second-half run not enough for Tiger men in NCAA tournament By: Kirsten Feil NEW ORLEANS — There were moments in the 2000-2001 season when the Princeton University men’s basketball team didn’t know where they’d be on March 16th. But Friday the 15th-seeded Tigers showed up in the Louisiana Superdome for a NCAA tournament South…

  • Two generations bond through music

    Second-graders from the Drew School entertained senior citizens at the St. James Village retirement residence this week. By: Michael Arges    "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye!" "Oklahoma!" and "Sentimental Journey" were among the classic tunes that Drew School second-graders shared with residents at St. James Village retirement residence Tuesday afternoon.    "Of all the things I do at…

  • Peddie heads to Florida for an early start

    BASEBALL: Thirteen Falcons headed for Florida for their team’s annual spring break trip. By: Neil Hay    It’s time to take out the bats, balls, and gloves again.    The winter sports season is as fresh as yesterday’s newspaper. And nobody can rule out another snow storm before spring makes a triumphant return.    But even though the…

  • Officials say no health hazard in river

    Jargowsky: Clean-up of gas components in Toms River in Millstone needed to prevent further problems. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — A Monmouth County Board of Health test has revealed traces of a gasoline component in the Toms River here, but officials said it doesn’t constitute a public health hazard.    Lester Jargowsky, the county health…

  • Inspiration goes both ways for author and teen

    Princeton High School student’s life could be the plot of one of Tamora Pierce’s novels. By: Jeff Milgram    She has the heart of a warrior, the imagination of a Homer but legs that won’t carry her without the help of a walker.    Emily Littman is 16, an age when most teen-agers work feverishly to fit…

  • Twin Rivers Pharmacy a fixture for 29 years

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor:    And so progress comes to Twin Rivers. A CVS is coming! At last a place you can buy your dogfood and snowshovel, a new tire and your fuel additives … At last!    Of course, it’s not a food store … Well, not a real food store at any…