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  • A busy first day for Montgomery’s new school chief

    Stuart Schnur hangs up his plaques and diplomas and gets to work. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Stuart Schnur, the new superintendent of schools, started his first day in Montgomery on Thursday by hanging up plaques of achievement and other mementos from his years of work in several other school districts.    While decorating his new…

  • Peddie keeps improving

    GIRLS BASKETBALL: Year after year, the Falcons have clearly shown themselves to be the state’s best prep team. By: Neil Hay    Within the remarkable run of five consecutive state Prep A Championships is the fact that each Peddie girls basketball team, in each season, should be looked at as a separate entity with its own…

  • Teachers and district close to agreement

    MONROE — An agreement between negotiators, reached in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, is two steps away from becoming a three-year contract between the Monroe Board of Education and the Monroe Township Education Association. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — An agreement between negotiators, reached in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, is two steps away…

  • Homeowners vow suit over flawed stucco

    About 30 Cherry Valley Country Club residents gathered in a neighbor’s home with lawyers to discuss their options concerning the construction of their houses. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Residents in the Cherry Valley Country Club community are planning to sue developer DKM for structural damage they say resulted from a synthetic stucco product applied…

  • A visit to the wilderness of Alaska

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Alaska is a big state. It’s a wonderful place to visit in summer, definitely not in winter. Also, it’s a good place for those who don’t care for crowds.    Paul Haller, the Senior Center’s premier armchair traveler, shared that information with his audience during a photo-slide and talk program on Alaska…

  • Council hires Cornerstone Architectureto develop community center choices

    The borough will study the feasibility of building a community center next to the borough library or at another site. By: Eric Schwarz    The Borough Council on Monday hired Cornerstone Architectural Group of South Plainfield for $8,400 over the objection of Council President Stanley Jasiak, who called the study "jumping the gun."    "I thought we…

  • PU hoops begins Ivy ‘tourney’ tonight at Yale

    Four teams set to fight for league championship By: Justin Feil    Glen Miller and James Jones agree. This season has been good — no, make that great — for the Ivy League.    Brown, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale — the four top teams in the conference — will all meet each other over the next six…

  • Peddie boys place second at Easterns

    BOYS SWIMMING: Coach Chuck Batchelor was initially disappointed, but later realized his team swam its best and outperformed last year’s squad. By: Neil Hay    Standing on the deck at Lehigh University last weekend, with the final scores showing that his Peddie boys swim team had finished second at the Eastern Invitational swimming championships, coach Chuck…

  • A good time to look at women’s history

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Kathleen Krull’s new book makes the point that history has not been kind to women — and does so in a witty way.    March is Women’s History Month — for good reason. History has not been kind to women. Kathleen Krull’s new book makes this point in a witty way.…