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  • HHS girls’ swim team notches first win of season

    Ten first place finishes drown Ewing By:Neil Hay        Ten first places helped the Hightstown High School girls’ swim team splash to its first dual meet win of the season, 113-56 over Ewing at The College of New Jersey pool back on Dec. 19. It was also the first varsity win for new coach John…

  • Only removing Scouts will send message

    By:Lisa Ernst To the editor:    Another bigot comes to light only this time wearing the thin veil of Christian "love."    I must hand it to Ray Koons, though, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of homosexuality being compared to smoking or wearing a seatbelt. That takes real ignorance.    Mr. Koons claims to "love"…

  • Packing up 2 decades of Valley Road memories

    Mildred "Mitzie" Fiumenero, a Princeton Township employee, has plenty of stories to tell after 20 years at the aging Valley Road Build­ing By: David Weinstein    For Princeton Township employees working at the Valley Road Building — where the township’s main offices have been located since October 1980 — 2001 will mark the last new year…

  • Township announces Christmas tree pickup schedule

    Christmas tree pickup in Lawrence will follow the regular brush and yard waste schedule. Brush and yard waste are collected once a month according to the zones established below. Zone 1 – Collection the week containing the first Monday of the month Zone 2 – Collection the week containing the second Monday of the month…

  • SETTING THE AGENDA: Leaders in Monroe and Jamesburg share their goals for 2001

    With the new year just around the corner, everyone sees to getting goals for the next year in order. And, the Monroe and Jamesburg governments, libraries and community groups are no exception. Here is what to expect in 2001 By:Al Wicklund and Nick D’Amore    With the new year just around the corner, everyone sees to…

  • Payments from tax-exempted not adding up

    Donations don’t match Princeton school district’s costs By: Jeff Milgram    Suppose you needed a service that costs $11,000. You are not legally obligated to pay anything, but you want to chip in something, so you give $2,181.    This pretty much sums up the situation between the Princeton Theological Seminary and the Princeton Regional School District.…

  • Search for new superintendent set to begin

    By:Al Wicklund        MONROE — The Board of Education will set up a process for getting a replacement for departing Schools Superintendent Stuart Schnur.    Dr. Schnur accepted the superintendent of school’s job in Montgomery Township last week and is scheduled to start work in that district on March 1.    Monroe board President Susan Cohen said…

  • Committee drops restrictions on new houses of worship

    Months of debate between the township and the Chinmaya Mission, a Hindu spiritual organization, ended quietly Tuesday when the Township Committee let an ordinance, placing new restrictions on houses of worship, die on the table. By:Brian Shappell        Months of debate between the township and the Chinmaya Mission, a Hindu spiritual organization, ended quietly Tuesday…

  • New Choir takes ‘advanced’ route to musicianship

    By:Brian Shappell    Attendees of the Cranbury School’s winter concerts were treated to a brand-new wrinkle in the music program — Mary Mittlestadt’s Advanced Choir.    Judging from their final practice the day before their first show and their assembly performances the following day, the Advanced Choir is certainly an enthusiastic group.    Dec. 13 marked the debut…