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  • HHS boys’ basketball making needed changes

    Solid play in summer and fall seasonsbodes well for winter action By:Kyle Moylan        The Hightstown High School boys’ basketball graduated almost all of its starters from last season’s Mercer County championship basketball team. While Hightstown doesn’t have many starters back, it does have a group of players who have seen what it takes to…

  • Superintendent finalist picked in Montgomery

    Monroe superintendent eyed for top position. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Monroe Township Superintendent of Schools Stuart Schnur appears to be the lone finalist in the township Board of Education’s search for a new superintendent.    Dr. Schnur confirmed at Wednesday night’s school board meeting in Monroe that he is one of the leading candidates for…

  • Planners map open space for Master Plan

    CRANBURY — Planning Board adopted plan last week to map present and possible open space and preserved farmland. By: Brian Shappell    The Planning Board adopted a plan last week that maps the locations of all present and possible open space and preserved farmland and calls for zoning changes in areas east of Route 130.    The…

  • Marshall-Parr scores 43 for PDS

    Senior leads Panther girls’ basketball team to easy win By: Bob Nuse    As a transfer to Princeton Day School a year ago, Christina Marshall-Parr joined the basketball team and immediately became the leading scorer on a senior-dominated team.    This year, the native of San Diego is still the Panthers’ leading scorer. However, this year she’s…

  • Peddie girls’ basketball on the wayto another championship season

    By:Neil Hay        Unwilling to rest on their laurels, the Peddie School girls’ basketball team is on a mission that could bring the school more success.    Last season was a banner one for the Falcons. No pun intended. Coach Sean Casey’s cagers won just about everything that was not nailed down. En route to a…

  • Dumb laws in New Jersey

    Laugh all you want, but you better not do it. Dumb Laws in New Jersey It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer. If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for…

  • Local groups offer many Hanukkah events

    By:Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of the Jews over their Greek-Syrian overlords and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple. It also commemorates the miracle that a small quantity of oil in the temple burned for eight days, until new supplies could be brought from afar.    Hanukkah…

  • Borough to lose parking lot

    YMCA, YWCA come forward with garage proposal By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough will lose a parking lot next year, but could pick up an additional parking garage in the future.    St. Paul Roman Catholic Church recently informed the borough it will discontinue the lease of its 43-meter lot on Moore Street at the end of…

  • Witnesses to history: Family gets up-close view of election

    By: Sara Peters    Rick Bichsel of Cranbury is not a professional political analyst.    Nonetheless, a number of reporters asked for his prediction of the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the Florida court’s decision to allow a recount of the presidential vote would stand.    Mr. Bichsel answered reporters’ questions as he walked down the marble steps…