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  • Grant completes senior center funding puzzle

    Township now has commitments equal to anticipated construction costs By:Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Area seniors have a new reason for thanksgiving after last week’s announcement of a $400,000 state grant for the new East Windsor senior center.    The grant is coming from the Small Cities Grant Program of the New Jersey Department of…

  • ‘Unbreakable’

    Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson team up in this enigmatic thriller.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    A year ago, M. Night Shyamalan, the Hindu-American wunderkind, was the toast of Hollywood following the phenomenal debut of The Sixth Sense, his first major feature film. In the interim, he penned the equally successful adaptation of the popular children’s…

  • African choir to perform in Jamesburg

    By: Sara Peters    JAMESBURG — The holiday season also is called the season of giving, a time when people help those whom are less fortunate.    This year, generous hands have an opportunity to reach a little further, and enjoy holiday entertainment at the same time.    The African Children’s Choir, a group of young singers from…

  • HHS football suffers loss in final minute again

    By: Kyle Moylan        When Hightstown High football coach Bruce Broadbent looked to his right, he saw his team’s second win of the season.    When Broadbent looked to his left, however, he saw his team’s season in a microcosm.    All of which, of course, explained the look on Broadbent’s face following his team’s stunning 13-8…

  • Ounce of prevention worth $200,000

    Or at least prevents the theft of equipment worth that much By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – A special security lockout feature installed on a truck’s air brakes apparently foiled an attempt to steal equipment with a reported value of more than $200,000 from Modern Equipment Rentals on Route 130, according to reports from…

  • Borough Council holds off on business zone

    Palmer Square not interested in Special Improvement District. By: Jennifer Potash    While supportive of the idea of a special improvement district for the downtown, the Princeton Borough Council wants more information before introducing an ordinance to create one.    And at least one major downtown landowner, Palmer Square Management, has no interest in the plan.    "I…

  • Marjorie Pisani

    By:Staff    MONROE – Marjorie E. Laughlin Pisani, 79, died Nov. 19 at home.    Born in Patchogue, N.Y., she lived in Sayville, N.Y., and Hightstown before moving to Rossmoor in Monroe Township in 1989.    Mrs. Pisani was a member of the Autumn Club and Antonias, Hightstown, the Emerald Society and Italian American Club, Rossmoor.    She is…

  • State providing money to helpMilford Road rebuilding project

    By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – East Windsor has the funding to begin work to rebuild, straighten and widen the dangerous S-Curve at the southern end of Milford Road near Etra Lake and the intersection with Etra Road.    This week, Mayor Janice Mironov announced a $190,000 grant from the New Jersey Transporation Trust Fund…

  • Police arrest man, two teens in crime spree

    CRANBURY — Prescription bottle in stolen car leads police to car theft suspects. By: Brian Shappell    Police nabbed three suspects in connection with an Oct. 13 crime spree that included two car thefts because one of the suspects allegedly left an empty prescription bottle in one of the cars.    Tahmour T. Siddiqui of Center Street…