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  • It’s beginning to look like Christmas

    Montgomery Holiday Home Tour set for Thursday and Friday By: Lynn Adams Smith border="1" align="center" width="254" height="350" alt="Carol Hensen gets ready for the holidays in her kitchen at Trevanna Farms"> size="-1" color="black"> Carol Hensen gets ready for the holidays in her kitchen at Trevanna Farms Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski    The spirit of Christmas will…

  • PU football ends season with shootout loss

    Tigers can’t stop Smith, Dartmouth offense in 42-37 defeat By: Justin Feil    In the highest scoring game in Princeton – Dartmouth series history, the Tigers couldn’t get the ball back for one last drive that could have produced the eighth lead change of the day.    Instead, the Big Green’s junior quarterback Greg Smith rolled out…

  • Man dies while in police custody

    MONROE — Law enforcement officials have not identified why a man pepper sprayed by police died on the way to the hospital Monday. By:Al Wicklund         MONROE — Law enforcement officials have not identified why a man pepper sprayed by police died on the way to the hospital Monday.     The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s…

  • Vaccine shortage causes shut down of flu clinics

    State-contracted supplier did not produce enough of the vaccine, causing 13 community vaccination clinics to temporarily close. By: Brian Shappell    Demand for flu vaccinations has been on the rise this year, though there’s a serious problem – there is not a large enough supply of vaccine to accommodate everyone.    The state-contracted supplier of the flu…

  • Raider run game wears down Piscataway

    Phillips dominates on ground with 161 yards By: Rudy Brandl        PISCATAWAY – When a talented running back punishes tacklers after a tough offensive line opens big holes, it usually spells trouble for the opposing team.    The Hillsborough High football team used that powerful recipe all day and mixed in just enough passing to pound…

  • West Windsor residents promise to fightOld Trenton Road warehouse rezoning plan

    Neighbors want warehouse plan to ship out By:Jeff Milgram        WEST WINDSOR – About 100 residents, some carrying signs that read "Stop Rezoning," came to the Township Council meeting Monday night to speak out against a plan to build a 1.06-million-square-foot warehouse/office complex on the 170-acre Baker Farm site, south of Route 571 on Old…

  • Mediator named for teacher contract talks

    By:Al Wicklund br>   MONROE — The Monroe Township School District and the Monroe Teachers Education Association are going to get some help working on a new three-year contract for district teachers.    A state mediator has been appointed by the Public Employment Relations Commission for mediation sessions, if needed, and the board and the MTEA will resume…

  • Giving thanks as important as giving gifts

    PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein    It probably won’t occur to you when you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner next Thursday that you will kick off the unofficial beginning of the Holiday gift-giving season.    You know that we have come to accept the concept that summer unofficially stretches from Memorial Day to Labor Day, despite…

  • Manville gains second football victory

    Conti, special teams each score twice in win over St. Mary’s By: Shawn Tyrrell        SOUTH AMBOY – This is the way it is supposed to be.    Saturday’s Central Jersey Group 1 consolation game between Manville and St. Mary’s of South Amboy at Raritan Bay Park was about as equal as it gets. Both teams…