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  • Teachers union, school districtreach contract agreement

    By:Michael Arges        A "long, hot summer" of negotiations reached its final culmination on Nov. 6 as the East Windsor Regional School District and the district’s teachers ratified their new contract.    The three-year agreement ensures that no school will be lost his year because of contract disputes.    "We think it was a fair contract," commented…

  • HHS players present Agatha Christie murder mystery

    "Mum’s the word" for the audience at Thursday night’s opening performance of the Hightstown High School fall production, "Murder at the Vicarage." By:Michael Arges        The silent treatment is also in effect for the cast and crew of the Agatha Christie mystery until after its final performances Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in…

  • Loss to Lenape ends season for WW-PS girls

    Pirate soccer will miss 10 seniors By: Bob Nuse    MOORESTOWN – As much as West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ soccer coach Chris Miller was disappointed that her team lost Tuesday’s Group IV state semifinal to Lenape, she was more upset that it meant the end of the line for 10 seniors she has grown very…

  • Another potential bump: the faithless elector

    University panel examines presidential election By: Jeff Milgram    If butterfly ballots and pregnant chads weren’t enough to make this year’s presidential election too close to call, just wait until you see what a "faithless elector" can do.    Faithless electors – and it might only take a few if the electoral vote is close – could…

  • Deli reopens one year after fire

    By: John Patten        EAST WINDSOR – Exactly one year ago today, a fire broke out in the Get Smart Hairquarters at 3:06 in the afternoon. After the fire was extinguished by local volunteer firefighters, three businesses were forced to close because of the fire’s damage.    On Monday morning, two of the three businesses in…

  • Ruth Schwalbe Agress

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Ruth Schwalbe Agress, 80, died Nov. 12 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in New York, she lived in Hightstown for 52 years.    She was a secretary more than 15 years, including eight years with Meadow Lakes, Hightstown.    She is survived by her husband, Louis; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra…

  • Montgomery’s Powell leads U-14 team to state cup

    Move back to defense helps club soccer team, keeps diabetes in control By: Bob Nuse    When he was younger, Jonathan Powell was more of an offensive threat on the soccer field.    These days, the Montgomery resident spends his time keeping others from scoring while he is playing for his club team, the Jackson Raiders.    Of…

  • Wicoff reading scores concern school board

    TerraNova test results lower than rest of district By: Jeff Milgram    Students at the Wicoff Elementary School in Plainsboro can’t spell as well as children in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s other elementary schools.    And while school board President Cheryl Larrier-Jemmot wants to know why, she stopped short of asking district officials to conduct…

  • Fitzsimmons maps out school, reconfiguration plans

    WW-P superintendent lists eight ‘critical tasks’ By: Jeff Milgram    West Windsor-Plainsboro Superintendent John Fitzsimons mapped out his step-by-step plans to implement the district’s elementary grade configuration plan and open the Town Center School in 22 months before the members of the school board Tuesday night.    He listed eight "critical tasks," including personnel, attendance, budget, facilities…