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  • New ‘hot rod’ in high demand

    ‘We have a salesman who’s been here for 30 years and he’s never seen anything like it.’ Richard Zimmer Coleman-Main Line Chrysler-Plymouth By: John Patten        EAST WINDSOR – Ken Gossard works at M&M Quality Automotive on Route 130, but he may be one of Coleman-Main Line Chrysler-Plymouth’s best salesmen.    Especially when he parks his…

  • WW-P to consider a new grade scheme

    Back to three options for reconfiguring elementary schools By: David M. Campbell    The West Windsor-Plainsboro School District is back to three options for reconfiguring its elementary school grades.    On July 11, the school board voted 9-0 in favor of a resolution to hire district architect David Faridy, at a cost of $37,500, to draft two…

  • WW 13s drop Section 3 banner

    District 12 champions run out of comebacks By: Justin Feil    West Windsor had made a habit of coming back – first to win the District 12 crown, and then to move through the Section 3 Junior Softball winners’ bracket.    But in the Section 3 championship on Tuesday, unfortunately for them, the 13-year-olds kicked that habit…

  • New security plans keep schools accessible to community groups’ use

    By: Michael Arges        Hiring a weekend security guard is one of the measures passed by the East Windsor Regional School Board in an attempt to ensure security without restricting outside groups’ after school access to school buildings and grounds.    The plans state that if these new measures fail to address security concerns, then the…

  • VETERANS SCRAPBOOK: An ocean view of World War II

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Early in World War II, Lou Schindel, now of Monroe Village, trained as a United States naval officer candidate on a Danish sailing ship in Long Island Sound.    Before the war ended, he had exchanged the charm of a tall-masted vessel for the lesser charms of life aboard the USS Sweetbrier,…

  • Students get one-on-one science mentoring

    Teens learning to love learning By: Jeff Milgram    So far this summer, six Princeton High School students have spent their vacations studying diatoms, semiconductors, drug-resistant bacteria and biomaterials.    It may not sound like fun to everyone, but what the teen-agers were really doing is learning to love learning, according to Maureen Quinn, New Jersey project…

  • Council begins parking meter fee discussions

    A proposal to raise some rates, lower other, comes under scrutiny. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council this week began the tough task of balancing the interests of local merchants who oppose increased parking meter rates and enforcement hours with those of residents who want taxes kept low.    The council on Tuesday discussed Borough…

  • Elizabeth Cortright

    Lived in Hightstown since 1994 By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Elizabeth Rawlings Cortright, 73, died July 22 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township.    Born in Perth Amboy, she lived in Metuchen most of her life before moving to Hightstown in 1994.    She was a member of St. Francis Cathedral, Metuchen, and Hightstown Senior Citizens.    She is…

  • Hotel agrees to open-space fee

    Guests can support land preservation in West Windsor By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – AmeriSuites hotel, on Route 1, will soon implement a voluntary room charge for open-space preservation, according to Councilman Charles Morgan.    If guest response is favorable, Mr. Morgan said, the 124-room hotel could generate as much as $127,700 annually toward open-space…