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  • Changes may delay school parking plan

    The Township Committee is nearing a consensus on the landscaping concept for a school and municipal parking lot, but proposed changes to the plan could delay the project’s completion. By:Brian Shappell         The Township Committee is nearing a consensus on the landscaping concept for a school and municipal parking lot, but proposed changes to…

  • EDITORIAL: MOM line fate was governor’s responsibility

    By: The governor should have made the call herself.    Instead, state Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, acting as governor while Gov. Christie Whitman is in Pennsylvania at the National Governor’s Association Conference, put pen to paper, officially adding a central New Jersey rail line to the Circle of Mobility.    The bill essentially opens way for NJ…

  • Etra Park concert promises musical enjoyment for all

    By: Michael Arges        "We like to call it ‘old juke box music’" said Lew Wright as he described the mix of traditional country, blue grass and oldies music that his band will play in a free concert sponsored by East Windsor Township at the Etra Lake Park bandstand, 7 p.m. Wednesday.    The Lew Wright…

  • Hillsborough man charged with robbery

    Robins Road man allegedly held up gas station By:David Learn      Authorities have charged a Robins Road man with the Wednesday afternoon robbery of a gas station on Route 206 South.      Arthur Dobrowolski, 20, and an accomplice allegedly robbed an Amoco gas station of about $400 at gunpoint at 2:22 p.m. The…

  • Jack Peck

    Was active in politics and church By: Staff     EAST WINDSOR – Jack Peck, 59, died Monday at home.    He lived in Middletown Township fo 12 years before moving to East Windsor.    He worked in telecommunications at Rolm IBM, Bristol, Pa.    Mr. Peck was a past Middletown Township Committeeman and was a member of New…

  • West Windsor 12s’ defense disappoints

    By: Justin Feil    FLORENCE – The West Windsor 12-year-old all-star team didn’t go out of the District 12 Little League tournament without a fight.    But unfortunately the struggle was more with itself than its Monday losers’ bracket opponent, Florence. Like the scene from "Me, Myself and Irene" when Jim Carrey’s character wrestles between his two…

  • Better Beginnings’ Penny drive beats summer doldrums

    Tally reaches more than 1,220,000 pennies contributed By: Bettie Witherspoon    Sparked by a collection of coins from friends at the Herald, Better Beginnings’ penny collection has found new life. Maybe it was just the summer doldrums.    In any case, another mighty boost was then given when Dennis McClary, the friend who sent in buckets of…

  • First Aid Squad sponsors blood drive

    By: Staff    The Hightstown First Aid Squad and the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the squad building, 168 Bank St. Anyone who donates blood will receive a coupon for a free Rita’s Water Ice, a discount coupon and a free coffee coupon from Border’s Books…

  • DISPATCHES: Our vote, beliefs need strong connection

    By:Hank Kalet “The only way to throw your vote away is to cast it for somebody you don’t really want, and then get him.” — Norman Thomas, 1932 Socialist Party candidate for president     I’ve never been a fan of Bill Clinton, but I voted for him in 1992.     I had no illusions. I…