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  • Princeton Little Leaguers still alive

    Hitting comes around in win over Millstone By: Justin Feil    After a rough start to the District 12 Little League baseball tournament, the Princeton 12-year-old all-star team started gaining confidence in the losers’ bracket.    Princeton was shut out in its opener against Bordentown, but the bats sparked to life Wednesday in its 13-3 win over…

  • Cramped quarters at Scarborough causing frustration

    By: Michael Arges        "They can’t build it fast enough for us!" said Mollie Blumenthal, of Twin Rivers Drive, about the new seniors’ center building planned for the Lanning Boulevard extension.    Interviews with a few participants at the present center suggest that local seniors are eagerly anticipating the new seniors’ center for East Windsor and…

  • Marion Jantz

    Enjoyed making miniature crafts By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Marion D. Diefenbach Jantz, 80, of Hightstown passed away June 30 at the Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.    She was born in Cranbury Township and a lifelong resident of Hightstown.    She was employed as a glass blower by Electro Mechanical Research, Princeton Junction. She was a collector…

  • EDITORIAL: Keeping public records public

    By:    In 1973, at the height of the Watergate scandal, Brendan Byrne ran for governor of New Jersey promising “government under glass” — a series of reforms aimed at moving the process of doing the public’s business out of smoke-filled rooms and into the public arena.    To that end, one of Gov. Byrne’s first actions…

  • C-P wins with one in District 12 opener

    By:Justin Feil    It could have been a highly rated episode of CBS’ “Survivor” show.    Friends battle it out to see who stays another day and who gets sent home.    In Sunday’s opening round of the District 12 Little League tournament Sunday, West Windsor and Cranbury-Plainsboro — two teams very familiar with each other — put…

  • Court Jester owner Jeffrey Jones dead at 52

    Was active in Freehold and HIghtstown business groups,and a founder of the Greater East Windsor/Hightstown Improvement Project By: Mark Moffa        FREEHOLD – Jeffrey Jones, founding co-owner of the Court Jester restaurants in Hightstown, Freehold, and Aberdeen, died Sunday at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold at the age of 52.    According to Michael Page, his…

  • Monmouth groups join fight against rail line

    A proposed rail line through central New Jersey seems to have less support than once purported, and opposition to the rail line appears to be on the rise. By:Matthew Armstrong         A proposed rail line through central New Jersey seems to have less support than once purported, and opposition to the rail line appears…

  • Montgomery considers deer control plan

    A committee has been proposed to study deer management alternatives. By: David Dankwa    MONTGOMERY – The Township Committee plans to take full advantage of the bill recently signed into law by Gov. Christie Whitman that allows municipalities to seek waivers to state hunting regulations and develop their own deer-management programs.    Committeewoman Ali Henkel on Thursday…

  • Proposed bike path would link open space in township parks

    Path for walking, running or biking in Woods Road Park under consideration By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Bicyclists and walkers may soon be able to look forward to a new scenic route through East Windsor’s open spaces.    The Township Council is exploring the possibility of a bikeway linking Woods Road near the Berwick…