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  • Post 401 gearing up for stretch drive

    By:Frankie Richards         Despite having lost five of its last seven games, the South Brunswick American Legion baseball team is primed for a run at first place.     With a deep pitching staff and eight games in the next seven days, Post 401 goes to the post with the odds in its favor.    …

  • Legislation could give control over mines to state

    State legislators this fall will consider legislation that would shift authority to regulate quarries and mines from municipalities to the state. By:Al Wicklund and David Weinstein    MONROE — State legislators this fall will consider legislation that would shift authority to regulate quarries and mines from municipalities to the state.    The Mine Safety and Minerals Resource…

  • Speed limit display concerns police

    Old Trenton Road extension awaits state OK By: Brian Shappell    Police Chief Harry Kleinkauf is concerned that not having an offical speed limit on the Old Trenton Road extension could endanger residents.    He said this week drivers are allowed to travel 50 mph in non-residential zones until an official limit is set.    That speed is…

  • Manning has Olympic goal

    The 1999 Princeton grad is hoping for an Olympic berth in the javelin By: Justin Feil    If it were any other time of the year, Rob Manning would just take two or three months off from training.    But with the start of the United States Olympic Trials a week away, the 1999 Princeton University graduate…

  • Fixing the energy bill is a summer priority

    Area legislators will be trying to drum up needed support this summer to change the state energy deregulation law. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Area legislators will be trying to drum up needed support this summer to change the state energy deregulation law.    The change would amend existing deregulation legislation to allow municipalities access to mailing…

  • 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…