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  • Locals amazed by Woods’ Open show

    Princeton area standouts rate Tiger’s performance among best ever By: Bob Nuse    It was a performance unlike any before in professional golf.    With the top players in the world gathered at Pebble Beach, Tiger Woods put on a display that may never be matched again. Woods, who each week continues to amaze those in and…

  • PRESS FORUM: HPAC

    Should Cranbury add a rural zone to its historic preservation ordinance? By: Should Cranbury add a rural zone to its historic preservation ordinance?

  • Head to Etra Park July 2 for celebration

    Fourth of July celebration includes music and fireworks By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Fireworks, patriotic music and a park setting are featured in East Windsor’s Independence Day celebration, scheduled for July 2nd in Etra Lake Park.    The evening will begin with concerts at about 6 p.m and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Jerry Rife’s…

  • New high school student lot delayed

    Project proving to be more costly than expected By: Jeff Milgram    The on-again, off-again parking lot at Princeton High School is off again.    At least for now.    The Princeton Regional Board of Education tabled the project Tuesday night after learning that the cost of the 35-space lot will probably exceed the $9,000 appropriated. The school…

  • EDITORIAL:Graduation is the end, but a beginning

    By: Congratulations graduates!    You’ve finished 13 years of school and have successfully navigated the pitfalls of high school — which friends to keep, which clubs or sports to join.    Whether you’re embarking on a career right out of school, getting ready for college, joining the service or taking a year off, it’s important to know…

  • Meeting to review progress on Woods Road Park

    By: Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR — Residents will have a chance Thursday to compare development of the Woods Road Community Park with plans developed with public input. The meeting with members of the Township Recreation Commission and Council is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Elks Club, 110 Hickory Corner Road. Mayor Janice Mironov…

  • Top students get ready for higher education

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Two outstanding students — one bound for Yale University and the other for Drexel — were among the some 230 seniors scheduled to receive their Monroe Township High School diplomas Thursday night.    They also were part of the commencement program, giving the valedictory and salutatory addresses.    Tammer Riad, valedictorian of the…

  • Ex-Yankee visits Monroe to talk baseball

    By: Al Wicklund         MONROE — Allie Clark doesn’t begrudge the Major League players the millions of dollars they’re making today,     “God bless them,” said Mr. Clark, who was getting the minimum $5,000 a year when he became a New York Yankee outfielder in 1947.     “In my day, management said, ‘You take…

  • Hightstown student set for mission in Mexico

    ‘I love being with people and know­ing that maybe something I said helped them.’ Sarah Barrett By: Michael Arges Sixteen-year-old Sarah Barrett will leave Monday to begin her training to spend two weeks as part of a mission team addressing physical and spiritual needs in Mexico this summer. She will be assisting with a variety…