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  • Study sees traffic gridlock in region’s future

    Traffic on local roads will almost triple by 2020, according to a recent study. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — Traffic on local roadways will almost triple by 2020, according to a traffic study delivered Friday at the seventh meeting of the Central Jersey Transportation Forum.    The forum, held at the Sarnoff Corp., is…

  • Enthusiasm won’t wilt at a torrid Jungle Fete

    Annual day of fun benefits Medical Center at Princeton By: Jane Karlicek    The theme matched the day at The Medical Center at Princeton’s Fete 2000 — It’s a Jungle Out There.    With temperatures soaring into the 90s Saturday, it was a sunglasses and sunscreen day as area residents enjoyed all the hospital’s annual Fete had…

  • Schoenfeld wins Fete 10k

    Montgomery grad easily tops field By: Justin Feil    Mark Schoenfeld has only a few races on his calendar that he tries to run. The rest of the races he registers for are spur of the moment.    About a week ago, Schoenfeld decided that the 23rd Annual June Fete 10k would be one that he would…

  • Schools referendum decision put off until July

    Meanwhile, kindergarten sign-ups skyrocketing By: John Tredrea    With a board vote on the matter expected in less than a month, the Hopewell Valley Regional school board is in the home stretch of deciding whether to put a major construction bond proposal before the voters in a referendum this fall.    Plans originally were to make decisions…

  • Getting intimate with nature

    Photographer Barbara Bosworth’s panoramic scenes of wilderness, on view at Princeton University’s Art Museum through Sept. 3, are inhabited with human details By:Ilene Dube    Knowing nothing about the photographer or the intent of her work, a visitor wandering through Barbara Bosworth’s exhibit at the Art Museum at Princeton University finds herself lured by a photograph…

  • High school neighbors rage over student drivers

    At area high schools student drivers are at war with neighbors living on nearby streets. By: Jeff Milgram    Ever since the days of the Andy Hardy movies, few things have been more American than a teen-ager driving to school and then going out for a burger and a malt after classes.    That was then, this…

  • Montgomery consultant looks at schools from both sides now

    Ferguson also will serve as interim superintendent in Lawrence By: Jeff Milgram    Choosing a good permanent school superintendent is a lot different from hiring an interim school chief, says Judith A. Ferguson.    She ought to know.    On May 31, the Montgomery Township resident was hired as a consultant to organize a search for a permanent…

  • Olympic gold medalist Dixon starts Fete race

    By: Justin Feil    Diane Dixon spent some of her most successful running days on the indoor track at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym.    A 1984 Olympic gold medallist in the 4×400 relay for the United States, Dixon was accustomed to finishing first at the Tigers’ track in the old Metropolitan Athletic Congress meets.    Saturday she made…

  • New Montgomery High School has big price tag

    The school system starts gearing up for a $66.9 million referendum. By: David Dankwa    MONTGOMERY— A high school building referendum slated for September may come with a $66.9 million price tag.    Architect James Morton, who is in charge of designing the proposed school at the site of the Lloyd McCorkle Training School, said at a…