Category: archives

  • Princeton looks to reduce number of minorities in special ed

    Plan expected to be introduced June 27 By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional School District would reduce the number of minority students in special education by 15 percent over three years under a new Multi-Year Equity Plan expected to be introduced at the June 27 school board meeting.    But some of the reduction would come…

  • Trauma, addiction programs lead women on road to abstinence

    COLUMN: HEALTH MATTERS By: Diane Altman    Trauma is defined as a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury. While it may take only one sentence to define it, it often takes a lifetime to deal with its effects.    Some experiences that result in trauma include rape, domestic violence,…

  • Ghana visit’s mission is AIDS awareness

    Three university students will work to combat spread of disease By: David Dankwa    Three Princeton University students will leave on a two-month mission next week to Ghana, West Africa to promote awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the small fishing village of Komenda.    Armed with facts, scientific data and educational training — all provided by…

  • Letters to the editor

    Township should celebrate the band To the editor:    Here in South Brunswick we often celebrate our wonderful sport teams. Throughout this year I have enjoyed reading about the success that all our teams have accomplished, but have noticed that the South Brunswick Marching Band and Winterguard, both recognized as sports throughout the nation, have received…

  • Crossroads students learn and earn in banking project

    Program teaches students how to write checks, fill out a deposit slip, and keep track of their withdrawals and deposits in their checkbook register. By: Venecia A. Thompson    At Crossroads Middle School in Monmouth Junction, Jennifer Camm, an eighth-grader in the school’s Omega Unit, earned money for creating a brochure detailing an upcoming class trip.…

  • PHS grads gear up for Bicycle Challenge

    Cross-country trek starts June 3 to benefit Habitat for Humanity By: Jane Karlicek    Two Princeton High School graduates are about to pedal their way across the country this summer, all in the name of Habitat for Humanity.    Laura Feiveson, 20, and Katie Wepplo, 22, plan to cover 4,000 miles of back country roads starting June…

  • Fire and Rescue

    Fire and Rescue Applegarth Fire Dept. Monroe Township Fire District No. 2 130 Applegarth Road Hightstown, NJ 08520 Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (609) 448-5555 Fax: (609)-448-7968 Central Monroe Fire Co. Fire District No. 3 359 Schoolhouse Road Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Emergency: 911 Non-emergency: (908) 521-3498 Fax: (908) 521-2203 Cranbury Fire Co. 2 S. Main St. Cranbury,…

  • Aid available for farmers hurt in drought of 1999

    By:Brian Shappell    It wasn’t exactly the dust bowl, but last year’s drought did serious damage to thefinancial stability of the agricultural community, both locally and nationally.    In response both state and federal assistance has been made available to farmers to try to ease the financial burden that ensued from severe drought conditions last summer. Farmers…

  • Woodland band recruits new musicians

    By:Al Wicklund   MONROE — The Applegarth Middle School Jazz Band filled the Woodland School gymnasium with up-tempo music Tuesday.    The band gave an audience of elementary-school musicians, seated on the gym floor, an idea of what awaits them when they enter seventh grade.    The concert, given by some 20 Applegarth seventh- and eighth-graders, is one…