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  • William Ziegler

       William R. Ziegler Jr., 80, died Monday, May 8, at home.    He was born in Boston, Mass., and lived in Kendall Park for many years. He graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, with a bachelor’s degree in English. He retired in 1983 after 37 years as program director of the Boy Scouts of America National Council-North…

  • West Windsor to appeal ruling favoring Toll

    The township will appeal a recent ruling that paves the way for Toll Brothers to begin final site plan work on Estates at Princeton Junction. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The township will appeal the recent ruling issued by a Superior Court judge that opens the way for Toll Brothers to begin final…

  • Memories will linger as Cohen leaves PU

    Softball coach heading to Rochester By: Justin Feil    Cindy Cohen hasn’t stopped doing her job even though she’s decided to leave Princeton University after 18 years as the head softball coach.    It will be hard enough for the 43-year-old to walk away from Old Nassau on July 7, 10 days before she heads north to…

  • Artist’s route takes her to Village Park

    By:Brian Shappell    Lisa Walsh’s palette of life has been anything but a dull black-and-white — it’s been an ever changing, colorful landscape.    Ms. Walsh will be the featured guest artist at Art in the Park this weekend, the first of five to be held this summer. This will be the second time in the two…

  • EDITORIAL:Possum Hollow must serve Jamesburg, too

        A one-lane tunnel beneath the train tracks on Possum Hollow Road in Monroe is a safety problem in need of a solution.    The solution, according to Monroe, should be to permanently close the tunnel to through traffic. Unfortunately, that solution may bring its own series of problems.    The road connects Forsgate Drive in Monroe near…

  • Public Schools

    Public Schools MONTGOMERY Montgomery Township Board of Education 405 Burnt Hill Road Skillman, NJ 08558-9406 (908) 874-5200 Fax: (908) 874-6212 Students from: Montgomery, Rocky Hill Students in District: 3,100 Superintendent: (908) 874-5201 School board members: Susan Edwards, Susan Carter, William Hyncik Jr., Douglas Kling, James Logothetis, Reginald Luke and Linda Romano Meetings: Second and fourth…

  • Is ‘computer litaracy’ an oxymoron?

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    Clifford Stoll is a self-professed “propeller-head.” He has been intimately connected to computers since the 1960s.    An astronomer by training and profession, he commands banks of computers. He made his name as an author in the mid-1980s with “Cuckoo’s Egg,” a riveting account of his experiences tracking an international computer…

  • Pennington water tower off-line

    Children have day of fun during pump-out By:John Tredrea        More than the dominant feature of the Pennington skyline, the borough’s water tower arguably is the skyline.    Well over 100 feet tall and built at, or very close to, the highest point in the borough above sea level, the mammoth structure stands in the municipal…