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  • WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: School candidates answer league queries

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Candidates for West Windsor Township —…

  • MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    An ad hoc basketball team of local educators and parents got schooled Friday night at Manville High School as Manville’s Slammin’ Slangs took on the Harlem Wizards.    The game was a community event that pitted the Manville staff and community against six members of the entertaining Wizards team. The…

  • BORDENTOWN: Potts unhittable in opener

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Behind the pitching of Tommy Potts and a lot of offense, the Bordentown High School baseball team defeated Willingboro, 11-1, on Thursday in a game stopped after five innings by the 10-run blowout rule.     Potts pitched four no-hit and scoreless innings. Potts also had a RBI double.    …

  • LAWRENCE: Cardinals start fast on track

    By Rudy Brandl, The Packet Group    With many other sports sidelined due to the inclement weather in the first week of April, the Lawrence High track and field teams got very busy early in the season. The Cardinals competed in their opening tri-meet last Thursday and participated in the first of a series of Saturday…

  • MANVILLE: MYAL readies for April 19 opening day

    BY Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Despite a steadily decreasing roster, the Manville Youth Athletic League (MYAL) is preparing for its opening day April 19 when it will celebrate the start of another season.    ”The numbers have been dropping over the years and we don’t know why,” said Gregg Snyder, president of MYAL. “But we have…

  • MONROE: Local says he can ‘hack it’ in assembly

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — There’s no denying he’s young.    In fact, if 21-year-old Republican primary candidate Brian Hackett succeeds in his bid for an assembly seat in the 14th District, he will be the youngest representative to have been elected to the house in the state’s history.    But wisdom does not always…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates get few queries at forum

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Sandy Matteson, of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, prompted the approximately 20 people attending Monday night’s Board of Education Candidate Forum, asking whether any residents had questions for the three board candidates at the forum.    ”Did the PTA cover all of the issues?” Ms. Matteson asked. “I’m…

  • MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    MANVILLE: Basketball’s Wizards wow crowd

    Ryan Rodriguez reaches for a basketball balanced on a pencil by Harlem Wizards player Swoop Simpson. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • EAST WINDSOR: Tax appeals skyrocket in township

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The number of property tax appeals has skyrocketed in East Windsor this year, mimicking a trend seen throughout Mercer County.    There were 104 appeals filed by property owners in the township before the April 1 deadline; a stark increase from the 15 appeals filed in 2008, according to information supplied…