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  • Plea lessens charges for former MTHS teacher

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE –— A former Monroe Township High School teacher and assistant basketball coach pleaded guilty to reduced charges of harassment by offensive touching in a Middlesex County court room April 17 after her victim gave contradicting statements to prosecutors.    Police arrested Victoria Blevins, 23, of Robbinsville, in October on charges…

  • Rue re-elected school board president

    By Davy James    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Board of Education elected Joan Rue to continue as president. Joan Weidner was selected to serve as vice president, replacing Elizabeth Silverman, who chose not to seek re-election to the school board.    ”I’m honored to be selected to be in this position,” Ms. Weidner said. “I have tough…

  • Antellis chosen as school board leader

    By Davy James    MONROE — The Board of Education tabbed Amy Antellis to succeed Kathy Kolupanowich as school board president and re-elected Lew Kaufman as vice president at Wednesday’s board meeting.    Ms. Antellis was elected president after being nominated by Ms. Kolupanowich, who was re-elected to the board in last week’s election, along with incumbent…

  • Shovels break ground for Monroe’s new high school

       MONROE — It was a long and difficult journey, but after years of hard work the first step in the construction process of the new Monroe High School was taken on April 18 at the official groundbreaking in Thompson Park.    ”It was a really wonderful day for Monroe and the culmination of a lot of…

  • Post forum: Budget

    What kind of cuts should the Township Council make in the defeated school budget?

  • Monroe man charged as spy

    Allegedly provided Israeli government with weapons information By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A World War II veteran and active member of the community has been arrested by the FBI and charged in connection with espionage activities.    Ben-Ami Kadish, 84, a 13-year Monroe resident who lives in The Ponds, has been charged by the…

  • Rubber Ducky Race offered

       The Lambertville Area Education Foundation, the Lambertville Public School sixth-grade class and their parents are holding a rubber ducky race during the Shad Festival on Sunday, April 27, at 5 p.m.    The class is raising money to fund its educational trip to Washington, D.C., in June.    The ducks will be launched in the canal and…

  • Municipal employees begin a ‘weight’ and see approach

    Many sign up for weight loss competition By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest weight loser of them all?    The answer to that question should hopefully be apparent come June 11, when the results of a weight-loss competition at the Municipal Building are tallied.    Last week, 20 township employees…

  • Joseph V. Elwert

        Joseph V. Elwert, 87, died on Wednesday, April 16, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.     Mr. Elwert was born and raised in Newark and lived in Irvington, Union and Springfield before moving to Rossmoor in 1985.     He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and…