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  • Moraitis named Democratic Club president

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough Democratic Club has a new leader.    Chris Moraitis, of Stockton Street, was elected at the club’s reorganization meeting Monday night at the local library. He succeeds Torry Watkins, who has served as president for five years.    ”I thought to myself over the last couple of weeks…

  • Warmed up for the cold

    Towns prepared for bad weather despite mild forecast By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    East Windsor and Hightstown are prepared for whatever winter might bring. But according to National Weather Service forecasts, they may not need to be.    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts temperatures in the region will be “above normal” throughout the…

  • Contest seek names for new police dog

    Contest seek names for new police dog

    Hillsborough Police Officer Christopher Engelhardt and the township’s canine are currently attending training sessions. Photo courtesy of Chief of Police Paul Kaminsky

  • Bonnie Jean Barlow

       Bonnie Jean Barlow Hope, 62, of Manasquan, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick, after a yearlong battle with cancer.    Born Jan. 24, 1945, in Trenton, she grew up in Cranbury and lived in Plainsboro, West Windsor and moved to Manasquan in 1996. Ms. Hope was a graduate of Hightstown High School Class…

  • Grant to help pay for park and field improvements

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Millstone Park driveway and Village Park Little League Field are going to get a facelift after the Township Committee approved a resolution at its Monday night meeting to accept a $100,000 grant which will finance the projects.    The township plans to split the county open space and…

  • Virginia Pollard

       Virginia (Claxton) Pollard, 80, of Monroe, died Saturday, Jan. 12, at the University Medical Center at Princeton after suffering a stroke.    Born in East Braintree, Mass., she grew up in Providence, R.I., and New York City, where she attended Barnard Preparatory School for Girls. She graduated in 1948 from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., with a…

  • JFK speechwriter Theodore Sorensen to speak at Peddie School

       Theodore Sorensen, former advisor to President John F. Kennedy, will deliver a talk at Peddie School in Hightstown 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.    The talk is free and open to the public. It will be held at Geiger Reeves Hall on the Peddie campus.    Mr. Sorensen is best known for his close association with and dedication to…

  • Walter Franco Armijos

       HIGHTSTOWN — Walter Franco Armijos, 38, died Tuesday at University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in El Guabo, Ecuador, he was a warehouseman.    He was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Hightstown.    Son of the late Luis Ambrosi, he is survived by mother Victoria (Ambrosi) Armijos of Ecuador; brother Tehuhar Armijos…

  • Blacks, women say color, gender not the issue

    Blacks, women say color, gender not the issue

    Phil McAuliffe Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in the Mayors reception room of Philadelphia City Hall after being endorsed by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.