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  • Triangle principal gets Springfield post

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Board of Education has already received applications for a replacement for Triangle Elementary School Principal Beth Godett, said District Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer at the board’s Nov. 19 meeting.    Dr. Godett submitted her resignation from the now $124,000 a year position to accept a superintendent position in the Springfield Township…

  • Holiday concert set

    Sponsor is Hopewell Valley Chorus    On Dec. 14, the Hopewell Valley Chorus will present its annual holiday concert, “Of Miracles, Drums, and Community: A Global Holiday Celebration.” The program will feature Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata,” J.S. Bach’s “Lobet den Herrn,” and a diverse program of music drawn from traditions around the world. The concert will…

  • Class effort

    Class effort

    Students race, food bank collects By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Local families receiving food from the Somerset County Food Bank in Bridgewater can enjoy an extra helping, thanks to a Manville High School project that used a little friendly interclass competition to collect more than 1,000 items for the food bank.    The students collected…

  • Class effort

    Class effort

    Juniors Dan Pierrot and Billy Demeter do their best wheelbarrow in last week’s class competition. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • WW-P schools announce Dec. 13 Kwanzaa celebration

    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has announced that it will hold a Kwanzaa Pot Luck Feast at High School South on Thursday,  Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Guests are invited to mark Kwanzaa in a celebration of family, gifts and talents and enjoy a multicultural and education fair for all ages. — Greg Forester

  • A year later, mother and sister long for justice

    Cops probing Greenwood murder have suspects, share in frustration By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Thursday marked one year since Hightstown native Kirston Greenwood was found dead at a Hamilton construction site, the victim of several gunshot wounds to her torso.    No one has yet to be charged with the murder, and Ms. Greenwood’s mother and…

  • School buses to get new security cameras

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — All of the East Windsor Regional School District’s buses are expected to have digital security cameras installed in them soon.    The school board unanimously approved a $66,800 contract bid from the Edison-based Accetron Corp. at Monday’s board meeting for the digital security surveillance equipment.    ”We’re hoping to have…

  • BOROUGH BRIEFS

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer School parking ban made official    The Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday prohibiting parking on North Fifth Avenue at Roosevelt School, in accordance with regulations already in place in the borough.    Councilman Theodore Petrock was not present at the meeting.    Parking is currently prohibited on the east side of…

  • Births

       A baby boy was born on Nov. 8 to Sirisha Yelewarapu and Phanikumar Bulusu, of Monmouth Junction, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * * A baby girl was born on Nov. 10 to Heidi and Brian Magi, of Kingston, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.