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  • Princeton falls to Yale

    Tigers ttruggle to score continues For the second straight week, the Princeton University football team failed to score a touchdown in a loss. The Tigers turned the ball over four times, twice after reaching the 3-yard line in the first half, in a 27-6 loss to No. 12 Yale on Saturday. The Bulldogs (9-0) play…

  • Ex-Secy of State in Nov. 14 Clinton fundraiser in Lawrence

    LAWRENCE — Madeleine K. Albright, former United States Secretary of State, will come to Terhune Orchards in Lawrence on Nov. 14 for a 6 p.m. fundraiser in support of Hillary Clinton for President . The event carries a "suggested contribution" of  $100 for the reception, or $500 for a pre-reception with Secretary Albright. Local supporters include: Kim Pimley,…

  • University to hold Veterans Day service Sunday morning

       A special “Call to Muster” Veterans Day service will be held on 9 a.m. Sunday in the Princeton University Chapel.    The service will include an invocation and benediction by Dean Alison L. Boden; presentation of the colors by the Tiger Battalion ROTC cadets; remarks by Brig. Gen. George D. Eggers, Jr., a 1947 university graduate;…

  • Woman assaulted in Brookside Square

    Just in By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    A 21-year-old female reported that she was sexually assaulted by an unknown male in the Brookside Square complex off Brookside Lane Thursday.    According to police, the incident occurred during the early morning hours, but no further information is available at this time.    Anyone with information on the incident…

  • Fall harvest dinner dance

       Saturday, Nov. 17 — Holy Assumption will host a “fall harvest dinner dance” from 6 to 10 p.m. The cost is $22 per person and includes dinner, dancing and door prizes.    For tickets or for more information, call 609-499-2893.

  • Mission Plan gets thumbs up

    By Michelle McGuinness, Special Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Township Planning Board on Nov. 1 approved plans for the Chinmaya Mission to build an ashram on Cranbury Neck Road.    The mission wants to build a 15,482-square-foot Hindu house of worship in the southwest corner of the 6.1-acre plot. The ashram will be H-shaped, and a…

  • Canal Watch

       Saturday, Nov. 17 — The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will hold a light rail excursion to explore canal, river waterfront and marsh areas between Trenton and Roebling. Attendees are asked to meet at 12:55 p.m. sharp at Bordentown River Line station, 100 West Park Ave., Bordentown. The cost for adult fare is $1.35. Reservations…

  • Special delivery

    Veterans give phone cards to hospitalized soldiers By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    Central New Jersey members of seven organizations making up the Veterans Council of Monroe and Jamesburg, including a Korean War veteran from Hightstown, traveled to Washington, D.C., recently so patients’ voices can be heard.    Council President Daniel Mann and 39 other veterans…

  • Cat tests positive for rabies

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Authorities have confirmed the second case of rabies in Monroe this year.    Authorities discovered a stray cat Oct. 30 near the intersection of Schoolhouse and Mount Mills roads that tested positive for rabies, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Public Health Department.    The Monroe Animal…