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  • Action on mill project delayed again

    Will Hightstown’s option to keep street be a deal-breaker? By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer     HIGHTSTOWN — Approval of the redevelopment ordinance that could allow work to begin at the former rug mill site on Bank Street was delayed once more this week as the borough continued to tweak the law’s language.     At the…

  • Monroe teacher charged with sexual assault

    By Maria Prato-gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A Monroe High School gym teacher and assistant basketball coach was charged Oct. 11 with second degree sexual assault and second degree official misconduct.    Victoria Blevins, 23, of Robbinsville, a former MTHS student and current teacher, is accused of having a sexual relationship between April and June with…

  • Monroe candidates talk ethics, land use and the high school

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    MONROE — Democratic incumbents and their Republican challengers for mayor and two seats on the Township Council are drawing contrasts along party lines on the issues of ethics and land use.    The Nov. 6 contest will see five-term Mayor Richard Pucci, a Democrat, face off against Republican Thomas Nothstein, a…

  • Dr. Albert Minzter

    Physician, medical director     WEST WINDSOR — Dr. Albert Minzter died Monday at home after a long illness. He was 80.    He lived in Newark, Elizabeth and Westfield before moving to West Windsor six years ago.    Dr. Minzter had a private practice of internal medicine and pulmonology in Elizabeth and Roselle Park for 30 years,…

  • Plainsboro seeks board and commission members

    Plainsboro needs volunteers for several township boards and commissions.    Many vacancies currently exist and additional openings are about to become available at the end of 2007. The new appointments will be made when the Township Committee reorganizes in January and throughout the year as vacancies occur.    Some of the bodies needing new volunteers include the…

  • Monroe candidates talk ethics, land use and the highs school

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    MONROE — Democratic incumbents and their Republican challengers for mayor and two seats on the Township Council are drawing contrasts along party lines on the issues of ethics and land use.    The Nov. 6 contest will see five-term Mayor Richard Pucci, a Democrat, face off against Republican Thomas Nothstein, a…

  • Incident at school

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor Police said Friday that a 16-year-old student at Florence Township High School was charged with causing false public alarm, disorderly conduct, and causing or risking widespread injury or damage Friday morning. Police said they were notified by school security when a student said that a package containing white pellets…

  • Bond breaks some new ground at candidates forum

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor     HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council President Walter Sikorski and political newcomer Mike Theokas repeated their belief this week that the merging of cash-strapped Hightstown with East Windsor is “inevitable.”     But Jeff Bond, the third man seeking one of two seats on the council, continued to distance himself from that…

  • Monroe moves high school site

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — The school board has moved the location of a proposed high school about 300 feet closer to Perrineville Road to create a buffer between construction and the Bethel archeological dig.    The excavation of 3.6 acres of the site is one of the conditions imposed on the township and…