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  • NJ Transit gives Princeton a peek at potential bus stops

    …NJ Transit has received positive feedback from the state By: Nick Norlen    A presentation by New Jersey Transit officials of their proposed Route 1 Bus Rapid Transit system — and how it could include stops in Princeton — was met with a variety of questions at the Regional Planning Board’s Master Plan Subcommittee meeting Tuesday.…

  • New report cards aim for more complete evaluation

    By: Matt Chiappardi HIGHTSTOWN – Traditional letter grades are now passe in the East Windsor Regional School District’s elementary schools.       Unveiled at this week’s board meeting by Debbie Feaster, the district’s director of K-5 curriculum, was a new design for report cards that dumps the mainstay grading system that assigns grades A through F for…

  • Township Council OKs four-year police contract

    Pact calls for annual 3.75 percent raises By: Matt Chiappardi    EAST WINDSOR — A new, four-year police contract for police was approved, as expected, by the Township Council this week.    By a 6-0 vote Tuesday, the council OK’d the pact which grants police 3.75-percent annual pay hikes retroactive to January 2006.    The contract means that…

  • Alice M. Payne

    Life-long area resident     Alice M. Payne of Penns Neck, West Windsor, died Monday after a brief illness. She was 90.    Formerly Alice Bathie, she was the daughter of Scottish immigrants and a life-long Princeton area resident.    Mrs. Payne was retired from McGraw-Hill in Hightstown and was an active participant of the West Windsor Senior…

  • Protest held to preserve site and honor heritage

    Protest held to preserve site and honor heritage

    Cathy "Starfire Woman" Chadwick-Ciccone takes part in a ceremony. Photo by: Dennis Symons, Jr.

  • Consolidation proposal aired by Princeton Housing Board

    After a discussion, the board decided to continue the conversation at their Oct. 9 meeting By: Nick Norlen    One member of the Princeton Township Housing Board called the recent report recommending consolidation of affordable housing resources "provocative" Tuesday — and it proved to be just that during the board’s initial discussion of it.    During their…

  • Amid life changes, a venture has been constant

    Amid life changes, a venture has been constant

    Melissa Hall Klepacki Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Stuart’s Coghlan moves into starting role

    Tartan goalkeeper has shutouts in first two games By: Justin Feil Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Stuart Country Day School’s Kate Baker attempts to move past Princeton Day School’s Sydney Jenkins during the Tartans’ 2-0 win over the Panthers on Tuesday    Clodagh Coghlan has been a help to the Stuart Country Day field hockey program…

  • Todorovic, Shields to set pace for harriers

    MHS CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEWS by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Two runners will be way out in front leading the way for Manville High’s cross country teams this fall. If the other MHS boys and girls can close the gap, the teams could crack the win column in the competitive Skyland Conference.    Senior Sasa Todorovic and…