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  • Mustangs show positive signs in soccer setback

    Team looks ahead to night games by John Beisser, Sports Writer    When a team is coming off a one-win season, the head coach needs to not only plot strategy, he must also go about the business of changing a culture. The progress of the 2007 Manville High boys’ soccer team will be measured in baby…

  • CERT Team seeks members

    The township wants as many residents as possible to become members of its second Community Emergency Response Team. By Bill Greenwood, Staff Writer    Cranbury Patrol Officer Paul Lindenfeld, who coordinates the program with Patrol Officer Ryan Dworzanski, said he has received between 20 and 30 applications so far. However, he said applications still are…

  • Federal program offers daycare meal assistance

       All daycare facilities and their clients should be aware that children and adults enrolled in daycare facilities may be eligible for free meals through the Child and Adult Care Food Program.    The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a federally funded program that reimburses sponsoring agencies that provide healthy meals and snacks at…

  • It’s a fine sign when MTHS wins at less than best

    By: David Gurney    It wasn’t a typical game for the Monroe Township High School boys soccer team.    Or, at least, a game they had been accustomed to playing.    They struggled to possess offensively. They were sluggish in the midfield and up front. Defensively, they were on their heels all game.    But head coach Steve McKenzie…

  • Tough loss for South football; tough foe awaits

    Eagles host defending Valley Division champ Friday night By John E. Powers    Consecutive trips to Middlesex on back-to-back years have resulted in two very difficult losses for the South Hunterdon High School football team.    The Eagles, beaten in overtime last year, lost to the Blue Jays once again — this time 6-0 — in the…

  • Benjamin Brown

    Ran family business, Princeton Clothing Co.     BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Benjamin Brown died on Sept. 4 at Island Health & Rehabilitation. He was 93.    Mr. Brown was born on April 17, 1914, in Trenton to Abraham Brown and Rachel Rosenthal.. He was a resident of Princeton most of his life, running his family’s business,…

  • EWRSD: Towns owe thousands toward deficit at fueling station

    By: Vic Monaco, Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District says the two towns it serves owe it thousands of dollars to cover a large portion of an approximate $217,000 deficit in running a fueling station used by all three entities.    Superintendent Ron Bolandi acknowledges the issue resulted from a district billing…

  • Schools, township challenge development plans in borough

    By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The developments proposed for the only two significant open tracts of land in the borough are being challenged by the regional school district and East Windsor.    A plan for 246 residential units at the former Minute Maid plant site would have a "very disruptive effect" on the school district, East…

  • Too close for comfort, but enough to win

    Monroe blows lead before taking OT victory against South Brunswick By: Ken Weingartner    Sometimes nothing can lead to greater discomfort than getting comfortable. Certainly, that was the case for the Monroe Township High football team last weekend.    The Falcons jumped out to a 19-7 lead less than three minutes into the second quarter against visiting…