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  • Plan for Rite Aid, Starbucks advances in West Windsor

    WEST WINDSOR — A developer hoping to replace the dilapidated gas station at the corner of Route 571 and Cranbury Road with a retail center featuring a Rite Aid pharmacy and Starbucks has made a final By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Dreher Group of Princeton’s presentation on Sept. 6 showed a 14,673 square…

  • Protest held to preserve site and honor heritage

    Protest held to preserve site and honor heritage

    MONROE — A group of Leni Lenape aren’t happy with plans to build a high school in Thompson Park. By Michelle McGuinness, Special Writer   The 35-acre parcel is being eyed by the Monroe school board as the site for a new 365,000-square-foot high school.    However, some say the site is the former location of…

  • Sharpshooters reduce deer herd by 80 on third visit

    Crew expected to return to Solebury this fall By Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — On their third visit to the township, Wildlife Services sharpshooters killed 80 deer, and the crew is expected to return and continue the job this fall, according to an agency spokeswoman.    The 80 deer were killed over a period of three or…

  • 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,…