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  • MTHS options unveiled

       MONROE — The projected opening of a proposed new high school will be pushed back a year if the Board of Education does not receive the deed to the proposed Thompson Park school site by Sept. 26. By: William Greenwood    MONROE — The projected opening of a proposed new high school will be pushed back…

  • Four armed assailants still at large

    For Montgomery, a rare gunpoint robbery By: Katie Wagner    MONTGOMERY — Police are still looking for four assailants in a gunpoint robbery of a Montgomery Township resident that occurred last week.    This is the first reported armed robbery of any kind the township has experienced in a few years, with the last one having been…

  • BACK TO SCHOOL: MTHS band marches back to school

       MONROE —Te Monroe Township High School marching band ran through its routine Tuesday night on the school’s turf all-purpose field. By: William Greenwood    MONROE — As the Monroe Township High School marching band ran through its routine Tuesday night on the school’s turf all-purpose field, Assistant Band Director Jenna DiSalvio sat on a tower by…

  • Legislative candidates eyeing debates

       Legislative candidates in the 14th District are working on plans for at least two debates in the run-up to the November election. By: Paul Koepp    Legislative candidates in the 14th District are working on plans for at least two debates in the run-up to the November election.    The Democrats running for Assembly, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein…

  • DISPATCHES: Matrix shows flaws in state law

    By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Round one has gone to the residents.    But that does not mean they’ve won the boxing match.    The South Brunswick Planning Board earlier this month denied an application from the Matrix Development Group to build a build a 744,000-square-foot warehouse at the northwest corner of Route 130 and Friendship Road.…

  • History on tap for Cranbury Day

       The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society is hoping to deliver a blast of the past to this year’s Cranbury Day. By: Michelle McGuinness    The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society is hoping to deliver a blast of the past to this year’s Cranbury Day.    The group plans to set up three tables at the event on…

  • Safety work at Montgomery’s Village School slated

    As opening approaches, an agreement to clean playground area By: Katie Wagner    MONTGOMERY — Parents’ fears that their children were still at risk of asbestos exposure, because of demolition work at the former North Princeton Developmental Center this summer, were eased after township officials shared results of asbestos testing and agreed to pay for cleaning…

  • HHS cross country set to run down more success

    By: John Chester Sports Writer For the Hightstown High School girls’ varsity cross country team, the season isn’t measured only by the dual-race record.    The season also will be measured by individual accomplishments of runners, such as achieving a personal-best time in a race or building up endurance during the season to run a certain…

  • Council set to tab rug mill developer

    Sikorski sounds more certain this time. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council President Walter Sikorski for a second month in a row is predicting a big step at the next council meeting in the long-planned redevelopment of the former rug mill plant.    "I believe we will name a developer at our next meeting," he…