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  • DWI checkpoints planned

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    The Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to support “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” 2007 Crackdown, a New Jersey campaign to combat Driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, last week.    The program, which runs through Sept. 3, will increase enforcement by conducting a checkpoint at an undisclosed location…

  • Dodging danger in Kenya

    Hightstown woman interns for prison reform program By Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — The original reason Dorothy Vanderbeck wanted to go to Africa was to work with displaced people in refugee camps.    But she almost became displaced herself inside the stone walls and iron bars of the prison system where she eventually worked.    While many students…

  • Police: Road rage leads to gunshots

    Man charged with attempted murder By Matt Chiappardi    EAST WINDSOR — A road rage incident almost turned deadly when a township man fired a gun at another motorist early Wednesday morning on Stonehedge Drive, police said.    Police said they responded to a call at 2:43 a.m. from a motorist who reported that a man, later…

  • Exhausting Kenya experience leaves student with no regrets

    Dorothy Vanderbeck has fond memories of host family in Mombasa By Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — Dorothy Vanderbeck’s five-month odyssey in Kenya was not only an experience that had the potential to be taken from the pages of “Midnight Express.” She also experienced a vibrant culture that touched her emotionally and changed her perspective on the…

  • Obituaries for week of Aug. 24

    Ronald E. Coker    EAST WINDSOR — Ronald E. “Ronnie” Coker, 59, of East Windsor, died Saturday while vacationing at his favorite place, Gettysburg, Pa.    Born on Staten Island, N.Y., Mr. Coker was a superintendent of Windsor Castle Apartments since 1995 when he moved to the area. He previously owned and operated his own tile business.…

  • New math curriculum aimed at increasing test scores

    Board reviews ‘Hands-on Math’ program By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Board of Education had its first look at a planned new math curriculum for all Manville schools at its Tuesday meeting.    The new curriculum covers all grades, and includes pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, math applications, foundations of mathematics, pre-calculus, and calculus.    According to Supervisor of…

  • District downplays state progress report

    Evaluation methods flawed, school officials say By Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — Three of the schools in the East Windsor Regional district are part of the 25 percent of New Jersey public schools that were deemed “in need of improvement” by a progress report on No Child Left Behind law compliance the state released last week.…

  • Pro wrestler brings fellow body slammers to town

    Hightstown man promotes local event By Matt Chiappardi    EAST WINDSOR — When Eric Cooper decided to become a professional wrestler, his mother, Barbara Gaddis, wasn’t happy.    ”It’s not easy watching my son get banged around,” she said.    But she and her husband, Bob, knew the inevitable path their son was going to take, when he…

  • Emergency room quarantined during anthrax false alarm

    A textbook case of what not to do when you find a suspicious substance, officials say By: Katie Wagner    A temporary quarantine of the emergency room of the University Medical Center at Princeton was initiated Tuesday night after a woman came to the hospital with an unknown substance she received in the mail.    The South…