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  • Monroe boys track team looks good as big meets approach

    By: David Gurney    Momentum is never a bad thing, especially in large supply.    Monroe High School boys track coach Frank Bonich knows his team has plenty of it heading into a crucial stretch of the season that features a pair of relays and a tri-meet against J.F. Kennedy and New Brunswick.    The Falcons continue to…

  • Angelo Cinquegrana Sr.

       Angelo C. Cinquegrana Sr., 63, died Saturday, April 28, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge.    Born in New Brunswick, he lived in Edison before moving to Jamesburg in 1973. He was a construction worker out of Labor Workers Union Local 156 in New Brunswick for 20 years before his employment as head custodian and…

  • Former Gov. Kean joins university’s Robertson Foundation board

    Bringing reputation for integrity to an organization beset by contentious lawsuit By: Courtney Gross    Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean has been appointed to the Robertson Foundation board of trustees by Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman and will help guide more than $840 million of the foundation’s endowment toward graduate programs at the Woodrow…

  • Petty bridge awaits repairs

    By: Lacey Korevec and Emily Holody    Cranbury may have to fix the damaged Petty Road Bridge on its own.    That’s because Plainsboro officials plan to repair their side of the bridge on their own, saying the damage done by the April 15 nor’easter to the Plainsboro side was not extensive.    The bridge connects Petty Road…

  • Councils to decide separately on school questions

    Different decisions mean voters have final word By: Vic Monaco    The town councils of East Windsor and Hightstown will not meet in a public joint session, as some had expected, to decide on the secondary school district ballot questions defeated by voters.    Instead, each council plans to discuss the funding questions, for staffing and all-day…

  • A house rises and so does a church’s spirit

    Queenship of Mary Church takes on Habitat for Humanity project By: Nick Norlen    PLAINSBORO — How does a church celebrate being a foundation in the community for 25 years?    By laying another one.    To mark its silver anniversary, Queenship of Mary Church in Plainsboro is constructing a home on Evan Avenue in East Windsor as…

  • Monroe approves municipal tab

    Taxes will stay flat for township. By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — Municipal taxes will stay flat for the third straight year under the 2007 spending plan adopted by the Township Council on Monday.    While total spending will increase $2.23 million, or 6.25 percent, to $37.9 million, the tax rate will remain at 56 cents per…

  • Woman’s body found on grounds of Princeton school

    Lawrence woman was described as despondent; suicide likely cause, authorities say By: Lea Kahn    The body of a 46-year-old Lawrence Township woman, a special-education teacher in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District, who had been missing since Saturday, was found on the grounds of the Johnson Park Elementary School on Rosedale Road in Princeton Township…

  • Getting Started; Few changes for BOE

    The Board of Education voted to keep its president, elected a new vice president and swore in board members at its reorganization meeting April 24 By: Bill Greenwood    JAMESBURG — The Board of Education voted to keep its president, elected a new vice president and swore in board members at its reorganization meeting April 24.…