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  • Standing in for Al Gore; Volunteer to make presentation of climate change

    By: Lacey Korevec    Since former Vice President Al Gore can’t be in Cranbury on Tuesday to spread the word about global warming and how individuals can help reverse the process, West Windsor resident Dana Isherwood will step in to relay his message.    Ms. Isherwood, who will speak at the Cranbury Public Library Tuesday at 7:30…

  • BOE votes to let public into meetings

    By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — The Board of Education hopes a change in the way it conducts business will give the public a better understanding of the way it makes decisions.    The board voted unanimously April 25 to open its committee meetings to the public. Though they will not be able to participate, residents and…

  • West Windsor voters go to the polls Tuesday

    Three council seats at stake By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor Township will hold its municipal election Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.    Voters will elect three township council members, who will each serve a four-year term.    Two slates, each with three candidates, are seeking election.    Incumbents William Anklowitz and Charles Morgan…

  • South bats break out against PHS

    Young Pirates softball showing improvement By: Justin Feil    At the plate, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South softball team has shown its youth.    In the field, the inexperience has been hard to see.    "Our defense has definitely been playing like a group of seniors out there," said Pirates head coach Nikki Arias. "Defense will definitely help keep…

  • 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…