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  • Falcon baseball slugs out first win

    By: Sean Moylan    The Peddie varsity baseball team started the season off with a bang with a 17-4 road win over Rutgers Prep on Saturday.    The Falcons took advantage of Rutgers Prep’s small field and launched a pair of home runs in the contest. Casey Ennis smacked a three-run blast to power a seven-run third…

  • Open mic night celebrates poetry

    Cranbury public library hosts 4th annual open mic night in celebration of National Poetry Month. By: Lacey Korevec Local poets can take the microphone at an open mic poetry reading sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council on April 13 at the Gourgaud Gallery.     The fourth annual event is being held to celebrate National Poetry…

  • University expands family aid for graduate students

    Major goal is to increase number of women pursuing careers in higher education    Princeton University has expanded its package of family-focused initiatives for graduate students while also aiming to increase the number of women pursuing careers in higher education.    According to administrators at the university, the primary source of gender imbalances among faculty nationwide is…

  • Nativity expansion wins zoning approval

    Church expansion takes the next step toward expansion. By: Bill Greenwood MONROE — Plans to expand Nativity of Our Lord Church on Applegarth Road have taken a step forward.     The Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 27 approved use and bulk variances needed to begin the project, which includes building a new 18,508-square-foot church…

  • Obituaries

    Week of April 6 Diana L. Trent    EAST WINDSOR — Diana L. Trent, 37, died March 29 after a long illness.    Born in Manhattan, N.Y., she was raised in Jersey City and had been a resident of East Windsor the past 12 years.    Ms. Trent was a 1987 graduate of St. Dominic’s Academy in Jersey…

  • Beyer had good seat for impressive opener

    By: Ken Weingartner    Greg Beyer had a unique view of the Monroe Township High baseball team’s season-opening win Monday.    Rather than coach third base when the Falcons were at the plate, as he has done throughout his career, Beyer spent the entire game in the dugout.    "When this team focuses on what it needs to…

  • Rocky Hill officials out of suit challenging Pulte development

    Three other counts upheld in citizen challenge to housing project By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — The Rocky Hill mayor and Borough Council are off the hot seat in a lawsuit against a planned housing development in the borough.    After hearing arguments in Somerset County Superior Court on Friday, Judge Allison Accurso threw out the…

  • Jamesburg board candidates discuss issues facing schools

    Candidates for Jamesburg school board express opinions, positions. By: Bill Greenwood JAMESBURG — Candidates for school board say this year’s budget is a good one, and should be supported because it carries no tax hike.     Voters will get to pick four candidates to serve on the school board — incumbents Thomas Bodall, Patrice Faraone…

  • Zimer steps up to carry MTHS in season opener

    By: David Gurney    Coming into the season, Monroe Township High School boys golf coach Pete LoPresti repeatedly said the key to his team was strength and consistency at the bottom of fairly inexperienced line-up.    Who knew the squad would take that statement to heart so quickly.    In the Falcons’ opening match of the season, it…