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  • SOLDIERS FROM OUR STREETS After 4 tours, he’s proud and offended

    Local attorney praises troops, pans protesters. By: Dick Brinster    Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on local veterans of the Afghanistan invasion or the war in Iraq.    EAST WINDSOR — Citizen Matt Weingast is happy to live in a country that gives its people freedom of speech, even to say…

  • Hillier Architecture hosts open house on redevelopment plan April 9

    By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — Hillier Architecture will hold a community open house on the township redevelopment project April 9 for those who missed the second redevelopment workshop March 17 or who have additional questions or comments about the planning options being considered.    The event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at…

  • Obituaries

    Week of March 30 By: Barbara Rothstein    EAST WINDSOR — Former Mayor Barbara Rothstein, 74, died March 22 at University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Perth Amboy, she had been a resident of East Windsor the past 37 years.    Her early years were spent working as a personal secretary to pop singer Johnnie Ray…

  • PHS tennis takes national challenge

    Little Tiger boys get early test at MCP By: Justin Feil    On Monday, the Princeton High School boys’ tennis team is scheduled to open the season against Hamilton. On Wednesday, it’s Trenton High.    Things jump significantly after that as the Little Tigers have accepted an invitation to play in the National High School Coaches Association…

  • Montgomery school board approves budget

    Controversial activity fee gets bulk of attention By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — A lively discussion about activity fees and a unsuccessful motion for their removal preceded unanimous approval of the 2007-2008 Montgomery school budget this week.    The $72.9 million budget translates into a $8,643 tax impact on the average Montgomery house, assessed at $509,500, according…

  • Less invasive screens endorsed to detect Down Syndrome cases

    Newer procedures do not carry the risk of triggering a miscarriage or other complication associated with the more traditional diagnostic methods By: Jeffrey Gross, M.D.    Historically, 35 has been the age at which amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) have been offered to pregnant women for the detection of Down Syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities…

  • AROUND CRANBURY, By Lorraine Sedor:Lions’ Club scholarships available

    The Cranbury Lions administer two scholarships, available to students residing in Cranbury. By: Lorraine Sedor    As the school year winds down, many high school students are looking for scholarships to help offset college expenses. The Cranbury Lions administer two scholarships, available to students residing in Cranbury.    The first is the Todd M. Beamer Memorial Scholarship.…

  • Bradley returns with citizen agenda

    Former senator and basketball star promotes new book By: Courtney Gross    He is long past being a presidential candidate, U.S. senator from New Jersey and star forward for the New York Knicks and the Princeton University Tigers.    Bill Bradley’s roles these days are citizen and author. In a homecoming stop of sorts this week, he…

  • Rider student dies in binge drinking incident

    Gary DeVercelly, a freshman at Rider University, died Friday morning after being admitted to the hospital Thursday after heavy drinking. By: Ledger Staff Gary DeVercelly, an 18-year-old freshman at Rider University in Lawrence Township, died at 10:50 a.m. Friday at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokesperson for the Mercer County…