Category: archives
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MTHS softballers return nice nucleus
By: Sean Richards It’s understandable why there’s a lot of enthusiasm and optimism heading into the year for the Monroe Township High School softball team. Although the Falcons play in a very difficult league, a solid returning nucleus and an injection of some promising new talent leaves Monroe well equipped to handle it. A year…
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West Windsor school has viral meningitis alert
By: Nick Norlen WEST WINDSOR A Village Elementary School student has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, district officials said Thursday. A state Health Department investigation has determined that "no treatment is necessary at this time for anyone that has come in contact with the student," according to a letter sent home to district parents…
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Form Follows Socialism
‘After Utopia’ documents the crumbling, drab, utilitarian shelters built for the masses in Eastern Europe. By: Susan Van Dongen We tried to decorate our garden apartment, which always struck me as borrowing its aesthetic from Soviet-style community housing. We wanted to make the place cozy and attractive. There’s only so much you can do with…
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EDITORIAL: New school sets example
With its newest elementary school, Monroe is trying to do its part to address climate change. The Monroe Township School District is going green. The district broke ground Thursday on a $26.8 million, 80,275-square-foot elementary school that when complete, will be home to kindergarten through second-grade students and go a long way toward easing enrollment…
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HHS softball set to make run at playoffs
Rams have solid group of veteran leaders. By: Sean Moylan "I like for us to get down and dirty and battle and create runs," said Tim Kalick, who is entering his 4th season as the Hightstown High girls’ varsity softball head coach. Last year the Rams battled hard, bunted, slapped, took walks and stole bases…
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Peddie School student helps with Katrina recovery
A junior at Peddie School in Hightstown, Zara Stasi spent her spring break with about 15 of her classmates building houses at a Habitat for Humanity site in New Orleans. By: Lacey Korevec When she first saw the devastation Hurricane Katrina wrought on New Orleans, 16-year-old Zara Stasi didn’t know how a group of high…
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Roma Bank parent faces proxy challenge
Outside investor, citing lack of capital allocation plan, moves to withold approval of two directors By: Lauren Otis Roma Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: Roma), the Robbinsville-based parent of Roma Bank, has only been a publicly traded company for nine months but already it has received a taste of some of the less than pleasant aspects of…
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Peddie tennis expects to improve on great season
Falcon boys team has five returning varsity players. By: Sean Moylan Although the Peddie boys’ varsity tennis team posted a fine 10-5 record, it finished behind both Hun and Lawrenceville in both the Mid-Atlantic Prep League and the State Prep ‘A’ tournaments last season. But Peddie is definitely looking to improve. "We have five returning…
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Students hear Holocaust survivors’ stories
By: William Greenwood MONROE Fred Spiegel believes in authentic, firsthand experiences, especially when it comes to history. "It makes all the difference," he said. "Today, you can no longer call someone who had been in the Civil War or even the First World War. You can hardly call soldiers in the Second World War.…
