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  • OBITUARIES, March 23, 2007

    Edmund Stiles, Yolanda C. Courtney, Henrietta Miller Edmund Stiles Memorial service is Saturday     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A celebration of the life of Edmund "Ted" Stiles, 61, who died March 7, will be held Saturday at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Road, Hopewell Township.    Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stiles was a…

  • Five charged in connection with thefts in Jamesburg

    Suspects linked to dozens of robberies of Dunkin’ Donuts outlets and other small businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. By: Joseph Harvie    Five Atlantic County residents were charged Tuesday with racketeering, burglary and money laundering in connection with the robbery of 97 robberies throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including five in Jamesburg in September.    The…

  • EDITORIAL: A new Rx needed for tax reform

    Proposed tax levy cap offers little relief, while craeting headaches for municipal governments and school districts around the state.    When Gov. Jon Corzine called the state Legislature into special joint session last summer to address the state’s property-tax and budget crises, he insisted that a 4 percent cap be placed on tax bills.    The cap,…

  • Princeton University growth plans to be examined

    Planning Board schedules April 5 session By: Courtney Gross    As concern over Princeton University’s expansion gains strength in Princeton Township and Princeton Borough, a subcommittee of the Regional Planning Board of Princeton is preparing to address the university’s role next month.    The Master Plan Subcommittee of the Planning Board will host a discussion with university…

  • A night to honor the Arts Council’s founders

       The Arts Council Gala will bring the community together at 7 p.m. to kick off the organization’s 10th anniversary and honor founders Sue Leson and Marty Hayden. By: Lacey Korevec    Dancing, champagne and a silent auction will make The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe the place for Cranbury residents to be on Saturday night, Cranbury…

  • Peddie baseball after improvement, titles

    By: Sean Moylan    "Our goal, as it is every year, is to get better. Though obviously we want to win the MAPL and the State Prep championships," said Peddie boys’ varsity baseball head coach Erik Treese.    Peddie last won a state title two seasons ago and Treese, who is now in his 5th season as…

  • Goldsmith takes the next step

    New PHS baseball coach looks to build By: Bob Nuse    Scott Goldsmith has grown as a coach right along with his players.    "I started out with these seniors back in Little League and then in middle school," said Goldsmith, who is beginning his first season as the head baseball coach at Princeton High. "I coached…

  • Cranbury awaits OK on arsenic clean up

       The cleanup of arsenic has been completed and Township Administrator Tom Witt said Thursday that a $2,000 fee is all that is holding up the field’s construction. By: Lacey Korevec    The township is close to starting work on a new Babe Ruth baseball field.    The cleanup of arsenic on the property has been completed and…

  • Local war protesters mark its anniversary

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Within earshot of memorials honoring the nation’s war dead, about 50 people gathered in a silent vigil against the invasion of Iraq that has killed 3,200 Americans.    The demonstrators stood for nearly an hour Monday evening, ignoring a cold sleet at the busy intersection of North Main and Franklin streets…