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  • Goalie of the week is ready

    Sklapsky, PU face Dartmouth By: Justin Feil    B.J. Sklapsky made the Princeton University ice hockey staff consider starting him tonight.    The PU senior was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Goaltender of the Week after stopping 53 of 57 shots over the final two games of the best-of-three playoff series win over Brown last weekend. But…

  • Borough OKs EMS deal

    By: Cara Latham    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council this week voted unanimously to authorize a three-year agreement with Washington Township for emergency medical services.    The deal will cost the borough about $215,000 this year, which translates into an annual savings of about $43,000, according to Borough Administrator Candace Gallagher.    Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corp. (MONOC),…

  • Monroe approves Comcast renewal

    Township names Comcast its provider for next 15 years. By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — The Township Council voted unanimously on Monday to renew its franchise agreement with Comcast Cable of Central Jersey after the company agreed to provide a PEG, or Public Education Government, channel to the township.    The new agreement will last 15 years…

  • Cottage Club makes plea before state Supreme Court

    Borough opposes effort to gain tax-exempt status By: Courtney Gross    The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments this week from the University Cottage Club on its appeal to become exempt from Princeton Borough’s tax rolls based on the argument that the building is a historic site and the club is a nonprofit organization.    Since 2002,…

  • Monroe enjoys year of highlights

    By: James McKeever    At Monroe High School this winter, the girls bowling team made some history while the senior star of the boys team made a triumphant return to the lanes.    Let’s start with the girls first. After a 9-9 season – which included a 1-1 record in the Greater Middlesex Conference tournament — the…

  • PHS students helping youngsters to read

       Ten sophomores from Cranbury volunteered for the program, which aims to encourage reading among elementary schoolchildren. By: Matthew Rick    The usually quiet children’s section of the Cranbury Public Library bustled with activity one night last week, as students from Princeton High School gathered with children in first through third grades to enjoy the third year…

  • Princeton school tax increases seen in preliminary budget

    Nine-cent hike seen in borough; nearly 8 cents in township By: Courtney Gross    Preliminary budget figures from the Princeton Regional School District reveal the average Princeton Borough property owner could pay 9 percent more in school taxes and the average township property owner nearly 8 percent more to cover costs for the 2007-2008 school year.…

  • Council to select replacement member

       JAMESBURG — The Borough Council may have a replacement for former member Carlos Morales as early as next week. By: William Greenwood    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council may have a replacement for former member Carlos Morales as early as next week.    Bernie Long, chairman of the Jamesburg Democratic Committee, said the organization had planned to…

  • New path to park in Rocky Hill approved

    By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — The Rocky Hill Borough Council approved documents Monday allowing construction of a new walking path in Van Horne Park.    The wood-chip path, which would begin at Crescent Avenue and lead to the rest of the park’s path system, needed approval and signature because it goes through designated wetlands within…