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  • Emburgia just misses placing at states

    By: Ken Weingartner    Sam Emburgia’s name does not appear among this year’s place-winners at 103 pounds in the state wrestling tournament results, but after the performance "Bam Bam" gave last weekend in Atlantic City, one would have to believe he will be knocking at the door again next season.    Heck, after the performance he gave,…

  • OBITUARIES, March 9, 2007

    William C. Baggitt, Benjamin M. Powell, Dr. Lillian B. Tenney, Paul Hilaire, Edwin D. Shaw Jr., Dr. Levon D. Yazujian William C. Baggitt Attorney and judge     WEST WINDSOR — William C. Baggitt died Thursday. He was 74.    An attorney, his legal career as a private practitioner spanned 47 years in Princeton.    He represented the…

  • 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.…