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  • Blawenburg Reformed Church marks its 175th

    Weekend celebration planned By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — This weekend, one of Montgomery’s older churches will celebrate nearly two centuries of worship.    Blawenburg Reformed Church, on Route 518, will celebrate its 175th anniversary with a weekend of events and special guests, along with the release of a book about the church’s long history in Montgomery.…

  • Hightstown boys’ basketball wins regular-season finale

    By: Sean Moylan    Hightstown High boys’ varsity basketball head coach Don Hess didn’t like having more than a week off entering last night’s (Thursday’s) scheduled NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III home playoff game versus Long Branch.    His Rams needed a game to stay fresh and sharp, so Hess put out some "feelers" and an old…

  • White wins National Prep title at 125 pounds

    Peddie junior can go for fourth wrestling championship next season By: Sean Moylan    For the second straight year, Peddie’s Dan White won the 125-pound individual wrestling championship at the National Prep ‘A’ Wrestling Tournament at Lehigh University on Saturday. White, now a junior, had won the 103-pound title as a freshman.    "There’s an unspoken pressure…

  • WIDE BIRTH: MAPPING OUT THE TURNPIKE EXPANSION

    Road’s early days easily seen in their rearview mirrors By: Dick Brinster    Hightstown Mayor Bob Patten remembers walking and playing along the New Jersey Turnpike.    And his former teacher and later colleague at Hightstown High School recalls his time on one of the roadway’s construction gangs.    Memories for both are rekindled now that the highway…

  • Only two candidates for three board seats

    By: Cara Latham    HIGHTSTOWN — Ric Perez, whose term on the East Windsor Regional school board expires this year, is not seeking re-election.    As expected, however, incumbents Bonnie Fayer and Bob Laverty did file for candidacy by the state’s deadline on Monday and will be running unopposed for two of the three, three-year East Windsor…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Potluck dinner and a historical visitor

       The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society invites its members and neighbors to the spring potluck supper this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church. By: Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society invites its members and neighbors to the spring potluck supper this evening at 6:30 p.m. in…

  • WIDE BIRTH: MAPPING OUT THE TURNPIKE EXPANSION

    Commuters, businesses anxiously awaiting traffic relief By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Mark Platizky has been commuting by bus on the New Jersey Turnpike between his home in Twin Rivers and his job with a financial services firm in New York for 20 of his 50 years.    He’s able to avoid the pressure of driving,…

  • OBITUARIES, March 2, 2007

    Robert F. Eaton Jr., John T. Wallmark, Edward C. Coleman, Carol Schmiedeskamp, Mary M. Stovall, Catherine Slipka Robert F. Eaton Jr. Attorney     MONTGOMERY — Robert "Rob" Eaton Jr. died Feb. 23 in New York City. He was 27.    A patent attorney, he worked at the New York law firm of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and…

  • Ragucci has ‘one of those meets’ at NJSIAA’s Meet of Champions

    By: Sean Richards    It has been such a great winter track season for Monroe Township High School junior Nicole Ragucci it almost comes as a shock when things don’t go so well.    Actually, there was nothing wrong with Ragucci’s showing at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in Toms River over the weekend. It’s just that…