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  • Full-day kindergarten ready for debate

    By: Dick Brinster    A proposal to establish full-day kindergarten has strong proponents in the East Windsor Regional School District.    But sentiment is likely more mixed among parents and other voters who will be asked in April to approve a referendum to establish the program in September.    The concept would cost between $1.5 million and $2…

  • Local helps PU grab top spot

    Grabowski steady for Tiger women’s squash By: Justin Feil    In Carly Grabowski’s three seasons, the Princeton University women’s squash team has never been top-ranked.    With last week’s wins over then-No. 3 Trinity, -No. 1 Penn and –No. 2 and defending national champion Yale, the Tigers were able to find a new number next to their…

  • HHS senior named ‘Most Outstanding’

    Trivisonno, Amponsa repeat MCT championships By: Sean Moylan    Regardless of the circumstances, the great ones find ways of rising to the top.    On Saturday afternoon at Trenton High, the Hightstown High varsity wrestling team advanced five grapplers into the finals of the Mercer County Tournament. Yet only last year’s champions, Tim Trivisonno and "Cool" Kenny…

  • Superintendent plan panned

    Locals find measure unecessary By: Lacey Korevec    Some residents say legislation that would create a county superintendent of schools is an attempt to fix something that isn’t broken.    They say a proposal that would put power into the hands of a regional, county superintendent to oversee local districts’ operations would ruin the small-school appeal of…

  • Ryan’s actions at both ends of the ice speak loudly

    By: Justin Feil    John Ryan doesn’t have to say anything on the ice.    The Cranbury resident has been a natural leader at the offensive end since his freshman year with the Princeton High boys’ hockey team. He has the points to prove it, almost 250 of them.    So when Ryan makes a commitment to the…

  • Details of Washington’s EMS deal take form

    Local squad captain not happy By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Washington Township Administrator Mary Caffrey couldn’t have been more enthusiastic as she talked this week to the Borough Council about recently begun negotiations to provide emergency medical services to the borough.    Her enthusiasm wasn’t shared by two local leaders from the volunteer First Aid Squad…

  • ‘Wandering Home’

    Having lived in Nashville 20 years, Irish native Maura O’Connell will talk about becoming an American citizen when she performs at Concerts at the Crossing. By: Susan Van Dongen    Singer Maura O’Connell, a native of County Clare, Ireland, realizes there’s something in her voice that touches listeners on the inside, and is almost cathartic. She…

  • Hightstown eyeing ‘stunning’ tax hike

    State aid not part of 25-cent estimate By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Local homeowners, who saw an 18-cent hike in their 2006 municipal tax rate, could see a 25-cent increase for 2007.    That was the word this week from Borough Administrator Candace Gallagher who presented Borough Council with a draft budget of $5.8 million, up…

  • School working on budget

    Awaiting state tax information By: Lacey Korevec    School officials are waiting for word from the state.    Cranbury School Business Administrator Carolyn Eversole said the administration is hoping to present a 2007 budget to the school board at an 8 p.m. public meeting Feb. 20. However, the plan won’t be finalized until the district knows how…