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  • Republicans come up short in Rocky Hill candidate search

    Council to make its own nominations for replacement of Richard Batchelder By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The borough’s Republican Committee this week was able to submit only one of the required three candidate names to the Borough Council by the 15-day deadline to fill the seat vacated by former Councilman Richard Batchelder.    The Republican…

  • Freshman Meyers making strides

    By: Ron Parent        She might still have a few things to learn, but Monroe Township High School freshman Nicole Meyers has plenty of the one thing girls basketball head coach Leigh Vogtman can’t teach.    The 5-foot-11 center/forward, the tallest player on the Falcons’ roster, has jumped from the freshman squad to junior varsity to…

  • MTHS one step closer to White crown

    Win over Sayreville sets up showdown with Woodbridge By: Ken Weingartner    Monroe Township High’s wrestling team took a big step toward claiming the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division title, but a major obstacle remains.    The Falcons beat defending league champion Sayreville, 34-30, Saturday to remain unbeaten in the division. Only Woodbridge stands in the way…

  • Herald Poll

    The war in Iraq By:    What are your thoughts, in general, on the war in Iraq and specifically on President Bush’s recently announced strategy to increase troop levels? Click on "post a comment."

  • Veteran borough police lieutenant ready to move on

    Dennis McManimon takes leave of force after 25 years By: Courtney Gross    It was his first call.    A rookie on the Princeton Borough Police Department, Dennis McManimon may have been up for anything, but he was not necessarily prepared for a suspect toting a shotgun threatening other borough residents.    Having been repeatedly faced with such…

  • Case against four PHS students is dropped

    Board of Education to continue review of police-school relation policy By: Courtney Gross    As the Princeton Regional Board of Education prepares to review and possibly approve a policy that would more strictly regulate police investigations on school property, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has dropped charges against four Princeton High School students whose arrests brought…

  • Going batty for bird houses

    Area provides plenty of resources for bird lovers By: Carolyn Foote Edelmann    A popular practice of backyard bird watchers is the installation of bird houses, which encourage nesting and roosting wrens and bluebirds — and bats, too, which are not birds, of course, but mammals.    In either case, the presence of these winged wonders is…

  • Police recover stolen engine

    Race car engine leads to police charges for local, area men By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — A routine traffic stop last week resulted in the recovery of a stolen race car engine valued at $25,000.    Kentheoti Cross, 37, of Prospect Plains Road in Monroe, and Gerald Hunt, 45, of McDermott Street in Freehold Borough, were…

  • Bus to leave Princeton for war protest in Washington

       The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action has reserved a bus to leave Princeton on Jan. 27 to travel to the Mass Demonstration Against the Iraq War in Washington.    The deadline for reservations is Monday. Information and reservations can be obtained by visiting www.peacecoalition.org or calling (609) 924-5022.    A Lobby Day is planned for Jan. 29…