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  • A double take at the Junction train station

    Multilevel cars begin service By: Lauren Otis    WEST WINDSOR — In the dark, as it pulled into Princeton Junction station, the 5:43 p.m. westbound NJ Transit train from New York City at first looked like any other. But as the shiny new cars glided along the platform and came to a slow stop they revealed…

  • Montgomery recreation programs spread a wide net

    Trips, fitness classes, language sessions among offerings By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — With the new year fast approaching, what better way to kick it off than with a fitness class or a trip to a professional sporting event? That is why the Montgomery Recreation Department has planned a myriad of events beginning in January.    Trips…

  • Cranbury looking ahead to 2007

       Many Cranbury groups are expecting big things over the next 12 months. By: Lacey Korevec    With 2007 just days away, it’s time for township groups and organizations to say goodbye to 2006, and hello to a whole new year.    Many of these groups are expecting big things over the next 12 months.    Arts Council    For…

  • Cranbury begins township administrator search

       Officials hope to start interviewing candidates for a new township administrator by the end of January, and to have someone selected by April or May. By: Lacey Korevec    Officials hope to start interviewing candidates for a new township administrator by the end of January, and to have someone selected by April or May.    Current Township…

  • Agents at Prudential Fox & Roach roll up sleeves for community service day

    On October 5, volunteers from Prudential Fox & Roach rolled up their sleeves to help sort food and restock the shelves at the Crisis Ministry in Princeton.    Real estate agents at the Princeton office of Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors volunteered at the Crisis Ministry Services on October 5 during the company’s Annual Community Service…

  • Monroe organizations looking ahead to 2007

    Monroe committees and organizations set goals for the coming year. By: Stephanie Brown and Candice Leigh Helfand    MONROE— From the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission to the Friends of the Senior Center, everyone has their eyes on 2007.    Here’s what some township groups are looking at for the next year. Cultural Arts Commission    The Cultural…

  • Tigers Gunn-ing to be ready for Ivy season

    Freshman, PU hoops facing winless Iona next By: Justin Feil    Lincoln Gunn, Marcus Schroeder and Zach Finley are still freshmen, but at some point this season they won’t be treated as such anymore.    "I don’t think you get to that point until you hit the league," said Princeton University men’s basketball coach Joe Scott. "It’s…

  • A reminder never to quit

    New wrestling mat honors coach’s son. By: Ken Weingartner    MONROE — As Sal Profaci stood aside the wrestling mat that now bears tribute to his late son, Nicholas, at Monroe Township High School, figuring out a way to beat visiting Freehold Township was foremost on his mind.    Yet, it wasn’t the only issue he was…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Awaiting, not making, resolutions

    Looking ahead to 2007 with some hopes for long-discussed projects that really need resolution. By: Hank Kalet    Resolution: It’s a word that, at this time of year, has come to mean a setting of goals.    Most of us do it, announce with some level of personal fanfare our good intentions: We resolve to lose 10…