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  • Holiday tips for fire safety

    Preventing fire hazards from interfering with holiday By: Lacey Korevec    Logs in the fireplace burn, as children tear eagerly through wrapping paper to get to their holiday gifts. On the coffee table, a lit candle emits the sweet smell of gingerbread cookies. The window is bordered with a rainbow of Christmas lights and the curtains…

  • Call the coach crazy, but. . .

    Turco feels MTHS still tough as post-Rudowitz era begins By: David Gurney    Monroe high school head coach Bob Turco has been questioning his own sanity lately.    Coming off a school-record 24-5 season, the Falcons have lost six of their top 10 players from last year and four of five starters, including third-team, all-State forward A.J.…

  • Glamour and fun with the Red Hats

    Holiday celebration has local women seeing red By: Lacey Korevec    Violet velvet dresses adorned with red satin bows and ruby studded pins, all topped with glamorous and sophisticated red hats, some with flashy purple flowers secured to the brims.    Crimson lipstick and boas, along with purple tights and heels finished off the look for 21…

  • PU’s planned pedestrian bridge named for benefactor

    Designed by famed Swiss architect Christian Menn, it will span Washington Road By: Jake Uitti    John Harrison Streicker, a real estate executive and 1964 Princeton University graduate, has donated the funding to construct a 300-foot pedestrian bridge across Washington Road that university officials say will link the two halves of the southern part of the…

  • Plainsboro gets updated plans for new public library

    Fundraising hits $1.1 million mark By: Molly Petrilla    PLAINSBORO — Plans for the new Town Center took further shape Wednesday night at the Plainsboro Township Committee meeting.    George Schieferdecker of New York-based BKSK Architects LLP presented an updated set of plans for the township’s new public library and shortly afterward, the committee agreed to make…

  • Borough Council introduces ordinance to raise water/sewer rate

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Each homeowner will pay $126 more a year for water and sewer service if the Borough Council adopts an ordinance it introduced at a special meeting Thursday night.    A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 27.    Introduction of the measure came 10 days after the council voted 4-2 against a…

  • ‘The Love Boat’

    CONTACT supporters take a cruise to celebrate 30 years of service By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Guests felt the love Saturday night as they entered the Educational Testing Service’s Chauncey Conference Center.    At the door, they heard the soaring theme from "The Love Boat." Inside, a very dapper David Letcher, dressed as the ship’s Captain Merrill Stubing,…

  • Anthony, Moore, Pagliarulo win Twin Rivers election

    By: Dick Brinster     EAST WINDSOR – Incumbents Becky Anthony, Rob Moore and John Pagliarulo easily won re-election to the Board of Directors of the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association, according to preliminary results tabulated Thursday night.    They got three-year terms on the nine-member board by swamping Steve Commer, Deepa Shulka and Al Wally under a…

  • The Hun School’s (RED) Day to help fight AIDS

    By: Courtney Gross    Breaking from its tough dress code, The Hun School of Princeton will host its first "(RED) Day" today in an attempt to raise money to fight the AIDS pandemic in Africa.    Students who participate today are allowed to attend school in regular clothing if they have purchased products affiliated with the (RED)…