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  • Rocky Hill moves to cut costs for towed vehicles

    Measure should ease financial pain for motorists stopped by South Bound Brook police By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council on Monday approved an amendment to the borough’s towing ordinance, which was passed last month, that will affect cars towed by South Bound Brook police in the borough.    The amendment requires that the…

  • Morgan Estates marathon of hearings continues

    Township zoning board chairman says public will get its turn at next meeting By: Courtney Gross    Check off hearing No. 8 — and that’s only counting this year.    Professional representatives of opponents of Morgan Estates, a proposed age-restricted condominium development before Princeton Township’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, wrapped up their testimony Monday evening, paving the…

  • Woman charged with stealing

    Bank robbery leads to arrest By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — An Englishtown woman has been charged with stealing $16,000 from the Sovereign Bank on Applegarth Road where she worked, police said.    Karin Sharenow, 38, of Carriage Lane, sold annuities at Sovereign Bank as a financial relationship specialist when, police said, she took $6,000 from the…

  • Holt, Ferguson head back to Congress

    In a reversal of the usual role, it was an early night for the Democrat By: Courtney Gross    If it were another year — one without a war in Iraq — it would have been smoother sailing for Republican Congressman Mike Ferguson and competitive campaigning for Democratic Congressman Rush Holt.    But for central New Jersey’s…

  • Catherine Weissman

       Catherine Marie Weissman, 85, of Monroe, died Friday, Nov. 3, at Victoria House Nursing Home in Matawan.    Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she resided in Port Ritchey, Fla., before moving to Monroe, three years ago.    Her husband, Joseph Weissman, died in December 1970. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Terzano and her husband, Michael,…

  • Hightstown football opens playoffs tonight

    By: Sean Moylan    "I really thought we had a real chance to win. We were one second and four yards way from leading at the half," said Ed Kopp, whose Hightstown High varsity football team was beaten by Notre Dame, 28-7, on Friday night under the lights at Hightstown.    After Hightstown quarterback Joey Medici and…

  • Unopposed, Princeton Democrats elected to new terms

    Voters back Democrats strongly across the ballot By: Courtney Gross    Democrats in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have been re-elected to municipal office in a race that had no challengers.    In the borough, Mayor Mildred Trotman was elected to serve the remaining year of a term left vacant by the death of former Mayor Joseph…

  • Children help soup kitchen

    Youngsters donate time and energy to helping out By: Lacey Korevec    A number of little hands were working to fill brown paper lunch bags with microwave chicken and rice soup, juice packs, Dole orange slice packs and individually wrapped brownie dessert snacks Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church.    Members of the Cranbury Mother’s Club and…

  • MHS eyes upset for CJ IV title

    Cougars at on unbeaten Steinert today By: Justin Feil    Eight to nothing.    The Montgomery High School girls’ soccer team lost to Steinert High by that score in a preseason scrimmage.    The two teams meet again 2 p.m. today at Steinert for the Central Jersey Group IV championship. And while the second-seeded Cougars are definite underdogs…