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  • Diane Bradley

       Diane "Lady Di" Bradley, 50, formerly of New Brunswick, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in New Brunswick, she resided most of her life in Jamesburg. She was employed as a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service, Somerset. She was a former member of Mt. Ararat Missionary…

  • EDITORIAL: Pari Stave, Diane Stasi in Cranbury

    Endorsements from both parties    Pari Stave is a rare candidate.    In a field of respectable candidates, Ms. Stave stands head and shoulders above the rest.    She has shown, in her six years on the Township Committee, that she is knowledgeable, committed to the community and possesses the kind of creativity needed to ensure to protect…

  • West Windsor-Plainsboro students to hold coat drive Saturday

    By: Molly Petrilla    Fourth- and fifth-grade students at West Windsor-Plainsboro’s Millstone River and Village Elementary schools are banding together to "lend a hand (and) warm a heart."    On Saturday, the students will hold a coat drive at the Millstone River School from 9 a.m. to noon to collect clean, gently worn coats and jackets as…

  • Letters to the editor

    Borough lucky to have Patten To the editor:     Bob Patten should be re-elected mayor of Hightstown for many obvious reasons. Economic growth, property tax reform, beautification projects just to name a few. However, our reasons to support Bob Patten may be of a different nature.    It was eight weeks until our wedding day and…

  • Borough Council approves hospital site zoning

    Township introduces its measure to guide development after medical center’s planned departure for Plainsboro By: Courtney Gross    The future development of the University Medical Center at Princeton’s main campus will most likely leave residential uses within Princeton Borough, while keeping office or retail space in Princeton Township.    Bringing the approximately 11-acre area closer to redevelopment,…

  • Singles learn swing dance, make connections

    By: Katrina Lewin EAST WINDSOR — The event at Beth El Synagogue on Saturday gave new meaning to the term "swinging singles."     The event, a meet-and-greet for singles, featured dinner, live music and swing dancing lessons.     Rachel Katz, who serves on the membership committee of the temple, came up with the idea.    …

  • Veteran journalist gives insider account of Cold War tensions

    The "last gasp of detente" described by Don Oberdorfer By: Alice Lloyd George    Immediate access to the political inner circle on Air Force One during the Cold War was an illuminating experience, said award-winning journalist Don Oberdorfer in a talk Wednesday at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.    The distinguished journalist…

  • Haughton caps great week by setting scoring record

    By: Sean Moylan    It would have been a good week anyway for the Hightstown High field hockey team because Jessica Haughton broke Wendy Greczyn’s 32-year old single season record for goals when she scored for the Rams’ in Monday’s 1-0 home win over Lawrence in the opener of the Mercer County Tournament. Moreover, the Rams…

  • Concrete clean-up on hold

    New plan needed to continue By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Construction on a portion of an Applegarth Road commercial site can resume, but contaminated fill brought from Ford Motor Co. still remains on most of the 18 acres.    The state Department of Environmental Protection cleared part of the Applegarth site on Oct. 16, and granted…