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  • Subsidized homes available in Princeton Borough, Montgomery

       A Princeton Borough two-bedroom low-income apartment is available for sale, a borough one-bedroom moderate-income apartment is available for rent and three new moderate-income one-bedroom apartments are available to rent in the Blawenburg area of Montgomery Township, according to the Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing, which is administering the affordable-housing program.    Applicants must meet income…

  • Additional early-morning express commuter trains set for New York run

       Two new early morning NJ Transit express trains from Trenton to New York will begin service Monday in an effort to add seats during peak-period service.    The trains will depart Princeton Junction at 5:23 a.m. and 5:51 a.m., operate express to Newark and arrive in New York at 6:16 a.m. and 6:44 a.m., respectively.    In…

  • Milton Stoll

       Milton Stoll, 93, of Monroe Village in Monroe, died Monday morning, Oct. 23, at his residence.    Born in Newark, Mr. Stoll resided in the Somerset section of Franklin before moving to Monroe. Mr. Stoll was employed as the traffic manager for Smith & Solomon Trucking Co. of New Brunswick for 42 years before retiring in…

  • Falcons enjoy one miracle, then nearly pull off another

    By: Sean Richards    It only figures the Monroe Township High School field hockey team would see its season come to an end Monday in an excruciating, 2-1 shootout loss to South Plainfield in the semifinals of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament.    While more often than not the Falcons came up on the wrong end of…

  • Author of ‘Dead Man Walking’ to speak at university

       Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking" and a prominent death penalty opponent, will speak and have a book-signing at McCosh 10 on the Princeton University campus 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9.    In 1982, Sister Prejean began visiting a death row inmate in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. She became his spiritual adviser and accompanied him…

  • Fencing approved as Montgomery High School sport

    One-year pilot program will not tap district funds, advocates say By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a one-year pilot fencing program at Montgomery High School for the 2006-2007 school year. The program is intended to add no cost to the district the first year.    "Our district continues to…

  • Lupus, while challenging, can be treated

    The disease can strike people of all ages, but it is most frequently diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 45 By: Leonard Grossman, M.D.    Lupus is the name of a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in various parts of the body, including the joints, skin, heart and lungs, kidneys and blood cells.    The…

  • Frustrated Monroe makes South AMboy pay in GMCT

    By: Ron Parent    As difficult as it was for players and coaches to believe, despite a 11-5 record, despite finishing third in the highly competitive Greater Middlesex Conference White Division, the Monroe Township High School girls soccer team was still not awarded a high enough seed to land even a single home game in the…

  • Stuart, Harrington handle pressures

    By: Justin Feil    There is pressure in being the No. 1 seed.    As the top seed in both the Mercer County Tournament and the prep state tournament, Stuart Country Day’s field hockey team gets plenty of it over the next week.    "There might be a little extra pressure," said Stuart head coach Missy Bruvik, whose…