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  • AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: See Cranbury students’ new facilities

    Renovations in the talks, and works, in Cranbury By: Lorraine Sedor    Tomorrow, Princeton Regional Schools will invite the community to see what’s new on Walnut Lane from noon to 4 p.m.    Princeton Regional Schools is officially opening its new facilities at Princeton High School and the John Witherspoon Middle School. The community is invited to…

  • Briggs feeds off success

    Junior has grown into MHS XC leader By: Justin Feil    Mike Briggs is proof that success does breed success.    The Montgomery High School junior has grown passionate about cross country. Less than three years after taking it up as something to do in the fall, he has become the top runner for the Cougars. It’s…

  • Peace groups to show film ‘Rush to War’ on Tuesday

       "Rush to War," a film by Bob Taicher, will be presented 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall at Princeton University.    Mr. Taicher, Chris Hedges and Zia Mian will speak after the film.    The event is co-sponsored by Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action and the Princeton University-based Princeton Peace Network.    Mr. Hedges is…

  • The urge to merge

    State considers consolidating towns By: Cara Latham    New legislation introduced in the last two sessions of the special state committee looking at government consolidation and shared services could mean that municipal mergers are a step closer to reality.    Even though the bill is in its early stages, during a time when relief for property taxes…

  • Letters to the editor

    ‘Gang of Four’ doesn’t deserve votes To the editor:     This year the three Republican candidates are known as "The South Street Republican Gang of Four." Three candidates are really four candidates since we have Bob Patten and Kathy Patten as the Yang and Yin campaigning jointly for mayor, and their neighbors Niebo and Keeler…

  • Dorothy Montelius

       Dorothy Dorsett Montelius, 97, formerly of Cranbury, died Friday, Oct. 6 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Punxsutawney, Pa., Ms. Montelius graduated from Indiana Normal School, Indiana, Pa., and taught first grade for many years at the Cranbury School before her retirement in 1970.    Her husband, Rollin Clark Montelius, Jr., her son,…

  • Sewer hikes shouldn’t hurt residents

    Sewage treatments won’t come out of taxpayer’s pockets By: Bill Greenwood    Residents won’t be affected by an increase in the amount the township pays to have its sewage treated, said Mayor Frank Gambatese.    Mayor Gambatese said the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority will charge the township $450,000 more to process the sewage. However, a 2005…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Eliezer Lopez-Ortiz, 21, of Philadelphia, was charged with exhibiting a fake driver’s license after an officer stopped him for driving with an obstructed view on Gemini Drive at 5:09 p.m. Sept. 30.    The officer observed a small bear hanging from the rearview mirror and stopped the vehicle near the intersection of Gemini Drive and…

  • HBA establishes scholarship fund for business students

    Proceeds from the sale of the HBA’s 2007 "Our Historic Hopewell" calendar will be used for the scholarships    The Hopewell Business Association (HBA), a community organization, has established a fund to provide college scholarships for Hopewell Valley Central High School business students.    Proceeds from the sale of the HBA’s 2007 "Our Historic Hopewell" calendar will…