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  • Borough allows denser mill plans

    Owner/developer hopeful again By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council is in position to once again choose a redeveloper for the former rug mill property after approving a revised ordinance that would allow the number of units proposed by the owner.    The council on Monday unanimously OK’d an ordinance that calls for a maximum of…

  • New Route 206 traffic signal anticipates major Montgomery shopping center

    Upscale Montgomery Promenade planned for 50-acre site north of Princeton Airport By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The traffic signals at Route 206 and Benjamin Boulevard — the road leading into the Princeton North Shopping Center — are standing ready to be activated, with only a thin covering laid over the lights indicating their inactivity.    According…

  • Homecoming crowd cheers HHS football to 4-0

    By: Sean Moylan    The Hightstown High football team can attack in so many different ways that it played its sloppiest game of the season and still found a way to crush Hopewell Valley, 33-5, in front of a happy Homecoming crowd last Friday night.    "We had a huge crowd and it was standing room only.…

  • Flying high

    The Historical Society of Princeton wows patrons (including Barbra Streisand) with a gala evening to remember By: Christian Kirkpatrick    No one could accuse the Historical Society of Princeton of dreaming small.    For several years, HSP staff members have wanted to hold a fundraiser that would bring in not just money but new people. They’ve dreamed…

  • Mayors pan merger bill

    Officials do not feel plan is in best interest of public By: Stephanie Brown    Local mayors say forced consolidation is a bad idea.    They say legislation currently being considered that would remove local voters from the consolidation process and leave the decision up to the state will be costly and not in the best interests…

  • Letters to the editor

    Don’t like Mironov? Leave township To the editor:     Enough knocking Mayor Mironov and calling her unfair for not allowing the IACC Indian project to commence in East Windsor!    Mayor Mironov did the right thing and I applaud her! Our mayor very meticulously researches any and all projects that would benefit, hinder, cause unnecessary hardships…

  • Rules make consolidating schools tough

    League doubts bill’s power to fix problems By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — As state lawmakers debate whether merging some of the state’s 616 school districts will bring New Jersey some tax relief, the League of Women Voters says regionalization may not be the quick fix that proponents may think.    Members of the League of Women…

  • MTHS tennis team makes a push for White Division title

    By: Sean Richards    Following a slow and frustrating start, everything is starting to point to a positive and winning season for the Monroe Township High School girls tennis team.    Over the last week, the Falcons rolled past Bishop Ahr, 4-1, and Colonia, 3-2. That left the team at 5-2 with a five-match winning streak.    In…

  • Matthew Zell

       Matthew Scott Zell, 49, of Monroe, died Friday, Sept. 29, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Perth Amboy, he was formerly of Edison, moving to Monroe two and a half years ago.    Mr. Zell worked in retail sales at Home Depot in East Windsor for the past two years. He…