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  • If Yanks could do it, why not Monroe?

    By: Sean Richards    The Monroe Township High School field hockey team must feel like the New York Yankees did when they went through a rough stretch early in the season.    No matter what the team or what the sport, everybody has their down periods when nothing seems to work.    Yes, Monroe is still looking for…

  • Walking through township history

    Historical and Preservation Society offers history tour of Cranbury By: Lacey Korevec    The fountain on South Main Street, in front of Brainerd Lake, was built in 1907 by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union to encourage wagon drivers to drink water rather than liquor.    The Brainerd Cemetery has 40, 18th century graves and is the burial…

  • Township nixes cell proposals

    Requirements not met By: Lacey Korevec    The Township Committee on Monday rejected bids from Cingular and Sprint to build a new cell tower behind the Cranbury Fire Department Monday.    Committee members said the bids did not meet the requirements set forth in the bid specifications. Township Attorney Trishka Waterbury said she would not say why…

  • HHS big man is ‘Worth’ a lot to team

    By: Sean Moylan    Dominic Mastroianni, the head coach of the red-hot Hightstown High boys’ varsity soccer team, believes that Brian Mino Worth, a 6-foot 5 inch muscle man, has the potential to develop into a great goalie one day.    But for now the Rams are more than happy to settle for Mino Worth just being…

  • Seeking advice on Brick Yard lot

    Cranbury requests state’s opinion By: Lacey Korevec    The Township Committee has written to the state Department of Environmental Protection requesting a meeting to find out what can be done with a 400-acre parcel of contaminated land on Brick Yard Road, Councilman David Stout said Monday night.    The committee is still awaiting a response. The land,…

  • Book Notes

    A Nobel Prize winner’s search for memory By: Joan Ruddiman    "In Search of Memory" (Norton, 2006) by Eric Kandel is a fascinating mix of memoir and serious science. Kandel received the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the study of memory storage in the brain. His work for over 40 years with the lowly Aplysia,…

  • Bus service for parochial pupils upsets some parents

    Bolandi says drivers unfamiliar with routes By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional district’s transportation plan for parochial school students is mired in delays that continue to frustrate parents and school officials.    But Schools Superintendent Ron Bolandi says he is hopeful of a reduction in delays which he says are attributable in part…

  • Shiseido nears completion of expanded plant

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Shiseido America, the domestic arm of the world’s oldest and fourth-largest cosmetics manufacturer, expects to complete a $9 million expansion of its township facility this fall.    The 53,000 square feet addition, expected to be done in November, will bring the size of the local plant to 215,000 square feet,…

  • Obituaries

    Elmer "Jim" Gulick    Elmer "Jim" Gulick, 86, of Hightstown, died Wednesday in the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Washington Township, he was a longtime Hightstown resident. Mr. Gulick was a self-employed carpenter who worked on many local homes. He also was an auto mechanic and had his own service garage at one time.…