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  • Obituaries

    Willard E. Hammond    HAMILTON — Willard E. "Bill" Hammond, 94, died Sept. 21 at his home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident of Trenton and Hamilton Township and was a graduate of Trenton High School, class of 1929.    He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in North Africa,…

  • Library to ask residents about services

    Board of Trustees, with Zogby International, to conduct phone survey By: Candice Leigh Helfand    CRANBURY — Residents can expect a phone call in the next few weeks asking how they feel about the Cranbury Public Library.    Will library will conduct the automated survey during the last weeks of October. The survey is designed to improve…

  • Resurrecting the bus routes

    Revised route for nonpublic school students ready By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — Starting on Monday, 41 nonpublic school children who attend St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic schools in Robbinsville will have buses to take them to school and the buses will stop at safer places, Upper Freehold Regional…

  • Press Forum

    Should Monroe consolidate its three fire districts into one district or one department? Should Monroe consolidate its three fire districts into one district or one department?

  • Cameras added for security

    Jamesburg to keep closer electrical eye on JFK School By: Bill Greenwood    JAMESBURG — The school district hopes that expanding its video surveillance system will mean a safer school ground at John F. Kennedy School.    New cameras with DVD-recording capabilities have been installed in the school’s playground area, and a new monitor for viewing the…

  • Hopson a leader on PHS gridiron

    Defensive back has grown with program By: Bob Nuse    Sascha Hopson is in his third season as a starting safety for the Princeton High football team.    Three years as a starter means Hopson has plenty of experience. But he has also had to learn a little something new each year with the Little Tigers.    "It…

  • Borough resident fills BOE seat

    By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — The newest member of the Upper Freehold Regional School District is Doug Anthony, an Allentown resident and a professional business agent heavily involved in the community.    Mr. Anthony was named to replace Kathy Wolden, who resigned her seat on the board on Aug. 10, for personal reasons.    "It looks…

  • Child of the ’60s

    Passage Theatre opens its season with a world premiere about the civil rights movement. By: Susan Van Dongen    For playwright, director and actress Seret Scott, college had always been a dream. Like many African-Americans of her generation, Ms. Scott’s parents started talking to her about higher education almost before she started kindergarten.    That’s why, when…

  • A new system to select music

    School using lottery to determine what instruments students play By: Lacey Korevec    It was the luck of the draw this year for Cranbury School fourth-graders.    On Sept. 15, students participated in the school’s first music lottery, a new system meant to make the assigning of band instruments more fair by relying on chance, rather than…