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  • Church construction should finish by the holidays

    Officials expect church to be ready for Christmas By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — Construction on the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg is near completion and officials expect to have the church ready just in time for the Christmas season.    The final stages of the church’s renovation project, which includes a 12,000-square-foot, three-story addition, the expansion of…

  • School district mulls alternate location for middle school

    Breza Road site under consideration By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — Superintendent Robert Smith said on Monday that the Board of Education is looking at a site on Breza Road — the same one that a New York company is seeking to build a warehouse on — as an alternative to the proposed middle school…

  • Barreto’s return a boost for Falcons

    By: David Gurney    For Monroe Township High School junior forward Ivan Barreto, it’s taken a while to gain peace of mind.    Barreto has been a revelation for the boys varsity soccer team this year, coming off a yearlong hiatus from soccer to score seven goals (two assists) and help lead a formidable Falcon attack that…

  • At 3-3, Robbinsville hockey enters playoff race

    By: Sean Moylan    On September 19th, the Robbinsville High field hockey team won "the battle of the birds" when the Ravens grounded the Lawrence Cardinals, 1-0, in an away game.    The game featured a great head-to-head match-up as Robbinsville’s goalie Megan Leach, with help from her defense, shut down Lawrence’s great attacker Melissa Casale.    "I…

  • ‘Epicurean Palette’

    Guests enjoy the setting at least as much as the fare By: Pat Tanner    The sixth annual Epicurean Palette, the primary fundraising event for Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, was a resounding success last Sunday, despite dire weather predictions that promised, but never delivered, severe thunderstorms. Neither the patrons, who had each paid $99 to…

  • New face on council

    Township native earns appointment By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Those who attend Township Council meetings will see a new face sitting before them.    Leslie Koppel-Egierd, of Andrew Drive, attended her first meeting as councilwoman Monday night after she was sworn in to replace John Riggs earlier that day.    Mr. Riggs resigned on Sept. 12 to…

  • Advisory board supports three-story, glass-walled PU building

    Operations Research and Financial Engineering building would be built on parking lot near Mudd Library By: Hilary Parker    The Site Plan Review Advisory Board on Monday unanimously agreed to recommend the approval of Princeton University’s proposed Operations Research and Financial Engineering building by the Regional Planning Board of Princeton.    The recommendation was granted at a…

  • Editorial

    Herald offers guidelines for local elections By: Vic Monaco    In the spirit of fairness to all candidates and with an eye toward providing the best service to readers, Packet Publications has established a set of ground rules for news coverage of local election campaigns.    Under the guidelines, this newspaper commits to certain elements of news…

  • Reawakening

    A widow in her 60s finds new life in a relationship with a younger man in ‘The Things You Least Expect’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Joan Vail Thorne expects the central romantic relationship in her newest play to surprise, perhaps even shock, audiences. It’s between Claire, a widow in her 60s, and…