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  • Heading back to the classroom-M/J (II)

    Preparation starts early for teachers By: Lacey Korevec    MONROE — While students are busy doing back-to-school shopping and enjoying the last few days of their summer vacation, teachers at Woodland School are already in their classrooms, cutting, coloring, laminating, measuring and stapling.    Bulletin boards are one of the most important, and time-consuming, parts of setting…

  • West Windsor officials move to raze three township properties

    The Nierenberg house dates back to the mid-1800s By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — After conducting an inventory of township-owned properties, the administration is anticipating three buildings will be razed — one dating back to the 1800s.    The township owns a total of 16 buildings. Of the three targeted for demolition, two are farmhouses and…

  • NJ Transit adds pair of extra holiday trains today

       NJ Transit will offer two early getaway trains today from New York Penn Station to Trenton to provide more opportunities for customers seeking to get a jump on the Labor Day holiday.    The extra trains will depart New York at 2:26 p.m. and 3:25 p.m. and will stop at Secaucus, Newark and Newark Airport, then…

  • Style counts as kids get ready for first day

    Students seek new ‘dos By: Jessica Beym    As 8-year-old Emma Corr sat in the barber’s chair at Village Haircutters on Tuesday, she said goodbye to her spilt-ends and summer sun-streaked hair in time for the start of school.    The visit to the salon was just one of many stops that Emma, her 10-year-old sister Olivia…

  • Obituaries

    From the Sept. 1 edition Brian J. Landry    EAST WINDSOR — Brian J. Landry, 17, of East Windsor, formerly of Hoboken, died Sunday at home.    He was a senior at Hightstown High School, where he played lacrosse, freshman football and was on the wrestling and debate teams. He also was a member of the Tri-State…

  • EDITORIAL: Stream corridor law has merit

    Keep up good environmental work    Cranbury and its residents have been pretty good stewards of the environment for some time now.    The township has worked hard to preserve thousands of acres of farms and green space. Local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have done their part to make areas like the West Property a "destination"…

  • OBITUARIES, Sept. 1, 2006

    Patrick F. McManimon Sr., Behrends Messer Jr., Giovanni G. Balestrieri, Melda E. Rogers, Alden W. Bynum Sr. Patrick F. McManimon Sr. Retired steamfitter     GLEN GARDNER — Patrick F. McManimon Sr. died Tuesday at Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington. He was 82.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Princeton for 80 years and for the last…

  • Cranbury youth finds nothing nerdy about School of Sciences

    Governor’s School educates local teen By: Denise Xu    When an enthusiastic high school senior spends four summer weeks living at Drew University, taking science classes and conducting groundbreaking research at a graduate-school level with 84 of his peers, isn’t that the definition of nerd camp?    "One of the coolest things was that it was actually…

  • Boychoir School names new president

    By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The American Boychoir School has named Charles Bickford to succeed Donald B. Edwards as president of the all-boys’ academic and musical school. Mr. Edwards plans to retire Dec. 31.    Mr. Bickford was selected after a six-month search. His position as president is effective Jan. 1.    "We regret Don Edwards’ decision to retire,…