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  • Students spread peace message

    People to People program dedicated to world peace By: Denise Xu    How is President Dwight D. Eisenhower connected to two rising sophomores from Cranbury?    During his term in office, the 34th president was trying to ease tensions caused by the Cold War. So in 1956, he founded People to People, a program meant to prevent…

  • LeBlanc named soccer coach at West Virginia

    By: Sean Moylan    Marlon LeBlanc was an All-State, All-County and All-Area All-Star during his four-year varsity soccer career (all as a starter) at Hightstown High School. Yet it was as a player and then an assistant coach for the Penn State men’s soccer team that LeBlanc received national attention as living legend Barry Gorman’s right-hand…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Shore officials: do the math

    Research needs to look more at implications of new line By: Hank Kalet    The folks in Monmouth and Ocean counties want us to believe that two plus two does not equal four.    Officials in the two counties — along with The Asbury Park Press and others — are touting a new, as yet unfinished rail…

  • Heading back to the classroom (I)

    Parents have their own 1st day jitters By: Jessica Beym    Five-year-old Kathryn DeMilt jumped on her mother’s bed early one morning this week and wanted to know how many days were left until she got to ride the big yellow bus.    With her new lunch box, book bag and outfit picked out, Kathryn is eager…

  • West Windsor makes last-ditch attempt at private school busing solution

    St. Paul School and Notre Dame High School students affected By: Courtney Gross    In a last-ditch attempt to provide busing for private school children who live in West Windsor and Plainsboro, administrators, parents and state Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) gathered in the Community Middle School auditorium Wednesday evening looking for answers.    The meeting concluded…

  • BREAKING NEWS — East Windsor man charged with murder

    By:Dick Brinster EAST WINDSOR – A 70-year-old man was charged Friday with murder. Police said he stabbed a 63-year-old woman with whom he lived. Police said Donald Zampini of Wyndmoor Drive was being held on $500,000 bail. They said they found the body of Barbara Morris in the residence. Ms. Morris received multiple stab wounds…

  • Barbecue welcomes Special opportunity

    Montgomery offers athletic avenue By: Justin Feil    Plenty of Montgomery Township students have the opportunity to join a sports team after school.    Kelly O’Connell and a group of Montgomery Township Schools teachers are making sure that chance is offered to students of all levels within the district. They are expanding a Special Olympics in Montgomery…

  • Unclaimed urn found in trash bin

    Disturbing find discovered on Tuesday By: Jessica Beym    A marble urn, filled with the remains of a 27-year-old woman who died in 1999, was found Tuesday in a large metal trash bin at Central South Storage on Route 130.    The deceased woman’s name was Amanda Katherine Matthews and the only information the facility has about…

  • Setting up shop

    Pantina Home prepares for September opening By: Jessica Beym    Pantina Home — a home furnishing store and the newest addition to Main Street’s business district — is gearing up for a mid-September opening.    Owners Suellen Waters and her partner Jamie Sims, both of Red Bank, said that with the interior renovations to the building complete,…