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  • Police Blotter

    From the Sept. 1 edition East Windsor    Francisco Dominguez, 26, of Abbington Drive, was charged Tuesday with criminal sexual contact and harassment.    Police said a 16-year old female told them Mr. Dominguez followed her to the basement of the business where both worked in the Twin Rivers Mall at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, approached her from…

  • In Hightstown, it’s always Miller time

    Detective bureau is a one-man show By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Benjamin Miller is a one-man band in the detective bureau of the Police Department — unless you count Mini-Me.    Visible atop a filing cabinet behind the desk of the borough’s only plainclothes sleuth is a doll of the diminutive character from the Austin Powers…

  • Peace group to host talk on ‘Diplomacy Lessons’

       The Coalition for Peace Action is sponsoring a talk by John Brady Kiesling, a former U.S. diplomat who resigned his post in 2003 in protest over U.S. policies on Iraq.    The talk will be held 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in McCormack Hall in the Princeton University Art Museum.    The talk is free and open to…

  • Absolute Dancers win high honors

    Tiny dancers impress judges By: Audrey Levine    When the dancers walked into the studio, some were wearing shirts displaying their dance team’s name, while others were wearing bright green and black costumes with hats that hung down over their eyes.    They took their positions in the center of the room to begin warm-ups, stretching themselves…

  • Students to see changes as 2006-07 school year begins

    District has 3 C’s for new school year By: Jessica Beym    Chief School Administrator Carol Malouf said that updates and changes to the curriculum, classrooms and cafeteria should mean a healthy, happy 2006-2007 school year.    As of Wednesday, 641 students were enrolled in the school and Mrs. Malouf said that she expected a few more…

  • Michael G. Karkoska

       Michael G. Karkoska, 71, of Lakeville, Pa., died Sunday, Aug. 27.    Born in Jessup, Pa., on April 3, 1935, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Petrillo Karkoska. He was a graduate of Hawley High School. Prior to retirement he had been employed as a union Mason in New Jersey. He was…

  • 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…