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  • Taking a ‘Night Out’ of crime

    Monroe joins national event By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE —The Monroe Township Police Department and emergency services are throwing drugs and crime a going away party.    Residents are invited to attend the township’s first celebration of National Night Out, which will be held Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Thompson Park.    National Night Out is…

  • Tierney, U.S. lax come up just short of goal

    Canada posts upset at Worlds By: Justin Feil    Trevor Tierney did not want to be part of this piece of history.    The Princeton University graduate has played on championship teams at every level, so being the first United States team to lose a World Championship in 28 years wasn’t something he anticipated.    "It makes me…

  • East Windsor transportation study proposes improvements

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council has unveiled a transportation study Mayor Janice Mironov says will guide the municipality through the coming years of growth and additional demand sure to be placed on the community’s roads.    The study cites proposed improvements with an estimated cost of $13 million.    Funded through a $65,000…

  • WW-P working to avoid busing problems this year

    Student bus routes to be mailed out early in August By: Courtney Gross    Summer seems to have just begun, but by Aug. 4 the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will be stamping and sending out students’ bus routes and schedules — weeks before the assignments were sent in previous years.    To address the overwhelming number…

  • Monty 14s are one win from crown

    Ford, Chinn frustate opposition By: Bob Nuse    PENNSVILLE — Batter after batter from the Marlton 14-year-old Babe Ruth team would walk back to the dugout shaking his head Tuesday night during the winners’ bracket final of the Southern New Jersey Babe Ruth state championship against Montgomery.    First, Marlton had to deal with trying to catch…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE by Hank Kalet: Setting the rules

    Upcoming elections necessitate rules By: Hank Kalet    We are closing in on summer’s midpoint, and are only a few weeks from what historically has been the beginning of the annual campaign season here in Cranbury.    With that in mind, I wanted to offer some basic ground rules that will govern our coverage of the election,…

  • Jen-Dar office application needs a new plan

    Planning board must approve 2-story plans By: Jessica Beym    A Cranbury Realtor looking to build a two-story office building on South River Road will have to go before the Planning Board again in September with a new set of plans.    Jen-Dar Realty, which currently has a one-story office building on the 2.5-acre site, submitted an…

  • PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Growing up near pools and the Atlantic Ocean

    Fond memories revolve around swimming By: Arnold Bornstein    Watching our 10-year-old granddaughter compete in a regional swim meet at a Princeton middle school pool this week and sitting on a Jersey Shore beach a few days earlier reminded me of the geographical gulf that separates our coastline and interior aquatic lifestyles.    I’m not talking about…

  • Pink Ladies and greasers take to the stage

    Why, it could be Greased Lightning! By: Lacey Korevec    It’s a smooth, shiny, candy-apple red car with comfy cream-colored seats and it drives like a dream.    It’s Greased Lightning. And in the New Jersey Repertory Theatre’s production of "Grease," it was built from a golf cart.    "What they did was they just made it look…