Category: archives

  • Population on rise

    Monroe has greatest number of new residents in nation By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Monroe leads the county in the number of new residents since 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates released last week, and local officials say they are not surprised.    Monroe’s population has jumped 21.43 percent, from 28,005 in 2000 to…

  • Orphaned twins succeeding with grandmom by their side

    Scholarships awarded to teens whose parents died in car crash By: Dick Brinster    Monika and Joanna Mackow became long shots for success the moment their parents died in a traffic accident 11 years ago.    Raised by a grandmother who survived one of Adolf Hitler’s death camps and still speaks virtually no English, the twins from…

  • A trek from killing fields to playing fields for duo

    Young women’s story videotaped at Peddie School for ESPN By: Kyle Moylan    HIGHTSTOWN — Like all girls who grew up in Afghanistan in the 1990s, Shamilia Kohestani and Roia Ahmad were not allowed to leave their houses very often.    One of the few exceptions was visits to local soccer stadiums.    "All of the soccer fields…

  • Library News

    Cranbury Library    Cranbury Library, 23 North Main St., Cranbury; (609) 655-0555; Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday,10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.    Cranbury Library offers these events and programs:    July 5    Teddy bear picnic: Bring a lunch, blanket and teddy bear for stories and a picnic, starting at noon. Drinks and desserts will be…

  • Sewer deal will extend lines to more homes

    Head of Clearview Estates agrees to extend sewer lines to those outside of development By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — Six more residents on Mounts Mill Road will be able to hook up to the township’s sanitary sewer service.    That’s because Charles DiPierro agreed at the June 22 Planning Board meeting to extend a sewer line…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 30

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 30 With CPR, neighbors help neighbors To the editor:     It was a beautiful, hot Father’s Day. A father, his young son and his family were traveling to Montgomery. They were looking forward to a poolside barbecue with family and friends. I spent the day playing in the pool with…

  • High-tech help for kidney stones

    Once a person has had kidney stones, he or she is more likely to develop them again By: Marc Schwarzman, M.D.    Patients frequently describe the pain caused by kidney stones as the worst pain of their lives. The pain can be so intense that women who have gone through childbirth and later had kidney stones…

  • Well-traveled Sarafin delivers big hit

    Lifts Team Parker to all-star game win By: Rich Fisher    It took six hours for Colin Sarafin to get to the Mercer County American Legion All-Star game Sunday, but it was well worth the trip.    Yes, you read right.    Six hours for a trip from Cranbury to Ewing.    Of course, that’s what happens when you…

  • Montgomery to preserve 100-acre farm

    Pathways planned on Cherry Valley Road tract to connect to other preserved parcels By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Friends of Open Space has come to an agreement to preserve the 100-acre Dalhousie Farm on Cherry Valley Road by purchasing its development rights for about $1.2 million — with $530,000 coming from the township.…