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  • Post 148 well represented on Legion all-star squad

       Playing for the eighth day in a row, the Hightstown Post 148 American Legion baseball team’s over-worked pitching staff needed a break entering Monday night’s contest versus Mitchell Davis at Mercer County Park. By:Sean Moylan    Playing for the eighth day in a row, the Hightstown Post 148 American Legion baseball team’s over-worked pitching staff needed…

  • Lincoln Zephyr: Old badge shines as a new sedan

    After 64 years on hiatus, Lincoln has brought the Zephyr badge back, but it looks nothing like its namesake By: Mike Blake    Major auto manufacturers love to link to the past. Often, they accomplish that by using retro styling, but just as often lately, they try to rekindle the days of yesteryear by bringing back…

  • OBITUARIES, June 23, 2006

    Kevin J. Fahey, Ruth S. Feldstein Kevin J. Fahey Advertising creative director     Kevin J. Fahey died May 20 from injuries sustained in a car service accident May 18. He was 46.    An advertising creative director, he lived in Princeton since 1996.    Born and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, he attended Yale University where he…

  • Busy week for council

    Gallagher, firetruck, Public Works get cash By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Eyeing an abbreviated summer schedule, Borough Council members scurried this week to buy a firetruck, amend their proposed budget, rehire two key employees and start funding a boroughwide tax re-evaluation.    The council on Monday awarded a $593,657 contract to Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc of…

  • Births

       A baby boy was born May 8 to Kathleen and Louis Juliano of Jamesburg at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * *    A baby girl was born May 11 to Magdalena Navarrete of Cranbury at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * *    A baby boy was born May 22 to Dina…

  • Busy summer for teachers

    Even though school is out, teachers are still hard at work By: Jessica Beym    Even though the students were dismissed for the at 12:30 p.m., the halls of the Cranbury School were still bustling Monday with the commotion of teachers cleaning out their classrooms and preparing for summer vacation.    With the last day of school…

  • Falcon boys track team enjoyed stellar season

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The 2006 season was a very satisfying one for Monroe High School boys track coach Frank Bonich.    He had one eye on the present and another on the future.    The present featured a 6-1 dual meet mark, a series of school records and a boasting of five individuals and one relay…

  • BREAKING NEWS: New HHS principal hired

    Piscataway educator to replace John Ward. By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Hightstown High School’s new principal is Alix Elaine Arvizu, who leaves Piscataway High School after six years as an assistant principal.    The hiring of Ms. Arvizu, who replaces John Ward, was one of three announced Friday by the East Windsor Regional School District. She…

  • Facts, not fear, about infectious diseases

    For those living in the United States, infection from everyday hazards poses a greater threat than the infectious diseases appearing so frequently on the evening news By: Ronald G. Nahass, M.D.    Media coverage of infectious diseases like Avian Flu and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is more pervasive today than ever before. Continuous reports about…