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  • Column: Justin Time

    A heart aching to race By: Justin Feil    Meredith Lambert should have competed in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships on Thursday. She should have been part of a Princeton University women’s team contingent that includes 5,000-meter runner Cack Ferrell and steeplechaser Suzanne Andrews.    It would have been the third trip to outdoor nationals…

  • Local bands show their stuff

    First annual Battle of the Bands brings out high school talent By: Audrey Levine    The main lights had dimmed and stage lights shone brightly as the audience crowded close to the stage and reached up to slap the hands of the performers.    They yelled in approval and even made requests as the five local bands…

  • Sikorski Patten’s opponent

    Easily tops Sarafin in primary vote By: Kerri Williams    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Councilman Walter Sikorski will be the Democrat to face incumbent Republican Mayor Bob Patten in the November election following a big victory over opponent Gene Sarafin in this week’s primary.    Mr. Sikorski received 138 votes Tuesday, with 34 ballots going to Mr. Sarafin.…

  • Anglers to cast off at derby

    Area children gather for a day of fishing By: Jessica Beym    Local youngsters will have a pretty good chance of dropping their lines into Brainerd Lake next weekend and pulling out a sunfish all on their own.    The Cranbury Fraternal Order of Police will stock Brainerd Lake with more than 500 sunfish Wednesday in preparation…

  • District strikes new bus deal

    Newly approved bus contracts still leave district in the black By: Jessica Beym    Bus contracts for next year, which were approved Tuesday by the Board of Education, will cost the district about $50,000 more than the current year, but still less than what was set aside in the 2006-2007 budget.    The contracts, which cost $375,241,…

  • Hightstown Post 148 1-1 after first weel of Play

    Legion baseball team adds more games to schedule to get younger players more playing time By: Sean Moylan    This year the Hightstown Post 148 American Legion baseball team added more non-league games to its schedule in order to get its younger players, especially the pitchers, more playing time. Well, Hightstown manager Rich Scheid had to…

  • Pirate doubles reach final

    Cornfeld, Tuan better than ever By: Justin Feil    Ben Cornfeld and Dennis Tuan are back playing together, but it’s not like before.    That’s a good thing for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South first doubles team that became the second Pirates tandem in three years to reach the finals of the state doubles tournament. Cornfeld and Tuan,…

  • West Windsor vacancy flap prompts effort on future appointments

    Council discusses outlines of a permanent selection procedure By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council plans to discuss defining the process for filling vacant seats on Monday — an attempt to avoid the confusion and controversy that surfaced when former council member Kristin Appelget left last month.    The proposals could vary from short…

  • Healthy Hellstern jumps for joy over MOC berth

    By: Justin Feil    Now that he’s healthy, Cranbury’s Thomas Hellstern is showing what he’s all about.    The Princeton High sophomore jumped 21-10 for fourth in the long jump at last Saturday’s NJSIAA Group III championships at Egg Harbor Township. That resulted in Hellstern’s first trip to this past Wednesday’s Meet of Champions.    "The conditions were…