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  • Timeout for plan to charge for students’ extracurriculars

    Laverty’s ‘pay-to-play’ concept for students hasn’t reached the field By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Bob Laverty’s "pay-to-play" concept for students hasn’t reached the field.    But the vice president of the East Windsor Regional School District says he’s formulating a game plan.    Mr. Laverty had said last week that he would propose a study on charging…

  • Swap foes cite new evidence

    Question ownership and historical value. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Opponents of the Thompson Park land exchange say they have two more reasons why a court should overturn the Statehouse Commission’s Jan. 5 decision to allow the Board of Education to build a new high school on a piece of the park.    Environmental groups opposed…

  • Passionate Bonich gets heart break

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Monroe High School boys track coach Frank Bonich is very passionate about his sports teams. He is a very avid fan of the New York Mets and Philadelphia Eagles, which is a strange combination whenever you mix those two cities. And when it comes to his own Falcons, they don’t come…

  • ENTER CHANNEL SURFING

    Channel Surfing gets a make-over!

  • Mayor denies conflict charge

    Mayor Richard Pucci will not resign over connection with developer. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Mayor Richard Pucci on Thursday dismissed suggestions that he resign over revelations that he has done political consulting work for an associate of a developer with projects in the township.    The Asbury Park Press reported Sunday that Professional Management Consultants,…

  • Legislative panel delays review of NPDC sale

    Montgomery officials see setback as temporary By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The memorandum of agreement on the sale of the state-owned North Princeton Developmental Center property to the township was unexpectedly tabled during a state Senate committee meeting Monday.    The document will be discussed again Monday at another session of the Senate State Government Committee…

  • Roberts in eighth heaven

    Final scholastic track season best for WW-PS senior By: Justin Feil    Joni Roberts feels good about finishing up her eighth season of track and field.    She almost stopped at seven, something she knows wouldn’t have made her as happy.    "Winter season was kind of rough," said the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior. "I was not sure…

  • Phelan, Pirates prevail in MCT

    WW-P South wins team title behind senior’s great day By: Bob Nuse    Even when the season started slowly, Russell Wray knew he had a group of golfers capable of winning the Mercer County Tournament.    "I did think we were capable of this," Wray said after his West Windsor-Plainsboro South golf team shot a 305, the…

  • The mysterious case of the missing vowels

    Barclay Brook first graders make movie about short vowels. By: Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — Buying a vowel costs too much for the two thieves who have been spotted lurking around Barclay Brook School.    Fortunately a parent with a video camera caught them sneaking out of Room 110 last Monday.    But administrators have no reason to…