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  • 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…

  • Princeton Rep coming back to Pettoranello Gardens

    Scheduling problems and differences with recreation officials are overcome By: David Campbell    Following a hiatus last summer due to scheduling problems, Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival will bring its popular free outdoor summer festival back to the Pettoranello Gardens amphitheater at Community Park North starting in July with a six-week production of the Shakespeare comedy "Twelfth…

  • Club keeps the magic alive in Hightstown

    Local magicians unite at club By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — These people are tricky.    And it would be no cliche to say they have something up their sleeves.    They lie. They cheat. They steal. And they show no remorse. In fact, they’re kind of proud of themselves.    Welcome to a meeting of the Society of…

  • PU women set for rematch

    Tigers face Virginia in NCAA lacrosse opener By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University women’s lacrosse team will have no better test of how far it has come than its first round NCAA Tournament game.    The Tigers will play at No. 2 Virginia 1 p.m. Sunday. The Cavaliers are the team that handed them their worst…

  • Reinforcing vocabulary throughout school day

    Individual and small group instruction part of Cranbury School speech program. By: Jessica Beym    Standing in front of a fourth-grade science class on Tuesday, speech teacher Isabelle Perry pointed to drawings of batteries, circuits and metal conductors as she reviewed the vocabulary that was part of the students’ lesson on electricity.    Before separating into groups…