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  • Russo, Hun gear up for title runs

    Raiders baseball prepared for tourney games By: Justin Feil    Mike Russo knew he’d have a bigger role this year for The Hun School baseball team.    He spent his freshman year adjusting to hitting at the varsity level and developed into the No. 2 starter on the mound behind Major League Baseball draftee Steve Garrison. With…

  • Local family’s roots gain a presidential pedigree

    Series of old photographs lead to a possible link to Thomas Jefferson through his slave, Sally Hemings By: Kara Fitzpatrick    For one Princeton family with roots stretching south, the unexpected discovery of a series of old photographs has led them one step closer to validating a presidential family tree that, they say, they always knew…

  • Board to review new proposal on historic house

    Jamesburg Land Use Board will hear Monroe-based developer and realtor John Profaci’s new proposal for Davison house Thursday, which includes leaving the existing structure in place. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The Borough Land Use Board will consider a revised proposal for the subdivision of a lot at the corner of Gatzmer Avenue and Front…

  • Pirates on top of Cherry

    Phelan lead WW-P South to team golf title By: Bob Nuse    Even if no one else thought it was possible, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South golf team knew it had a chance to win at Monday’s prestigious Cherry Valley Invitational.    With all four of its players shooting in the 70s, WW-P South finished with a three-player…

  • Mr. Bean

    Mr.Bean, a friendly, scrappy 10-year-old Corgi/Pomeranian mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Mr.Bean" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Rocky Hill Borough Council OKs budget

    Taxes to rise by 4 cents By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council on Monday unanimously adopted a $919,553 municipal budget for 2006.    The budget represents a 1.3 percent increase over last year’s budget, which was $907,965, and brings with it a tax-rate increase of 4 cents per $100 of assessed value.    The…

  • Tung Miao

       Tung Miao, 90, of Monroe Village, died Wednesday, April 26, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Jiangsu, Jiangyin, China. He lived in Bayside, N.Y., Westbury, N.Y. and retired to Melville, Long Island, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 2002.    He was a diplomat for the Republic of China in South…

  • Rocky Hill approves police pact with South Bound Brook

    State Police to increase service By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — A year-long renewal of the police service agreement between Rocky Hill and the South Bound Brook Police Department was unanimously approved Monday by the Borough Council, despite a heartfelt plea by Princeton resident Dr. Ronnie Davidson not to renew the pact.    Councilman Jared Witt…

  • John Witherspoon Middle School math teacher is presidential award-winner

    Bonnie Gendaszek receives nation’s highest math-science teaching honor By: David Campbell    John Witherspoon Middle School mathematics teacher Bonnie Gendaszek has been named a recipient of the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for teaching in these fields, the National Science Foundation has announced.    Ms. Gendaszek was among…