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  • Police talks could get pushed back

    Harinxma withdraws, citing time constraints. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Talks between borough and township officials over the potential consolidation of borough police services could be delayed as Borough Councilwoman Constance Harinxma has withdrawn from the discussions.    "It’s annoying to me," Mayor Bob Patten said this week during an interview regarding his upcoming re-election campaign.…

  • Minister notes Scots’ Princeton ties

    First Minister of Scotland gives talk at university By: Ross Kenneth Urken    As a celebration of Tartan Day on April 6, First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell cited the rich history of his country’s past to discuss the increased modernization and influence of contemporary Scotland.    To a crowd donning plaid and even some kilts in…

  • Frank Anderson

       Frank Anderson, 84, of Cranbury Manor, died Sunday April 9 at home.    Born and raised in Bloomfield, he has lived in Cranbury for 39 years.    Mr. Anderson was an Army Veteran of World War II. He retired in 1987 from Whittaker Corporation in New Brunswick after 50 years of service. He loved fishing, golfing, singing…

  • Montgomery High to host active-parenting class

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The program for parents of teenagers, "Active Parenting of Teens," will be offered again this spring at Montgomery High School.    The six-session workshop helps parents learn ways to talk with a teenager about violence, sex, alcohol and drugs, said the Rev. Michael Prewitt of Montgomery Ministries, who will run the…

  • MHS starting to break out

    By: Lance Manion    Keith Hudak isn’t expecting his Monroe High School softball team to turn into a juggernaut overnight. He understands his team is loaded with underclassmen and will likely take its lumps at times this season.    Yet, Hudak also believes by season’s end the Falcons will mature into a more experienced, better team. Already…

  • Katherine Meyer

       Katherine Francis (McGovern) Meyer, 63, of Monroe, died at her home on Sunday, April 9.    Born and raised in New York City, she lived for many years in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick and Franklin Park before settling in Monroe three years ago. She retired last year after more than 25 years with…

  • A passionate performance

    Hispanic church reaching out to community By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — "We’re a small church with a big heart," the Rev. Maritza Batista said last month of the House of Prayer Mount Sinai, the Hispanic church she and her husband, the Rev. Pedro Batista, founded three years ago.    The church is the area’s only Hispanic…

  • Vanderbilt professor to give annual seminary lecture

       Fernando F. Segovia, the Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity in the Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University, will deliver Princeton Seminary’s annual Alexander Thompson Lecture 7 p.m. Monday in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center.    The title of his lecture is "Postcolonial Biblical Criticism…

  • Monroe polls open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

    Voters will decide on the $79.59 million budget, a second question of $1.995 million, and three Board of Education seats. By: Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — Polling places for school elections will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, when voters will decide on the $79.59 million budget, a second question of $1.995 million…