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  • Police Blotter for the week of March 24

    East Windsor    Donald R. Stienstra, 42, of Trenton was charged with driving while intoxicated at 12:50 a.m. March 17.    Police said they responded to a report of a suspicious car parked in the lot of the Days Inn. Upon approaching the car, police said Mr. Stienstra did not respond to their directions and needed to…

  • Montgomery budget talks focus on police, street repairs

    Committee aims to keep spending well below state-imposed cap By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee continued discussions regarding the police department, the township’s roads and sidewalks project and other long-term capital expenditures during a Wednesday budget session.    Committee members noted at the beginning of the meeting that their main focus for this year…

  • Former coach returns to lead young LHS squad

    Fithen back at helm of Cardinal softball team. By: John E. Powers    Keith Fithen got a surprise request from Lawrence High School Athletic Director Ken Mason a week ago Monday. It was one he didn’t mind accepting.    Mason asked Fithen if he would be interested in taking the reins of the Cardinals’ softball team. Since…

  • Cardinals hoping hard work pays off

    Golf team prepared for big season. By: Tim Falls    Lawrence High School golf coach Gregg Zenerovitz is a little torn.    As a coach, he’s quite happy with how hard his team has worked during the offseason.    As a fellow golfer who enjoys the competition, Zenerovitz is slightly bothered that some of his players are shooting…

  • MHS hockey: The big hurt

    Heartbreaking state final loss is end, starting point By: Justin Feil    EAST RUTHERFORD — If the Montgomery High School ice hockey team could find any solace in losing the public state final, it was in the newly crowned Randolph team.    Last year, it was Randolph that watched as Morris Knolls celebrated the state championship. The…

  • Editorial for the week of March 24

    Don’t reduce police issue to political fodder By: Vic Monaco    Hightstown Borough Council voted unanimously this week to require Mayor Bob Patten and a council member of his choosing to investigate consolidating police services with neighboring communities. The decision was made as the council introduced a $5.28 million budget with a tax rate increase of…

  • Rowland races to season of success

    CMS sixth-grader is top skier By: Justin Feil    Kelly Rowland is like a lot of her Community Middle School classmates.    The sixth grader plays soccer in the fall. She does track and field in the spring. She really enjoys dance, which she has on weekdays.    But on winter weekends, the West Windsor resident takes her…

  • Former John Witherspoon teacher and coach indicted by grand jury

    Kathleen Rose Bowler faces child endangerment charges By: David Campbell    A former substitute modern-living teacher and wrestling coach at the John Witherspoon Middle School was indicted Wednesday on child endangerment charges, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday.    Kathleen Rose Bowler, 28, of Plainsboro was indicted on four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of…

  • White makes all the right moves

    By: Neil Hay    In his two years at the Peddie School, Dan White has won consecutive Prep National championships.    The title he won this year at 125, however, is not the same as the one he won last year at 103. And not just the weight class is different.    A year ago White entered the…