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  • Volvo C70 is top prize in Red Cross fundraiser

       For the past four years, Volvo Cars of North America and Long Motor Company have donated a new car for the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey’s annual car raffles. Collectively, the raffles have raised half a million dollars for the chapter’s programs and services.    This year, Volvo picked a special car — in…

  • Stephen Distler to head hospital fundraising campaign

    An effort toward building a new $350 million facility in Plainsboro By: David Campbell    Princeton HealthCare System has appointed PHCS trustee and Princeton resident Stephen Distler as chairman of the committee that will raise the charitable funds needed to rebuild University Medical Center at Princeton.    Mr. Distler will work with a team of volunteers and…

  • Board eyes drug tests

    Students at Monroe Township High School who participate in sports, co-curricular activities, or have parking permits could be randomly drug-tested in September. By: Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — The school board is considering rules that would require random drug testing among certain groups of students at Monroe Township High School beginning in September.    Superintendent Ralph Ferrie…

  • Comcast Cable to move state headquarters to East Windsor

    Office expected to open Feb. 13 By: Vic Monaco    EAST WINDSOR — Comcast Cable is moving its New Jersey regional headquarters and call center to East Windsor.    Comcast’s new office, in the Windsor Corporate Park complex, is expected to open Feb. 13 and within a few months be home to 175 employees, most of whom…

  • Students wake up to world of broadcasting

    Eighth-graders go live to bring news to classmates By: Emily Craighead    Once the cameras start rolling on the set of "Wake up Community" on Tuesday and Friday mornings, there’s no turning back.    If a balloon in the studio pops and everyone else starts giggling, as it did when eighth-grader Allie Briffa anchored the inaugural show,…

  • MHS rolls into GMCT after win over Vikings

    By: Ken Weingartner    The Monroe High wrestling team will head to tonight’s (Friday’s) opening of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament on something of a roll, thanks in part to the event’s host, South Brunswick.    Monroe defeated the Vikings 38-31 Tuesday night to even its record at 9-9 this season. The victory removed the bitter taste…

  • LETTERS

    Board thanks Monroe voters To the editor:     On behalf of the Monroe Township Board of Education and the students in our district, I would like to thank the community for their overwhelming support of our recent bond referendum for a new elementary school.    I’d especially like to thank the Kids 1st organization and the…

  • Students slave over rise of the machine

    Hightstown High School Robotics Team prepare for FIRST Robotics Competition By: Kip Berman    HIGHTSTOWN — They may not have their own varsity jackets.    Nor are their members necessarily culled from the dominant social clique.    But Hightstown High School’s Robotics Team — comprised of about 30 students, a number of parents and mentors, and one tireless…

  • Lonnie Villegas

       Lonnie Villegas, 50, died Saturday, Jan. 28, at home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived there most of his life before moving to Monroe five years ago. He was a carpet layer in Brooklyn.    He is survived by his mother, Roberta Villegas of Monroe; his daughter, Dawn Villegas of Port Richie, Fla.; his granddaughter, Angelica;…