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  • Falcons surpass expectations at Ewing tournament this time

    By: Ken Weingartner    A year ago, the Monroe High wrestling team traveled to the Ewing Tournament expecting a strong performance. The Falcons ended up finishing eighth – which also translated to last.    So this year, with a predominately young squad, Monroe had little idea what to expect when it made the trip to Ewing. What…

  • Princeton’s Whole Earth Center set to expand

    Store to move into space occupied by Judy’s Flower Shop, which closed last weekend By: Marjorie Censer    The Whole Earth Center will soon be expanding into the adjacent store, the recently vacated Judy’s Flower Shop on Nassau Street.    Jennifer Murray, manager of the Whole Earth Center, called the expansion "a dream come true" and said…

  • Lentine lights it up for Knights

    Senior guard takes turn as high scorer for girls’ hoops By: Bob Nuse    Lauren Lentine could always shoot. She had just never been a big scorer for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ basketball team.    That changed on Tuesday night, as Lentine connected on six three-point shots and finished with a game-high 21 points as…

  • Skeet’s lends helping hand

    Skeet’s Food Pantry prepares nearly 40 holiday food baskets. By: Jesica Beym    Once a month, Skeet’s Food Pantry in Cranbury gives out two bags of groceries and day-old bread to its patrons.    And once a month, Fran Stewart, who runs the volunteer food pantry at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, knows that she’ll be…

  • Rocky Hill approves contract for pavilion

    Structure to be built behind Borough Hall By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council awarded a contract Monday for the construction of a pavilion to be built behind Borough Hall.    It will be used for community gatherings, as a shelter for recreational use, and for people who use the playground.    The winning bidder…

  • West Windsor redevelopment plan now in hands of the state

    Move follows unanimous council approval of boundaries of 350-acre area around train station By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The township’s redevelopment report is in the hands of officials at the Office of Smart Growth.    Following the council’s unanimous approval Monday of the redevelopment boundaries encompassing 350 acres surrounding the Princeton Junction train station, the…

  • Building history in Monroe

    Fully-functioning 19th-century village planned to be built at the Dey farm site. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — No one is living in the two old farmhouses at the intersection of Old Church and Federal roads, but the Historic Preservation Commission hopes to turn the places themselves into pieces of living history.    "We’re an embryo," commission…

  • NPDC deal sealed as agreement is signed

    Montgomery and state take a significant formal step on sale of 250-acre property By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee, after meeting in executive session for more than two hours Wednesday, unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement with the state to purchase the former site of the North Princeton Developmental Center.    On Thursday, the…

  • EDITORIAL: Some ideas to make N.J. a better place

    The state needs to fix its broken tax system, replenish the Transportation Trust Fund, move quickly on the Thompson Park land-swap, and clean up the electoral process. December is the month of wish lists. In that tradition, we offer the state a wish list of items we think can make New Jersey a better place…