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Drugs and alcohol can cause harrowing accidents, causing firefighters to have to extricate a drunken driver from a mangled car or paramedics to have to act swiftly to revive an overdose victim. That’s why parents worry about their children’s exposure to alcohol and drugs. That’s why the community pulls together to protect kids and teens…

Staff photos by Charles W. Kim. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey held a dance for families at the Cranbury Inn on March 21. Below left, organization member Amy Johns holds a state is´sued proclamation honoring the event on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Staff photos by Charles W. Kim. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey held a dance for families at the Cranbury Inn on March 21. Below left, organization member Amy Johns holds a state is´sued proclamation honoring the event on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Former coach remembers ‘amazing guy’ MONROE — The 25-year-old township man killed after being hit by a dump truck on Route 33 last Friday morning was remembered as a great teammate and soccer player at Rider University in Lawrence. Matthew M. Welna, 25, of Monroe, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:36 a.m.…

Rider University photo. Matthew Welna

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File photo. The annual Shaw Christmas light shows have raised almost $14,000 for charity, according to Keith Shaw.

Christmas light shows raise nearly $14,000 By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — If the money raised by resident Keith Shaw’s Christmas display during the season of light (shows) is any indication, 2015 will be a little bit brighter for those served by the He Cares, We Care food bank at Princeton Alliance Church.…

Students won’t be punished for opting out of testing By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor MONROE — Students opting out of next month’s Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) testing should not have to “sit and stare,” district officials said Wednesday. District Acting Superintendent Dennis Ventrello said that the schools would…