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By Fred Tuccillo, Managing Editor    New Jersey voters preparing to play their part in the Super Tuesday round of presidential primaries next week confront a shrinking cast of candidates and some last minute script changes in both the Democratic and Republican contests.    For Republicans, the withdrawal of Rudy Giuliani has set off some rapid reshuffling…

   MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township Planning Board Chairman Steven Sacks-Wilner, 57, of Dutchtown-Zion Road was arrested on warrants issued by the Hillsborough Township and Manville municipal courts for failure to appear in court on multiple motor vehicle summonses at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Montgomery police reported.    Mr. Sacks-Wilner, who is an attorney, was taken to police headquarters…

By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — It seems like déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra famously said.    Another disagreement over an attorney is brewing between Township Council and Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, as the Township Council moves forward with redevelopment planning duties.    This new impasse revolves around the selection of a redevelopment…

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Taking the lead from Princeton Theological Seminary Professor James Charlesworth, a group of international scholars have joined a rebuttal of what they say are inaccurate press accounts of a January symposium in Jerusalem on a topic likely to cause controversy: a claim that the tomb of Jesus has been discovered.…

The Princeton Theological Seminary has posted a Web rebuttal to news accounts that a symposium led by one of its theologians had lent credence to claims of a sensational discovery: the tomb of Jesus Christ. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Angela Perone had a close call two and a half years ago.    Ms. Perone’s son, who was 2 years old at the time, suffered from a life-threatening allergy attack that she couldn’t get under control.    ”He just progressively kept getting worse,” Ms. Perone said. “It was a third…

A rendering of residential housing proposed by Madison Marquette for its Montgomery Promenade project.

Princeton Township    Azuceno Portillo, 32, of Princeton was charged with shoplifting and hindering apprehension at 10:35 a.m. Saturday after police said they responded to McCaffrey’s supermarket for a report of an apprehended shoplifter. Store managers told police that Ms. Portillo had left the store with a cart-full of groceries, valued at $200.76, without having paid…

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Unaffiliated voters can vote in Tuesday’s New Jersey presidential primary.    That was the plain-and-simple announcement made Thursday by the state office of The League of Women Voters of New Jersey, which declared that it has been “receiving a high number of calls from voters” who are still unsure about their…