• PRINCETON: Barsamian at center of West win

    Sunshine Classic is another hit By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    EWING — When the West team offense was moving the ball its best in last Thursday’s Sunshine Classic football game, Jeff Barsamian was in the center of the action.    Barsamian, a Princeton High graduate, was the center on two of the three scoring drives…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fire destroys home, damages two others

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fire destroys home, damages two others

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor A two-alarm fire Tuesday night in the Deans Pond development off George’s Road destroyed one house and significantly damaged two others, displacing as many as eight people.      “(The fire) took off very quick,” Sgt. James Ryan said, standing across the street from the still smoking shell of 30…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School lunches will be healthier, costlier

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Schoolchildren will eat healthier starting in the fall.    They’ll also pay more for it.    Kathy Major, general manager of Sodexo Management, the school district’s food service company, described changes embodied in a new federal law that will bring more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the school lunch menu while…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year

    WEST WINDSOR: Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year

    Dennis Symons West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior AJ Chavez finished fourth in the boys 800 meters at the Meet of Champions after setting an all-groups record of 1:50.59. Photo by Dennis Symons

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Declaration had to embody compromise

       Summer’s celebratory high point is the Fourth of July week, when we celebrate the breaking of ties with our English administrators more than 235 years ago.    Our Founding Fathers agreed to a Declaration of Independence, which was read publicly in town squares for the first time this week in 1776, as a broad statement of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township turns out for fireworks

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Township residents celebrated the Fourth of July with face painting, funnel cake, water ice, music and fireworks at Montgomery High School on Thursday, June 28.    As kids tossed around Frisbees and beach balls, others treated themselves to the various food vendors. Some circled around the venue and made…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Thousands celebrate at Freedom Festival

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    Mercer County started off its Fourth of July celebration on Saturday as residents flooded Mercer County Park to see fireworks and participate in the eighth annual Freedom Festival.    ”I came out to celebrate the Fourth of July with my West Windsor family,” said 19-year-old Amanda Schnurr.    Many others emphasized the…

  • Judgment of Princeton:

    N.J. wines square off against Bordeaux, Burgundy By Patrick Walsh, Special Writer    First came the Battle of Princeton, next the area saw the “Judgment of Princeton,” only the contestants were wines, not armies.    As part of its sixth annual conference June 8, the American Association of Wine Economists staged a blind tasting of 10 red…

  • New Cantor Coming to Har Sinai Temple

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