• FLORENCE: Township eyes redevelopment along its Route 130 corridor

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    FLORENCE — The Township Council introduced two ordinances June 7 involving a redevelopment plan for an area on Route 130. Public hearings for both measures are set for June 20.    The first ordinance has ties to 2009 when the council adopted a resolution designating certain properties along Route 130 as…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Put the chill into summer with salads

    IN THE KITCHEN: Put the chill into summer with salads

    Fruits can be tossed into a salad along with leftover meats. 

  • Tickets on Sale to Honor MCCC’s Former Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    Tickets on Sale to Honor MCCC’s Former Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    By Wendy Humphrey In the words of Ann Meyers Drysdale, legendary player, sportscaster and current president/general manager of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and vice president of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, “There could be no greater honor for one of the best teachers and coaches we have had in the game, Howie Landa.”  Meyers is one…

  • PRINCETON: Two Tigers taken in baseball draft

    Bowman signs with Mets, Mulroy taken by Angels By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Matt Bowman won’t have the chance to become the first New York Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter after Johan Santana achieved the feat June 1.    But Bowman has taken his first step toward joining Santana on the Mets staff when…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Project Green breaks ground on school’s Transition Garden

    HIGHTSTOWN: Project Green breaks ground on school’s Transition Garden

    By Sam Nathanson, Special Writer    To celebrate the culmination of several months of hard work and perseverance, the Project Green club at Hightstown High School held a ceremony on June 8 to commemorate breaking ground on the construction of a new Transition Garden.    According to Project Green member and HHS junior Jonathan Sheridan, the Transition…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Brown returns better

    WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Brown returns better

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High South’s Paige Brown cleared 5-feet-6 on Monday to finish fourth in the high jump at the Meet of Champions in Old Bridge. Photo by John Blaine

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Brown returns better

    WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Brown returns better

    Junior fourth in HJ; Kellner’s record, Chavez’s medal highlights for South By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    OLD BRIDGE — Paige Brown’s experience made for a much more enjoyable trip to the Meet of Champions this year.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior took fourth in the girls high jump when she cleared 5-feet-6 on Monday…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Planners accept Route 33 study

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Planning Board on Monday unanimously accepted the Route 33 Corridor Study, the plan for redevelopment on the old Minute Maid property.    The Minute Maid land is located in both East Windsor and Hightstown along Route 33.    The old Minute Maid facility itself sits vacant in Hightstown. It…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Farmers Market by the Lake returns

    HIGHTSTOWN: Farmers Market by the Lake returns

    Members of The Hights Tones, from left, Tyler Switski, 17, of Hightstown; Conner Ernst, 18, of Hightstown, 18, and Kevin Keaveney, 18, of East Windsor, sing in downtown Hightstown on June 8. (Photo by Matt Nelson )

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