• WEST WINDSOR: Knights makes friends in sports

    North athletics boosted by bonds By Michael Stern, Special Writer    Every year during the fall there are eight sports going on simultaneously. In every single one new lifelong friendships are made as practices, matches, and tournaments are played.    West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys soccer coach Trevor Warner thinks that these life long friendships have more…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Underdog Pirates go all the way

    Ji, South girls capture sectional By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    There were plenty of reasons to write off the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls tennis team.    Heavy graduation and the loss of their first singles player from a year ago, a sixth-place finish at the Mercer County Tournament, a rare pair of regular-season losses, not…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police overtime costs send meeting into overtime

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The First Aid Squad building on Bank Street filled with residents on Monday night, waiting eagerly to find out what was happening in their town as well as to express their concerns during the public sessions at the Borough Council meeting.    Councilwoman Isabel McGinty expressed concerns to the…

  • Hightstown meets with Turnpike Authority, DOT to discuss water

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Mayor Steve Kirson met with two representatives of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a representative of the New Jersey Department of Transportation on Monday.    No one from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection attended the meeting.    In September, the Herald reported that several groups, including the…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Eagle Scout scores big at new softball field

    EAST WINDSOR: Eagle Scout scores big at new softball field

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor  EAST WINDSOR — Todd Alter recently scored big with the township.    To achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts, all scouts must complete a leadership service project.    Mr. Alter, a member of the Boy Scout Troop 59 in Hightstown, built a scoreboard for a new…

  • Children learn about fire safety

    Children learn about fire safety

    Firefighters teach lessons at local schools By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Fire trucks of all shapes, sizes and colors could be found lined up in front of the local elementary schools of the East Windsor Regional School District this past week in honor of Fire Prevention.    Throughout the week, students were visited by firefighters and…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Eagle Scout scores big at new softball field

    EAST WINDSOR: Eagle Scout scores big at new softball field

    Todd Alter stands next to the scoreboard he built in East Windsor as part of an Eagle Scout leadership service project. (Courtesy photo)

  • PRINCETON: Little Tigers finish unbeaten regular season

    Ehrenworth, returners lead PHS By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Princeton High boys soccer team completed an unbeaten regular season with a 2-0 win over Nottingham on Tuesday.    Going unbeaten shouldn’t come as any surprise when it comes to the Little Tigers. This is the third straight year Princeton has gone through the regular season…

  • Children learn about fire safety

    Children learn about fire safety

    Batista Firefighter Brian Morton, of the East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2, hugs a student at Perry L. Drew Elementary School in East Windsor on Oct. 12 during Fire Prevention Week. (Photo by Amy Batista)

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