• PET TALK: Coping with cat’s objectionable behavior

    By Dr. Daniel Eubanks, Special Writer     This is the last of a three-part series on feline behavior.     In the first and second parts of this series, we described the evolutionary origins of feline behaviors and how some of their instincts have persisted as unwanted attitudes in our domestic cat pets.    More specifically, we…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school hosts Homecoming

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school hosts Homecoming

    By Maria Riegel, Special writer South Brunswick High School hosted its first bonfire in several years last week as part of its Homecoming activities. Events started with a bonfire at 7 p,m, Sept.15 at the school on Ridge Road and culminated with a halftime show during the football game against Piscataway Sept. 16. "I thought…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school hosts Homecoming

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: High school hosts Homecoming

    Photos by Maria Riegel Homecoming floats from each of the high school classes travel around the athletic field during the bonfire Sept. 15.

  • PRINCETON: New hunt needed to cull deer

    Township will bring back White Buffalo in winter By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer     The deer population in Princeton Township is on the rise again and must be professionally controlled.     There are between 450 to 500 deer in the 16 square miles of the Princetons. “The state recommends 20 to 25 deer per square…

  • MONROE: Etch Farm has different crops at Dogtoberfest

    MONROE: Etch Farm has different crops at Dogtoberfest

    Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — The Etsch Farm had a more mixed crowd this weekend; it was filled with dogs and their owners.    For a change, dogs ruled the farm and were riding in the tractor to the fields and doing the corn mazes. It was all to raise money for the Susan G.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Six local students named National Merit semi-finalists

    Six local students including four from South Brunswick High School and two from the Noor Ul-Iman School have been named semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition, according to the organization. SBHS students Abhishek Saha, Penny Sun, Rahul K. Swaminathan, and Phoebe H. Tse join Basith A. Fahumy and Sarah B. Qari of the Noor…

  • WE REMEMBER: Phyllis Berliner remembers 9/11

    By Phyllis Berliner    I will never forget a minute of 9/11.    We were living on Staten Island. It was my 3-year-old daughter Sarah’s first day of preschool. It was a beautiful clear day.    I was taking Sarah’s picture in front of the school a few minutes before 9 a.m.    I stopped to pick up a…

  • MONROE: Fire company stresses need for more volunteers

    MONROE: Fire company stresses need for more volunteers

    Mario Edini, Special Writer    MONROE — They free people from wrecked cars, they clean up spills of hazardous materials, they come to people’s houses when the owner smells smoke, and, of course, they answer the call to fight fires and save lives.    Many are paid career firefighters stationed at full-time firehouses. But many are also…

  • EDITORIAL: Forum a good start

       The two candidates for mayor of the Borough of Princeton appeared before voters this week in a public forum where they each answered the same questions on a number of topics, including the most controversial, the proposed consolidation of the two Princetons.    For the most part their answers were clear and, like the meeting of…

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