• PRINCETON: Tiger women look for happy ending

    PU soccer optimistic with upperclass leadership By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Nobody from last year’s Princeton University women’s soccer team will forget how close they came to an Ivy League championship.    Needing a win in the season finale, the Tigers tied Penn, 0-0, a heartbreaking end that included great scoring chances for Princeton that…

  • 19th Amendment turns 91

    19th Amendment turns 91

    By Jen Samuel,Managing Editor    Today is the 91st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in which women were granted the legal right to vote.    It was an outcome derived from 72 years of advocacy and sacrifices led by American women also known as suffragists.    ”The significance of the passage…

  • NEW HOPE: Bridge commission prepares for Irene

       NEW HOPE — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is now on high-alert status and we are making all prudent preparations for what may be the strongest hurricane to hit this region in a couple of decades,” said Frank G. McCartney, the agency’s executive director.    Following are steps the commission is taking as Hurricane…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Author hosts book signing

    EAST WINDSOR: Author hosts book signing

    Helen Burton, of East Windsor, has her first public book signing in Robbinsville. (Photo by Heather Niccoli)

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Community cheers on 9/11 riders

    HIGHTSTOWN: Community cheers on 9/11 riders

    Families celebrate America’s 911 Ride as motorcyclists pass through Hightstown on Aug. 20. (Photo by Steve Kelly)

  • MONROE: Need for pay to play debated

    By David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — Due to the extra state aid the Monroe School District was promised in July, some school officials believe there now is no need for the pay to participate program established this year.    In May, the district cut $1,040,318 from the defeated $102,926,020 budget for the 2011-12 school year.…

  • East Windsor Regional School District awards food service director

      The East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education recently awarded food service director Diane Tomori, of Chartwells School Dining Services.   This award was given to the district that exemplifies business excellence and goes above and beyond the call of duty in areas such as community service, financial performance, customer and client satisfaction,…

  • PRINCETON: Solar project at schools moving forward

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Princeton Regional Schools is taking a step forward on its solar project. At its Aug. 11 meeting, the Board of Education adopted a resolution to participate in the Mercer County Improvement Authority’s renewable energy program.    ”The range of savings is somewhere between $70,000 and $100,000,” said Judy Wilson, superintendent, of…

  • Think of the nonprofits that school would help

    Debra LambO, Princeton To the editor: I am grateful to the individuals who have worked so hard to help save the Valley Road School building. We have heard their proposal regarding the feasibility of saving the building as well as the costs that it would entail but I would like to add one more consideration…

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