• PRINCETON: Kister, PHS better after break

    PRINCETON: Kister, PHS better after break

    Little Tiger boys lax dangerous with improved offense By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Will Kister and his friends spent hours in the sun over spring break, but it wasn’t quite the picture of a laid-back trip to some exotic location.    Unless the turf at Princeton High School now qualifies.    ”We practiced twice a day…

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  • MONROE: Council to meet with school over defeated budget

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — Taxpayers and their representatives on the Board of Education and Township Council can’t seem to come to an agreement on the school district’s budget.    Last Wednesday, voters turned down the proposed school budget 2,262 to 3,387 and turned down full-day kindergarten 3,606 to 1,802.    The budget was proposed…

  • MONROE: Pay raises OK’d for township employees

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — The township has entered into a contract that will grant up to a 2 percent raise for the next three years to its township employees.    From 2011 to 2014, full-time township union employees will receive a 2 percent increase, and nonunion full-time employees will receive a 1 percent…

  • CRANBURY: Library worker ‘person first, then autistic’

    CRANBURY: Library worker ‘person first, then autistic’

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — A resident in Cranbury is turning the tide as he works at the public library.    Owen Dennehy, 38, of Prospect Street, has high-functioning autism, but he doesn’t let that get in the way of working hard as a page at the library where he has worked for 20…

  • MONROE: Reval firm given contract $800,000 less than anticipated

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — The Realty Appraisal Company, of West New York, was awarded the contract for the township’s property revaluation project for $1,195,265, almost $800,000 less than the township budgeted for the project.    Founded in 1934, the Realty Appraisal Company has completed more than 350 revaluation programs since 1951, including Monroe’s…

  • Share the road safely with motorcycles

    Raymond P. Martinez, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission     There are almost 400,000 people who are licensed to drive motorcycles in the state of New Jersey and 5.5 million people who can legally drive cars.    Add those two numbers together, and you have the makings for some very busy roads.    And as the days get…

  • Increase Recycling in Somerset County

    Girl Scout Troop 61085 To the residents of Somerset County: We are Girl Scout Troop 61085 of Hillsborough, New Jersey.   As Senior Girl Scouts, we are working towards completing a leadership project to improve our world. This project involves increasing the recycling rates that occur in Somerset County.  Recently, we have become aware that Somerset County has…

  • MANALAPAN: Parents appeal to governor about schools

    MANALAPAN: Parents appeal to governor about schools

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MANALAPAN — The Citizens of Jamesburg and Monroe United, a group of parents trying to keep Jamesburg students in Monroe Township High School, were told by the Jamesburg Board of Education and Borough Council to go to the state with their concerns.    So they attended a town hall meeting and…

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