• CRANBURY: Rec board moving on plans for new track

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Board of Recreation Commission got the go-ahead from the Township Committee to continue plans for a new six-lane track in Cranbury.    At the committee meeting Monday, the commission explained the benefits of a six-lane track, estimated to cost about $750,000.    There aren’t many middle school tracks in…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Did somebody say … murder?!
  • Team formed to help towns go green

    By: centraljersey.com Victoria Hurley-Schubert Staff Writer It’s getting easier to be greener in Princeton. A Green Team Advisory Committee has been formed by the borough and township governing bodies. The committee will focus on green community initiatives, such as a program called BYO Bag to reduce plastic bag use, that are easy to replicate and…

  • Joyce Carol Oates

    By: centraljersey.com Princeton University professors Stanley Katz, a well-known scholar of American legal history and educational institutions, and Joyce Carol Oates, one of the country’s most influential authors of fiction and essays, have been awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. The medal honors people whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Wanke finishing for hockey team

    Junior helps Cougars into state A quarterfinals By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Opponents of the Montgomery High School ice hockey team have picked their poison, and Kevin Wanke has been deadly.    ”I’m just trying to help out the team as best I can,” said the MHS junior forward. “I’m playing with a lot of…

  • CRANBURY: $10.8M budget would include 2-cent tax rate hike

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Township Committee introduced its 2011 budget at its meeting Monday to a room filled with residents and explained to them its decision to increase the tax rate by 2 cents.    If passed, the township’s budget will be $10,811,557. At the last public budget meeting Feb. 15, the…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – Not requiring residents to shovel their sidewalks has caused problems this winter, and some residents are concerned for the safety of their children who have to walk home from school on main roads. Maryjean Mucciarone, of Plainsboro Road, and Marie Stiglic, of Wheatfield Road, spoke up at the Township Committee meeting…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Helping students overcome their science phobias

    HIGHTSTOWN: Helping students overcome their science phobias

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    Doris Grelis has seen a lot of new equipment come into her classroom since her teaching career started.    The Hightstown High School physics and chemistry teacher noted the projector mounted in her classroom’s ceiling. At the corner was a large interactive board. And behind her was a lower-tech white board,…

  • Rich Fisher

    By: centraljersey.com Maybe Doctor Don Hess should just throw his medical books away when it comes to diagnosing Monmouth Regional. It seems every time the Hightstown High boys’ basketball team meets the Falcons in the state tournament, they do something different than what they showed Hess during his scouting missions. Tuesday night was no exception,…

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