• Questions loom after fatal crash

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A lthough police revealed that the 15- year-old township boy who killed himself and two other Edison residents in an Oct. 15 crash had sought to commit suicide, authorities have not revealed further details surrounding the fatal collision. Srijan Saha, a sophomore at J.P. Stevens High School, was driving a…

  • Family navigates buyout after Sandy

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer A year after Sandy, a barricade blocks motorists from entering Fisher Street at MacArthur Avenue in Sayrevllle. Many of the flood-damaged homes in the neighborhood, which includes Weber Avenue, are now being purchased by the state government. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Superstorm Sandy isn’t over for Jennifer Herrick. Although it…

  • A smashing success

    A smashing success

    Children’s book is back in print By Anthoyn Stoeckert, Packet Media Group  Way back in 1972, Anita Benarde published “The Pumpkin Smasher,” a picture book about a town where each Halloween, everyone’s pumpkins are mysteriously destroyed.    It was popular in its day, but like a lot of books, it went out of print and seemed…

  • LOOSE ENDS

    LOOSE ENDS

    Kris Bires, Nick Bires and Will Jackson participate in Tough Mudder.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Trenton man dies after traffic accident

    A 42-year-old motorcylist from Trenton was killed on Monday evening during a collision with a Honda minivan at the intersection of Windsor Road and South Lane.    WEST WINDSOR — A 42-year-old motorcylist from Trenton was killed on Monday evening during a collision with a Honda minivan at the intersection of Windsor Road and South Lane.…

  • Vote for Rakesh Kak for WW-P school board

    Ashish Shah, West Windsor To the editor: For the West Windsor-Plainsboro school board elections:I urge the residents of West Windsor to support Rakesh Kak for the school board.    I have known Rakesh and his family for more than 12 years. He has always been involved with volunteering in the community — from fundraising for WW-P…

  • Vote for Hemant Marathe for mayor of West Windsor

    John A. Church, West Windsor To the editor: I was formerly a supporter of Shing-Fu Hsueh, and I signed a petition to have him run for West Windsor Council in the 1990s. As mayor from 2001, I found his early work acceptable.    My opinion began to change, however, when he advocated a large housing development…

  • Vote for Rakesh Kak for WW-P school board

    Eesh K Bansal, West Windsor To the editor: I have known Rakesh and his family since we first moved into West Windsor in 2005. Rakesh and I have commuted together to New York City for work for the past eight years and when you spend so much time with one person you get to know…

  • PRINCETON: Tigers football rallies to top Brown

    PRINCETON: Tigers football rallies to top Brown

    PU remains in first-place tie By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The last time that the Princeton University football team traveled to Brown, it trailed, 17-0, in the second quarter and proceeded to be steamrolled back to Old Nassau after a 34-0 loss.    The Tigers trailed, 17-0, in their return to Providence, R.I., but this…

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