Author: Central Jersey
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LAWRENCE: Bobbitt defeats Bostock to earn Township Committee seat
LAWRENCE – Democrat Christopher Bobbitt defeated Republican Bob Bostock on Tuesday in the race for an unexpired term on the Township Council. Mr. Bobbitt polled 2,370 votes to Mr. Bostock’s 1,594, according to unofficial results. Democrats Cathleen M. Lewis, Michael S. Powers and David C. Maffei were elected to the council in uncontested races.
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EAST WINDSOR: Democrats win in a clean sweep for all four open council seats (with updated vote totals)
By Mike Morsch, Executive editor It was a clean sweep for incumbent Democrats Tuesday for four seats on the East Windsor Township Council. Mayor Janice Mironov, Deputy Mayor Marc Lippman and Councilmen Peter Yeager and John Zoller all easily won re-election to the council, besting Republican challengers Paul “P.J.” Hummel, Steve Uccio, Darren Feist and…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Julie Blake defeats incumbent Mayor Harvey Lester
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Julie Blake, who earned election Tuesday to the five-member Hopewell Township Committee, knows the work is just beginning. “There are a lot of challenges ahead,” she said. A Democrat and high school counselor by profession, Ms. Blake unofficially received 1,852 votes or 54 percent of a total…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Democrats Seth Kurs, Susan Bluth dominate on Election Day
By Mike Morsch, Executive editor Democrats Seth Kurs and Susan Bluth dominated Election Day for two spots on the Hightstown Borough Council, easily defeating their two Republican opponents, Lynne Woods and Douglas Mair. According to unofficial results from the Mercer County Clerk on the county website, Mr. Kurs received 477 votes, or 34.4 percent; Ms.…
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CRANBURY: Incumbents James “Jay” Taylor, David W. Cook re-elected to township committee
By Mike Morsch, Executive editor Incumbent Democrats James M. “Jay” Taylor and David W. Cook held on to their jobs Tuesday on the Cranbury Township Committee. According to unofficial results from Middlesex County, Mr. Taylor garnered 453 total votes, or 32 percent of those cast, while Mr. Cook received 469 total votes, or 33 percent.…
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PRINCETON: Incumbent Patrick Sullivan, newcomer Elizabeth Kalber Baglio win school board seats
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Incumbent Patrick Sullivan and newcomer Elizabeth Kalber Baglio won seats on the Princeton School board, while Dafna Kendal led Robert Dodge by 243 votes with absentee ballots still needing to be counted. Mr. Sullivan received 2,012 votes, Ms.Kalber Baglio received 2,096 votes, Ms. Kendal received 1,771 and Mr. Dodge,…
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PRINCETON: Council incumbents Heather Howard, Lance Liverman re-elected in landslide
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton council members Heather H. Howard and Lance Liverman were re-elected on Tuesday in a landslide victory against their Republican challengers. Ms. Howard and Mr. Liverman finished with 2,773 and 2,704 votes, respectively, while Republicans Lynn Irving and Kelly DiTosto received 1,067 and 988, according to election results posted…
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WEST WINDSOR: School district releases bullying statistics for 2014-15
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — There were nearly 36 reports of suspected incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying during the 2014-15 school year, but only 21 incidents were confirmed, according to West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District officials. Ten of the 21 confirmed incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying — HIB — occurred…
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WEST WINDSOR: Township seeks state grants to pay for proposed projects
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A new bikeway along South Mill Road, high visibility crosswalks on N. Post Road near Municipal Drive and along Alexander Road in the Berrien City neighborhood, plus the repaving of part of Alexander Road may be in the works for next year. West Windsor Township officials have…
