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  • POST FORUM: Who should be mayor in Cranbury in 2006?

    Join the Debate    The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want their town…

  • Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

    New Year’s Eve revelers celebrate Hogmanay with a bonfire. By: Hilary Parker    It’s just the typical New Year’s Eve celebration — a giant bonfire in the Scottish tradition brought to New Jersey by a man from Savannah, Ga. Well, perhaps it’s not so typical, but the Hogmanay bonfire is certainly a celebration.    Held at the…

  • Study: Plainsboro Library fundraising could net $2 million

    Survey tracks public support for $8.5 million project By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — Financial support for the proposed new public library is strong in the township, according to a feasibility and planning study presented at Wednesday’s Township Committee meeting.    Based on responses from 68 participants — including board members, library users, township and library staff,…

  • Griggstown causeway reopens after three months

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The new Griggstown causeway bridge, which spans the Millstone River and connects Montgomery to Franklin Township, opened Monday — the culmination of three months of construction.    The bridge had been closed since Aug. 22.    "The bridge was in poor condition, to say the least, and it was in desperate need…

  • Police release sketch of bank-robbery suspect

    From $500 to $800 taken from PNC bank in Princeton Township Dec. 13 By: Rachel Silverman    Princeton Township Police issued Thursday a composite drawing and full description of a man wanted for robbing the PNC bank on Route 206 near Cherry Valley Road on Dec. 13.    The suspect is described as a black male in…

  • Fire officials offer holiday safety tips

    By: Rachel Silverman    Princeton Township fire officials want to make sure this holiday season is not only a happy one, but a healthy one, as well. To ensure a safe new year, the Fire Department recommends the following:    • Fresh Christmas trees should be watered adequately, and water levels should be checked on a daily basis.…

  • Princeton Public Library may hike non-resident fees

    Higher than expected energy and technology costs prompt scramble for more revenue By: Rachel Silverman    The Princeton Public Library is considering higher user fees for non-residents to even out its lopsided balance sheet.    At a board of trustees meeting Tuesday night, board members wondered how to reconcile revenue generation with the need to provide "core…

  • MHS girls enjoying good start

    By: James McKeever    Young and inexperienced, the Monroe High School girls bowling team was forced to take its lumps last season.    The on-the-job training resulted in a season that closed with a 7-19-1 record. But something positive came out of that season: The Falcons learned from the experience.    They learned what it was like to…

  • Ruth Feder

       Ruth (Bruskin) Feder, 92, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Asheville, N.C.    She was born in New Brunswick on Aug. 12, 1913, the eldest of six children to Philip and Rose Bruskin. She went on to attend Rutgers, The State University, earning a business degree in 1934. In 1937 she married Jack Feder, a dentist who…