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  • Housing plan gets OK but not consultant bill

    Cost of providing affordable housing will be about three-quarters-of-a-million dollars By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council learned this week that the cost of providing affordable housing over the next decade will be about three-quarters-of-a-million dollars.    But it was a $15,000 change order submitted by a longtime consultant working on the housing plan that…

  • Registration is Sunday for regional bone marrow donors

       On Sunday, Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor will host its first Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive. Amy’s Army is cosponsoring the drive.    Amy’s Army is a group of dedicated volunteers based in Pittsburgh, Pa., who have sponsored and supported bone marrow registration and screening programs throughout the Northeast. Since its formation two years ago…

  • Squads likely to receive new vehicles

    Squads request first-responder vehicles By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council indicated this week that it will approve the purchase of two new vehicles for the township’s two volunteer rescue squads.    The squads have requested that the first-responder vehicles be included in the township’s annual capital budget, which has yet to be approved.…

  • Former cop endorses drug legalization

    Drug war called a failure in talk at Princeton University By: Marjorie Censer    Former New Jersey State Policeman Jack Cole calls the war on drugs a failure — and says legalization would allow for better control of the products and less violence.    Mr. Cole spent 26 years in the State Police, much of that time…

  • A rocky road

    Area ice cream parlors feel chill of winter lull By: Rachel Silverman    Wintry weather builds an appetite for just about every sweet concoction you can name.    Mom’s apple pie.    Fresh banana bread.    Starbucks’ venti-sized mint mocha steamers.    But ice cream often — too often, it seems — gets the short end of the stick.    During…

  • PRESS FORUM

    PRESS FORUM: Should the state enact a ban on smoking in public places? Should the state enact a ban on smoking in public places?

  • Grovers Mill Pond repair bill leaps

    Council must decide how to approach a potential $4.6 million charge By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Grovers Mill Pond dam restoration may be just about finished, but the plan to dredge the pond behind the dam has suffered a setback as the project’s price tag has soared to $4.6 million.    The township’s share…

  • Princeton University student, recent graduate, granted Marshall Scholarships

       A Princeton University senior majoring in mathematics and a 2005 university alumnus now studying in Syria have been awarded 2006 Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in England, the university has announced.    Math major Allison Bishop and Princeton alumnus Yusufi Vali are among 43 people from U.S. colleges and universities to win the prestigious awards, which…

  • Greenstein is honored by state PBA

       The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association — the state’s largest law-enforcement organization — recently awarded Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) with its 2005 Legislator of the Year award, citing her longstanding support of issues important to the law-enforcement community.    Ms. Greenstein is "a true friend of law enforcement in general and the New Jersey State…