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  • School work begins in ’05

    $1.24M HVAC contract gets board approval. By: Jessica Beym    Construction on a new heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system at the Cranbury School could start by December and be completed by the start of school in 2006.    On Tuesday, the school board settled on a bid from Comfort Mechanical Corp. of Long Branch to install the…

  • League to host candidate forum

    The Monroe Township League of Women Voters will host a meet-the-candidates forum on Oct. 16. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Even if only the candidates show up, the township chapter of the League of Women Voters will have a crowd at its Oct. 16 meet-the-candidates forum at Monroe Village retirement facility on Half Acre Road.…

  • Monroe starts to heat up

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    One huge week does not a season make, but it’s still fun to reflect on the accomplishment. Just when everyone was ready to write off the Monroe Township High School varsity girls’ soccer team, the Lady Falcons went and knocked off two teams at the top of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s…

  • Truman

    "Truman," a friendly 6-year-old Australian Shepherd mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Truman" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Residents need to wait for leaf pickup

    Annual borough leaf pickup program is scheduled to start in two-and-a-half weeks. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The crisp morning temperatures this week may have sent some residents into autumn mode, but Borough Zoning Officer Bernie Long wants people to remember that the annual borough leaf pickup doesn’t start for another two-and-a-half weeks.    "I’ve already…

  • A night to meet committee hopefuls

    Registered voters will soon have to make a choice between candidates. By: Josh Appelbaum    With the calendar creeping closer to November, registered Cranbury voters will have to make a choice about for whom they’ll pull the lever.    Voters who want to hear what candidates for Township Committee have to say can attend Candidates Night on…

  • LETTERS: Connolly deserves vote

    To the editor:     The mean spirit exhibited in Harold Kane’s letter of Sept. 28 regarding Council President Joanne Connolly does nothing to diminish the credit due this dedicated public servant. In his angry tirade, I’m certain that he cares little about the character and professionalism of the target of his partisan attack. Why does…

  • Help for Liberty Way bridge

    Cranbury will receive $223,000 to fund construction of bridge. By: Leon Tovey    Cranbury is one of three area towns that will receive a combined $648,000 from the state Transportation Trust Fund for road improvements during the 2006 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.    Of that, Cranbury will receive $223,00 for improvements to Liberty Way. The…

  • LETTERS: A successful luncheon

    To the editor:     The Friends of the Cranbury Public Library want to thank all in the Cranbury community for contributing to the success of the Friends’ House Tour Luncheon last weekend. Many thanks to the Cranbury Boy Scout Troop 52; Girl Scout Troop 1529; Teddy’s Luncheonette; Cranbury Gift Shop; Cranbury Pizza; the First Presbyterian…