Category: archives
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Top 10 reasons to slow down this summer
On the road, everybody has a reason to speed: because they’re late, because they’re busy, because everyone else is doing it. But for every reason there is to speed, there’s a better one not to. Here are 10 compelling reasons to stop speeding, backed by some sobering statistics regarding the costs of speeding. 1. Summer…
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East Windsor set to seek Rt. 571 enhancement grant
Grant would fund the installation of sidewalks and paving near residential neighborhoods and shopping centers in the Route 571 area. By: Marisa Maldonado EAST WINDSOR The Township Council, after discussing numerous ideas over the last month, will vote at its 8 p.m. Tuesday meeting on a grant application for $355,000 that would fund the…
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Flood havoc forces business to travel
Local business moves to new location after recent flood damages office building. By: Josh Appelbaum A former Main Street business has moved back to Cranbury, if not under the most pleasant of circumstances. Barbara Wright, whose business, Wright Travel, moved to Jamesburg in 2001 after the building at 30 N. Main St. was sold, has…
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LETTERS: Supporting local business
To the editor: I’d like to offer a different perspective to the reader who was "furious" that Village Haircutters charged for the Locks of Love cut featured on this paper’s front page. Recently the Cranbury Hardware Store closed its doors and Hagerty the Florist has been liquidating its inventory for weeks. Both of these businesses…
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Candidate: Warehouse runoff contributed to flooding
Costco Way warehouse is blamed for severity of flooding in section of Jamesburg. By: Leon Tovey JAMESBURG Republican Borough Council candidate Adam Bushman says runoff from Monroe Township’s Costco Way warehouse district is partly to blame for the severity of the flooding along the north end of Gatzmer Avenue in Jamesburg during the July…
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Letters to the Herald
For the July 29 issue. Youth Fire Academy program a success To the editor: The second annual Youth Fire Academy was conducted last week, a joint venture of the East Windsor PAL, the East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, the East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 and the Hightstown Engine Company No. 1.…
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Corkscrew, Kate Spade eye downtown moves
Wine shop will take advantage of additional space at Palmer Square location By: Marjorie Censer Downtown Princeton will continue to see retail change as the Corkscrew Wine Shop moves to Palmer Square and Kate Spade arrives in town. The Corkscrew Wine Shop, located at Witherspoon and Hulfish streets, will move to one of the three…
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Stormwater plan OK’d for Cranbury
Planning Board approves stormwater regulation program. By: Josh Appelbaum The Planning Board has given its approval to a state-mandated stormwater regulation program. On July 21, the board voted 7-0 to amend Cranbury’s Master Plan to include a municipal Stormwater Management Plan. Township Committeeman Richard Stannard did not attend the meeting. The plan, which has been…
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WW 12s second to none
Softball all-stars utilize chances for repeat state title By: Justin Feil LINCROFT West Windsor will take its second chances. The 12-year-old all-star softball team certainly made the most of them to earn another shot at the East Regional thanks its 5-4 win over Pequannock on Monday in the New Jersey State Little League Championship.…
