Category: archives

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the July 15 issue. Community will miss ‘cheerleader’ Skip Cox To the editor:     We’re all going to miss you, Skip. We’re going to miss that smile, that enthusiasm and that cutting sense of humor that was your trademark.    Your involvement in so many good things was endless and your contributions to your community…

  • Towns won’t hurry to invoke eminent domain

    EDITORIAL    Powerful interests on all sides of the issue have wasted no time weighing in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding the right of government to use the power of eminent domain to spur economic development.    Builders, developers, urban mayors, smart-growth advocates and others have hailed the 5-4 ruling as a major victory…

  • PRESS FORUM: Should the Monroe Township Council call in performance bonds on the Kara Homes project?

    PRESS FORUM 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…

  • Water main installation to disrupt traffic on The Great Road

       Beginning Tuesday morning, The Great Road will be closed between the northern intersection of The Great Road West and Drakes Corner Road, due to water main installation work.    Princeton Township Engineer Robert Kiser said the closing will be in effect between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. "until further notice."    The section of The Great Road…

  • WW-P board tweaks $25.5M referendum plan

    Addition to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South revised. By: Emily Craighead    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education moved forward Tuesday with plans for its $25.2 million referendum, including revisions to the planned addition to High School South.    Instead of including two closed classrooms in the gymnasium addition adjacent to the existing gym, the revised plan…

  • Girl hurt in accident

    Jamesburg girl is expected to recover from accident injuries. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A 17-year-old Jamesburg girl is expected to recover from injuries sustained when the car she was driving was hit broadside by a dump truck near the intersection of Spotswood-Gravel Hill and North State Home roads Tuesday, according to police.    "She is…

  • Cyclists to rally Aug. 6

       Cyclists from all over the eastern United States are expected at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) on Saturday, Aug. 6, for the 25th annual Princeton Bicycling Event, which offers rides of various lengths though the beautiful countryside around Princeton and the central New Jersey area.    Six tours, from 18 to 100 miles, are available for…

  • Fundraising consultant appointed for new Plainsboro library

    By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee on Wednesday appointed Graham-Pelton Consulting Inc. of Summit as fundraising counsel for a proposed $8.5 million library project.    "We have been working with a group of representatives from the Township Committee and the library board to organize the fundraising effort," Business Administrator Robert Sheehan said. "(The consulting…

  • Witherspoon Street to close for repaving

    Work to begin Aug. 1. By: Marjorie Censer    Witherspoon Street, from Nassau Street to Leigh Avenue, is scheduled to be repaved by Mercer County over the course of two weeks beginning Aug. 1, weather permitting.    The county will be repaving the street through a municipal assistance program in which county crews are sent to work…