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  • Take steps to avert risk of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

    Four hundred people die from heat-related illnesses each year By: Hillary Beberman, D.O., in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    On a hot summer day your car can reach temperatures in excess of 140 degrees. It only takes about a half-hour for the car’s interior temperature to rise about 34 degrees. Luckily, the car has air…

  • ‘Summer Songs’ at 1860 House Cafe

       If picnicking to the music of "Dotty (Westgate) and Friends" on a warm summer evening is your idea of heaven, then heaven is closer than you think.    Enjoy the performances of instrumentalists and singers — all local professionals — on the lawn of the 1860 House Café on Saturday, July 16, between 7 and 10:30…

  • Petition aims to silence club

    122 residents call on Zoning Board to reject Aston’s Restaurant and Bar By: Rachel Silverman    While the outcome of Stephen Distler’s jazz-club application hangs in limbo, neighbors have been busily scribbling their names — 122 of them — on a petition against the site plan proposal.    "We call upon the Zoning Board to reject this…

  • BOE approves new hires to fill vacancies

    Cranbury School hires seven new teachers. By: Josh Appelbaum    Some new faces will grace the hallways of Cranbury School in September.    Seven new teachers have been hired by the district to fill new positions and vacancies left by teachers who retired or are going on leave.    Chief School Administrator Carol Malouf said Tuesday that all…

  • Town may penalize developer

    Residents wait for builder to finish driveways, lawns. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Township officials may threaten to call in a performance guarantee bond against a developer who residents say has not lived up to a promise to finish work on their houses.    Residents of the Chestnut Woods development in central Monroe said this week…

  • School project delayed

    Cranbury School improvements will not begin until August. By: Josh Appelbaum    Improvements to Cranbury School’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning system won’t begin until August because of delays in developing new specifications for another round of bids.    School Business Administrator Brian DeLucia said Wednesday the school board, Innovative Engineering and architectural firm LAN need more…

  • 400 attend conference on black health issues

    "Soul to Soul" drives home "important messages" for African-American community By: David Campbell    Nearly 400 people attended a conference on health issues for blacks sponsored by Princeton HealthCare System that was held recently at the Hyatt Regency Princeton hotel in West Windsor Township.    The keynote speakers at the conference, which was titled "Soul to Soul:…

  • Coah

    "Coah," a rare 14-month-old hairless Sphynx male, 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 "Coah" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html By:

  • Henry A. Curtiss Jr.

       Henry A. Curtiss Jr., 83, of Titusville died July 2 at Compassionate Care, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Philadelphia, Pa., he was in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was a resident of Titusville for over 35 years.    He formally worked as a foreman for Winters Mfg. of West Trenton…