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  • Balmy business

    Montgomery entrepreneur sells and rents palm trees — and it’s the talk of the town. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — It’s hard to blame snoopy motorists for succumbing to an almost instinctive urge to veer off the pavement and find out why 30 visions of pure paradise are lined up along Route 206.    Yes, Randy…

  • JFK teacher says goodbye to a job he loves

    Fifth-grade teacher retires after 39 years. By: Melissa Hayes    JAMESBURG — "Find a job that you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life."    Teacher Bob Graber tries to instill that advice in his fifth-grade science students daily. The quote, from British pentathalete Jim Fox, is taped to Mr. Graber’s classroom…

  • Council receives complaints about new PRC ordinance

    Ordinance changed concerning age restrictions in planned retirement communities. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The township’s planned retirement communities are free to set their own rules regarding who is a permanent or temporary resident.    That was the message Mayor Richard Pucci and members of the Township Council had for dozens of residents of the Regency…

  • Money is earmarked for Plainsboro projects

    Township Committee approves $1.2 million for library, $1.5 million for road improvements. By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee approved a $4 million bond ordinance Wednesday to finance projects slated for this year, including designing the new public library.    In addition to the $1.2 million set aside for the library, the ordinance includes about…

  • Daughter pursues D-Day claim

    Sue Kaufman Schiller claims that the soldier in historic D-Day photo "The Face in the Surf" is her late father, Cpl. Joseph Kaufman. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The man in the picture has fallen into the surf. Waves creep toward his shoulders as the battle rages on around him.    His identity — who…

  • LIFESTYLE: Return to sender

    Kingston postal workers make sure zip code 08528 runs smoothly. By: Joseph Harvie    In downtown Kingston, amid the cafes and delis on main street is a building where a majority of the villagers come on a daily basis.    The employees in the Kingston Post Office work hard to get the mail organized and ready for…

  • Falcons not great, but still good

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The expectations are so high for the Monroe High School golf team nowadays, a 15-4 record, a tie for the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division championship and a fifth-place showing at the GMC Tournament in 2005 were not a cause for celebration.    "When you look at it, we had a great…

  • Affordable housing rehabs on the rise

    The Township Council introduced an ordinance for the rehabilitation program. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Business is picking up for the rehabilitation side of the township’s affordable housing program.    The Township Council on Wednesday introduced an ordinance appropriating $800,000 for the rehabilitation program from the township’s affordable housing fund, $200,000 more than in 2004.    Township…

  • Williams, Lopez win primary

    Only two candidates will be on the Republican ballot for the general elections in November. By: Leon Tovey    Monroe Republicans will have just two candidates for Township Council in the Nov. 8 general election, though all three of the ward seats are up for grabs.    Monroe Republicans selected Stephen Williams as their candidate for the…