Category: archives
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Town, workers agree to deals
Under newly adopted contract, township police, EMS and white-collar employees to receive a four percent pay increase in each of the next three years. By: Leon Tovey MONROE The township’s police, emergency medical service and white-collar employees will receive a 4 percent pay increase in each of the next three years, under the terms…
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Relations between borough and merchants on the mend
Businesses signing on to administration’s proposed discount coupon campaign. By: Jennifer Potash The once frosty relationship between the downtown merchants and Princeton Borough appears to have warmed considerably over the past few months and a discount coupon campaign proposed by the borough administration to coincide with the Communiversity street festival next month is the latest…
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WW mayor announces bid for second term
Shing-Fu Hsueh to run on "Community Vision Team" with council candidates Linda Geevers and Heidi Kleinman. By: David Campbell WEST WINDSOR Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced Wednesday that he will seek a second term as mayor in the upcoming May election. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education member Linda Geevers and Planning Board member Heidi…
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Princeton school board approves $67 million budget
Second question for nearly $2 million more readied for ballot. By: Rachel Silverman The Princeton Regional Board of Education approved a tentative $67.1 million budget Tuesday night, as well as a special request to voters for nearly $2 million above state limits, a move that now sends the spending plan to the county school superintendent…
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It’s the Big Apple for pie-baking duo
Grandmother and granddaughter heading for the big city for a Crisco-sponsored bake-off. By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY There’s nothing like baking apple pie in the Big Apple. At least according to 8-year-old Miranda Koors, who, along with her grandmother, Gloria Piantek of Montgomery, is one of five finalists in the Crisco All-American Pie Recipe Contest.…
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Earthbound Farm opens Cranbury distribution center
Organic produce grower and shipper comes to Cranbury to expand their market. By: Josh Appelbaum Earthbound Farm, a grower and shipper of organic produce, opened a 32,000-square-foot warehouse storage and distribution center in Cranbury on March 1 in an effort to expand its East Coast market. The Melrich Road facility is the first distribution center…
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School budget has sharp tax increase
East Windsor Regional School Board approves a preliminary budget which includes a 25-cent tax rate increase for East Windsor residents. By: Marisa Maldonado EAST WINDSOR A preliminary budget for the East Windsor Regional School District that includes a 25-cent tax rate hike for East Windsor residents was approved by the school board and sent…
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School limits cause class size concerns
By:Emily Craighead Visitors to third-grade classrooms at Amsterdam School may be getting a glimpse of one feature of next year’s third-grade classes at Sunnymead, Woodfern and Woods Road schools: classrooms with more than 25 students. Class projections for next year at those schools anticipate average classes of 26 students, while third-grade classes at Hillsborough and…
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OBITUARIES: Joseph Kijowski
Joseph Kijowski Joseph G. Kijowski, 83, died Monday, Feb. 28, at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was born and raised in Perth Amboy. He resided in Rossmoor for 11 years and previously in Milltown for 27 years. He was employed at Carborundum Co. in Keasbey for 43 years as a design engineer. He served…
