Category: archives
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Education symposium to explore impact of school cap legislation
Program sponsored by Princeton Special Education Parent Teacher Organization. By: Rachel Silverman If you ask Princeton resident Marianne Carnevale her opinion on the new state legislation known as S-1701, which tightens the caps on school budgets and reduces the surplus school districts can carry over from one year to the next, you’re likely to get…
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West Coast Video on Nassau Street closes its doors
By: Jennifer Potash West Coast Video on Nassau Street closed its doors Saturday. The store, located next to Wild Oats Natural Foods Market, is nearly empty, except for a few trash cans filled with plastic videocassette boxes, a Snapple vending machine and piles of electrical wires and fixtures. A hand-written sign made of cardboard directs…
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Council: Younger residents can stay
Developer bends PRC age rules. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Township officials say they will not try to force residents younger than 55 out of the Encore and Regency at Monroe developments, despite a 14-year-old ordinance requiring that residents be 55 or older to live in the township’s planned retirement communities. Mayor Richard Pucci told…
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Mark Russell to star in Corner House benefit
As fresh as today’s headlines, Mark Russell with his omnipresent piano is a sophisticated blend of wit, punditry, and musical comedy. For years a must-see attraction in Washington, D.C.’s Shoreham Hotel, Mr. Russell skewered politicos, media types and the power elite. In presentations freshly crafted for each event, Mr. Russell weaves the entire media landscape…
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St. Paddy’s Day with bagpipes
Fred Carr to play bagpipes at Cranbury School to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. By: Josh Appelbaum CRANBURY As Fred Carr recalls it, the three best things that happened to him while studying at West Point Military Academy in order of importance were meeting his wife, completing Army Ranger training and learning how…
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Homes available in top-rated West Windsor/Plainsboro school district
Plainsboro Village also offers the convenience of being just minutes from Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike The foyers in Sharbell Development Corp.’s Plainsboro Village homes let in plenty of light, with large windows and doors welcoming the sun to brighten the spacious rooms featured in the single-family designs. Sharbell Development Corp.’s Plainsboro Village,…
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PRESS FORUM: Should the Jamesburg school board have added after-school programs back into its proposed budget?
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…
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Rocky Hill taxes are up, while budget shrinks
Owner of home at average assessment faces a 19-percent municipal tax increase. By: Kara Fitzpatrick ROCKY HILL Although the 2005 budget introduced Monday by the Borough Council is 12 percent less than last year’s, residents will face a 10-cent increase in the tax rate if the budget is adopted. The borough tax rate has…
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Calculating on a successful competition
Cranbury Math Team to take on state. By: Josh Appelbaum After taking first at the MathCounts Raritan Chapter Division last month, the Cranbury School Math Team has sets its sights on a state championship. To meet that end, the team has been running mock competitions every Monday and Thursday before school and on Saturdays, in…
