Category: archives

  • Alternatives for celebrating New Year’s

    Creative ways to kick off the New Year in style. By: Elaine Worden        New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to be spent standing in the city streets or at a crowded bar, shoulder to shoulder with swarms of strangers, to have a good time. There are plenty of ways to have an exciting, fulfilling New…

  • OBITUARIES: Arline Hulit

       Arline Hulit, 68, of Concordia, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, at her residence.    Born in Newark, she resided in East Brunswick before moving to Concordia in 1982. She was a member of Nativity Lutheran Church in East Brunswick. Ms. Hulit was a personnel director at the New York Racing Forum under Ambassador Annenburg.    Her husband, Nicholas…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: How are we doing?

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet Inviting readers to help make us better.    Every year, as the calendar turns from December to January, we here at The Cranbury Press attempt to gauge our progress and set some goals for the coming year.    We review the fading year’s 52 newspapers and assess how we did, hoping to…

  • Fantastic Journey

    ‘Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition’ celebrates a famous trek. By: Matt Smith The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is hosting a traveling exhibit celebrating the 200th anniversary of Merriweather Lewis and William Clark’s east-west exploration. The show features items such as Clark’s elkskin-bound field journal (top left, foreground), a trail map of…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Calling all young artists- the Gourgand Gallery wants you

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor From second grade through high school, the Gourgand invites students to submit original artwork by Jan. 21.    With our first dusting of snow this past week, I have been asked to remind residents to shovel their sidewalks as soon as possible after a snowfall.    With so many people walking for…

  • Township plans to replace CFO

    Reorganization may lead to appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Township Committee may be seeking a new chief financial officer once it reorganizes Monday.    The current Township Committee recommended Dec. 20 in closed session that Chief Financial Officer Kathy Kovach not be reappointed for 2005.    Committee members said the recommendation…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Movies, movies, movies: The year in cinema, 2004

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl From talking toys to divers stranded in the middle of the ocean, Steve Feitl breaks down the top five rent-worthy films of 2004.    The top movie of the year revolved around an animated ogre. The No. 2 movie this year featured a web-slinging crime-fighter. The third highest-grossing film of 2004 starred…

  • New police station still on schedule

    Expected to open by summer’s end. By: Josh Appelbaum    Some plumbing and electrical work on the new $3.2 million Cranbury Police Station has been completed and inspected and the project is on schedule and on budget for an Aug. 28 completion.    According to Mark Berkowsky, whose firm Berkowsky and Associates is managing the project, the…

  • Fantastic Journey

    ‘Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition’ celebrates a famous trek. By: Matt Smith The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is hosting a traveling exhibit celebrating the 200th anniversary of Merriweather Lewis and William Clark’s east-west exploration. The show features items such as Clark’s elkskin-bound field journal (top left, foreground), a trail map of…