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  • 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…

  • Superior Court approves Hawthorne condemnation

    70 acres to be preserved as open space. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — The Appellate Division of state Superior Court ruled in favor of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority on Monday, allowing for the condemnation of 70 acres of property adjacent to Thompson Park for open space preservation.    The property on Buckelew Avenue is owned…

  • 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…

  • Residents worry about traffic safety

    Noise and safety key concerns for residents along Matchaponix Road extension. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — A group of residents has been meeting with Township Engineer Ernie Feist to discuss noise and safety concerns with the Matchaponix Road extension, which runs along the residents’ development.    Mr. Feist said the talks take place before each council…

  • Council looks ahead to 2005

    Barbara Carpenter and John Longo Jr. look forward to the beginning of their second terms on council. By: Melissa Hayes    JAMESBURG — Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter and Councilman John Longo Jr. were elected to second, three-year terms, and both will take their oaths of office 7 p.m. Wednesday when the Jamesburg Borough Council reorganizes for 2005.…

  • 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…