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  • Township may borrow money for equipment

    East Windsor’s council introduced a measure that would borrow $1.35 million to buy a new fire truck and snowplow, and fund other improvements. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — A $1.4 million bond ordinance introduced at the Township Council meeting on Nov. 3 could provide the necessary funds to purchase new equipment for various…

  • A lesson in continuity

    Old schoolhouse, renovated by Blawenburg church, to make its debut at Dutch country fair. By: Dennis O’Neill    Eighty-five-year-old Dora Verbeyst remembers the unusual route she took from her family farm on Cherry Valley Road to the old district schoolhouse that stood beside her church — the Blawenburg Reformed Church.    "I did not go to school…

  • Mathematical formulas don’t equal fairness

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 12 By: Packet Editorial    At first blush, the legal complaint filed this week by Plainsboro Township — challenging the process the state uses to calculate and apportion the costs of financing regional school districts — might strike some observers as a bean-counting bureaucratic exercise involving a set of complex mathematical formulas that…

  • Council passes resolution on immigration reform

    Borough sends sharply worded message to federal authorities in wake of October raid. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for immigration reform among federal enforcement officers Tuesday.    The resolution expresses the borough’s strong disapproval of "any conduct of Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that created needless mistrust and…

  • Paul Ruane

       Paul Douglas Ruane, 54, of Monroe, died Sunday, Nov. 7, at home.    Born in Plainfield, he lived inWatchung before moving to Monroe 25 years ago.    Mr. Ruane was employed at Value City Furniture, East Brunswick, as a furniture technician.    One of his greatest loves was fishing with his sons, whether standing in a stream or…

  • High school roof repairs delayed, bids rejected

    East Windsor Board of Education states bids for roof repairs were over budget. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — The emergency replacement of a roof section at Hightstown High School has been postponed.    During a Monday night Board of Education meeting at the high school, Business Administrator and Board Secretary David Shafter recommended the board reject…

  • West Windsor inks PSE&G deal, revisits hotel liquor licenses

    Resolution paves way for long-awaited pedestrian and bike pathway on utility’s property. By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — After several years of negotiations, the township passed a resolution Monday night approving an agreement with Public Service Electric & Gas Co. for a pedestrian and bike pathway on an easement owned by the company.    "It took…

  • Something sweet for troops

    Girl Scouts to send soldiers boxes of cookies. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Thanks to the generosity of a group of New Jersey businessmen, members of Girl Scout Troop 1640 were able to buy more than 370 boxes of cookies that they hope to mail to local soldiers in Iraq — now all they need…

  • Catherine T. Anderson

       Catherine T. (Recicar) Anderson, 83, died Saturday, Nov. 6, at Cranbury Care Center, Genesis Elder Care, Monroe.    Born in Plymouth, Pa., she lived in Queens and Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Rossmoor and finally Clearbrook, in 1993.    She received her registered nurses training at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Pa., and then served over 20…