Category: archives
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Hearing on property-tax reform draws large crowd
Wide range of proposals made at West Windsor session. By: Jill Matthews WEST WINDSOR With proposals ranging from protecting Abbott school districts to retaining a healthy business climate, more than 150 people turned out Wednesday night to express their views on a planned constitutional convention to fix the state’s property-tax system. Opinions and interests…
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Police crack down on motorists in Rocky Hill
Ninety-eight tickets and six cars towed in one day. By: Jill Matthews ROCKY HILL After setting up a motor vehicle checkpoint Monday at the corner of Washington Street and Princeton Avenue, police officers issued as many tickets in one day as they normally issue in a month. South Bound Brook Police Chief Robert Verry…
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Stuart’s Murnen has family ties
Youngest sister hopes to be best in field hockey By: Justin Feil Alice Murnen doesn’t worry so much about continuing Stuart Country Day School’s fine field hockey legacy. That part will come so long as she can just live up to the family name. Murnen, whose sisters Katherine and Hannah played for the Tartans before…
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For the Oct. 8 issue
Eleanor Blaustein Segal, Helen Fannick Selecky, Robert R. ‘Robbie’ Wagner Jr., Diana B. (nee Boccia) de Laurentis, Barbara Hill Hammitt, Frank S. Matuska. Eleanor Blaustein Segal EAST WINDSOR Eleanor Blaustein Segal, 83, died Tuesday at her residence. Born in Trenton, Mrs. Segal was a resident of Ewing Township most of her life before moving…
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Hopefuls set their agendas
Preservation and taxes are top concerns By:Josh Appelbaum Candidates for Township Committee said that preserving open space and keeping taxes stable are the top priorities for Cranbury. But they differ on how much they are willing to spend on open space and farmland. For the next three weeks, The Cranbury Press will be presenting a…
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In the pink
Hopewell Harvest Fair moment Despite the gloomy weather Saturday, the 17th annual Hopewell Harvest Fair was held at Hopewell Elementary School. Grace Kully, 4, of Hopewell could care less about the weather. She’s enjoying her pink cotton candy, which goes well with her frock.
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OBITUARY: Leo Seitelbach
Leo Seitelbach, 85, of Monroe, died Tuesday, Sept. 28, at home. Born in New York City, he lived in Monroe. Mr. Seitelbach, a professional soldier, joined the Army in August 1940, and retired in October 1965 with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer W-3. In the course of his career, he served tours of duty…
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New WW nonprofit group backs arts center
The West Windsor Community Foundation is now in business. By: Jill Matthews WEST WINDSOR With funding to help move along the creation of a township arts center among the first projects it will consider, the West Windsor Community Foundation formally announced Monday that it is in business and ready to serve the community. The…
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LETTER:Bush creating more terrorists
To the editor: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, it is morally treasonable to the American Public." President Theodore Roosevelt. Both George Bush and Dick Cheney have committed moral treason…
