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  • Tax hike on tap in budget

    Increase in insurance and utility payments and new police station could result in a 7.4 percent increase in municipal taxes. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Increases in insurance and utility payments, the construction of a new police station and preservation of the Fischer, Simonson and E. Barclay properties are driving township spending up and could result in…

  • Intelligence expert to give Sunday talk at university

       Raymond H. Close, a 26-year specialist with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, will speak on "The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence" 4 p.m. Sunday at 302 Frist Campus Center at Princeton University.    Mr. Close, a Princeton University graduate, is from a family of teachers, diplomats and businessmen in the Arab Middle East for four generations.…

  • Rocky Hill fire department gets FEMA grant

    Self-contained breathing gear to be purchased with $49,500 grant. By: Jill Matthews    ROCKY HILL — Rocky Hill Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 received a $49,500 grant for fire operations and firefighter safety, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday.    The borough, which applied for the grant last spring, has to match 10 percent of…

  • Three-cent tax hike looms in Plainsboro

    Mayor challenges administrator to find more cuts. By: Shanay Cadette    PLAINSBORO — Mayor Peter Cantu has challenged the township administrator to chip away at a projected tax increase in the 2004 budget proposal.    Business Administrator Bob Sheehan presented a $17.1 million budget proposal to the Township Committee on Wednesday that calls for a 3-cent hike…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Why we do what we do

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet: The Cranbury Press seeks to better understand our readers’ needs. By: Hank Kalet    Putting together a newspaper on a weekly basis can lead those of us in the news business to be a bit myopic. We start to look at the world with blinders on, focusing through the narrow lens…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: TDR programs can help control sprawl throughout state

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers: N.J. has used TDR for the past 30 years to control development and preserve open space. By: Michele S. Byers    In spite of its reputation (Oh, you live in New Jersey? What exit?), our small state leads in its efforts to manage growth, control sprawl and protect…

  • Zoners review cell tower plan

    Board skeptical that new cell tower is needed. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The Zoning Board of Adjustment is skeptical that a proposed cell tower for the township’s agricultural zone is needed.    Omnipoint Communications is seeking a variance to build a 150-foot tower in Cranbury’s agricultural zone. A variance is needed because structures in that area are…

  • School technology costs expected to rise

    Possible requirements from state make technology advancements a priority. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Technology costs in the Cranbury School could increase this year, but administrators say the additional spending is necessary to properly equip classrooms in the 21st century.    With the completion of the large group instruction room and the emergence of state-of-the-art classroom equipment, the…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Feb. 13 issue. Using cell phone while driving is dangerous To the editor:     Karen Mitchell’s "Musings" in last week’s Herald made me wonder: Have we, as a society, become too complacent operating a motor vehicle? Is it too easy? Two thousand pounds of engine, chassis and frame, barreling down the roadway, even…