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  • Hansen takes over helm as new police chief

    Chief Jay Hansen takes over for retired Chief Harry Kleinkauf. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Cranbury has a new top cop.    With the retirement of former Chief Harry Kleinkauf, the Police Department’s new leader is Chief Jay Hansen as of Jan. 1.    "It was a great working with Chief Kleinkauf," Chief Hansen said. "He’s a good man…

  • Democrats should heed 1972’s real lesson

    Democrats should take a lesson from their failed 1972 race and begin to support their top candidate Howard Dean. By: Hank Kalet    I generally abhor political debates. I find them less than informative, often overly staged and just downright boring.    And yet, there I was Sunday night (into Monday morning) watching what turned out to…

  • Time to extend TDR program across the state

    Editorial    A small but significant victory could be achieved in the battle against suburban sprawl. The state Senate is poised to take up a bill that would create a statewide transfer-of-development-rights program — or, as it’s more commonly referred to in planning circles, TDR.    TDR is a fairly straightforward concept, but a highly complex mechanism,…

  • Targeting drug abuse

    District to evaluate current school prevention programs. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — The school district is working with different township groups to evaluate and develop new drug and alcohol education programs for the schools, officials said Thursday.    The Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Education met Tuesday to establish goals and will hold another meeting…

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  • Second quarter dooms MHS in setback to North Brunswick

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There are games where basketball players would like to be able to pick the best three out of four quarters to count towards the final score. A recent White Division contest at North Brunswick High School was one of those games for the Monroe Township High School girls’ varsity.    Given the…

  • Stannard is new mayor

    Town committee unanimously vote Richard stanard in as mayor of Cranbury. By: Matthew Kirdahy    There’s a new mayor and it’s Richard Stannard.    The committee unanimously voted for Mr. Stannard after fellow Democrats Pari Stave and Tom Panconi were sworn in to their three-year terms on the Township Committee, Monday.    Ms. Stave was re-elected in November…

  • PHS Cranbury Report

    By:    Here’s a look at how athletes from Cranbury did for the Princeton High athletic teams this past week. Results are compiled from daily newspaper reports, so please let us know if we are missing any Cranbury names. BOYS HOCKEY    Peter Teifer had three goals and one assist in an 11-1 win over Hamilton on…

  • PU women set for Ivy opener

    Freshman Digovich, Tigers at Penn tonight By: Justin Feil    Without the help of her roommate, Katy Digovich has a hard time naming the seven other Ivy League schools that the Princeton University women’s basketball team will have to go through for a conference title.    She knows Harvard a bit. They’re the only other Ivy school…