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  • Planners eye warehouse retail rules

    Planning Board may place retail space restrictions on warehouses. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The township is considering placing restrictions on the amount of retail space in warehouses east of Route 130.    The Planning Board voted 5-1 on Dec. 11 to recommend to the Township Committee that it create an ordinance regulating retail business space for warehouse…

  • Congregations mark Hanukkah with light

    Township Jewish Centers begin menorah lightings. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Hanukkah, the eight-day commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees after their victory over the Syrians, is being marked by Jewish congregations with much light and fun.    A central part of the holiday period is the lighting of a menorah candle…

  • Use of open-space funds in WW stirs controversy

    At least $12,000 used for salaries — and boots — for public works employees. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — It all seems to come down to interpretation.    Depending on whom you talk to, some residents and officials feel at least $12,000 of the township’s open-space tax fund has been inappropriately used to pay salaries…

  • The Small Miracles Foundation moves forward

       The Small Miracles Foundation of Princeton, which provides free music lessons and instruments to qualifying children in the Delaware Valley region, has incorporated as a New Jersey nonprofit corporation.    "When we started in 1996, it was just a couple of teachers, an old piano with missing keys, and some kids from the neighborhood having a…

  • Between Heaven and Earth

    Painter Alexander Anufriev seeks to make the invisible visible. By: Susan Van Dongen "In Our Home," (above) and "In Italy" (below), oil paintings by Alexander Anufriev, on view at the Erdman Gallery, Princeton Theological Seminary.    Angels are everywhere. From the familiar pop culture images that go with the holiday season — on cards, wrapping paper,…

  • Music and Mental Illness

    A psychiatrist takes a look at the inner world of composer George Gershwin. By: Ilene Dube Dr. Richard Kogan (above), a psychiatrist and concert pianist, will give a lecture-recital as a benefit for NAMI Mercer Jan. 11. George Gershwin (below) may have suffered ADHD and depression.    The link between compassionate creativity and mental illness is…

  • Store celebrates wonder of Hanukkah

    Chabad of the Windsors is operating Chanukah Wonderland in East Windsor to commemorate the history and traditions of the holiday. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — Tucked away between Party Fair and the Royal Orchid in East Windsor Towne Center is a Hanukkah wonderland, literally.    For the fourth year, Chabad of the Windsors is operating…

  • Ruth Landau Such

       Ruth Landau Such died Monday, Dec. 15, at the Daughters of Israel care center in West Orange.    Ms. Landau lived in the Bronx, N.Y., and Teaneck for over 45 years before moving to Monroe eight years ago.    Her husband, Theodore, is deceased. She is survived by her son, Alan Such of Floren Park; her daughter,…

  • Letter: preservation story missing details

    To the editor:     The Dec. 12 article titled "Committee to pursue 2 farms" was incomplete in important details. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to a discussion of the possible costs of development, and a comparison of those costs to the costs of preservation. In particular, there was significant discussion of the…