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  • Hate fliers stir town to draft unity petition

    Princeton Human Services Commission seeks a recommitment to acceptance of diversity. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Human Services Commission is undertaking a signature campaign to condemn the distribution of fliers in Princeton by the white-supremacist group National Alliance and reaffirm a commitment to diversity.    "The signature campaign is to get the community to recommit to…

  • Police home to cost more than planned

    Three potential designs were presented to Cranbury Township Committee. By: Matt Kirdahy    The cost of building a new police station might be higher than the Township Committee expected.    According to Mark Berkowsky, president of Berkowsky and Associates, three potential designs for the station would cost $3.26 million, $2.85 million or about $2.66 million respectively. All…

  • DOT makes grant toward Montgomery loop road

    Effort to take pressure off Route 206-518 intersection takes another step. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The New Jersey Department of Transportation granted $140,000 Tuesday toward the design and construction of a loop road to relieve traffic congestion at the Route 206-518 intersection.    The two-way loop road will be located on the western side of…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Oct. 31 issue. President responds to critical letter To the editor:     As a member of the Board of Education, I have the responsibility to advocate for our district and public education. That is why I take issue with Mark Dynarski’s objection to my comments about the No Child Left Behind Act ("Ettman’s…

  • Polls set to open

    Voters will select representatives for local, county, and state positions in elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4. By: David Pescatore and Sarah Winkelman    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday as area voters will select representatives to local, county, and state positions. EAST WINDSOR    In the township, voters will select candidates…

  • Trenton symposium to focus on women’s health

       Capital Health System will explore "the brilliant future of women’s health care" on Friday, Nov. 21, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Trenton Marriott with a symposium which will feature veteran political commentator Cokie Roberts and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing).    The symposium will introduce "the newest advances and latest technologies as they…

  • Letter: Panconi deserves committee vote

    To the editor:     I am writing to urge my fellow Cranbury voters to support Tom Panconi for Cranbury Township Committee. I have known Tom and his wife since they first arrived in town five years ago. In that time Tom has always kept abreast of the issues confronting both the Township Committee and the…

  • Bandit hits restaurant

    Police are in search of a man who robbed a Monroe Chinese restaurant on Wednesday. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — Police are looking for a man who held a gun to an employee at the China House Chinese Restaurant on Applegarth Road Wednesday night, and stole about $200.    According to police, a man wearing a…

  • D&R Canal focus of campus service day

    Groups seek to educate public on importance of preserving water quality. By: David Campbell    When Princeton University holds its campus-wide Community Service Day on Nov. 8, New Jersey Community Water Watch plans to be out on the water — the water, that is, of the Delaware & Raritan Canal.    Water Watch is a joint program…