Category: archives
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Letters to the Herald
For the Aug. 29 issue. Slow Down is asset to Hightstown To the editor: Saturday evening our family walked downtown and stepped into the Slow Down Cafe for dessert. As an added treat there were two local young musicians, Chris Smith and John Walsh, entertaining the clientele. In the cozy atmosphere of the cafe…
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Enjoy the Four Seasons’ lifestyle in South Brunswick
K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at South Brunswick recently celebrated its opening, bringing the award-winning active-adult lifestyle to another central New Jersey location. K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at South Brunswick offers 192 single-family ranch-style homes. Nine floor plans, including some with lofts, ranging from 1,820 to 3,000 square feet are featured. Each home includes two or…
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Borough ready for Buckelew Day
 Jamesburg will celebrate its heritage Sept. 6 at Buckelew Day. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG A showing of the newly refurbished kitchen in the Buckelew House, a room that dates back to 1685, will be one of the highlights of the borough’s annual Buckelew Day Sept. 6. The celebration of Jamesburg’s history will be held…
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Board hears PRC proposal
By: Al Wicklund MONROE The Greenbriar at Stonebridge was in line to become the township’s ninth age-restricted community Thursday night. The proposed 1,000-unit planned adult community was to be considered by the Monroe Township Planning Board Thursday, after The Cranbury Press’ afternoon deadline. Representatives of the developers U.S. Homes Corp., also known as Lori…
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Ingredient advice from the real experts
Weekly farmers markets have been popping up all over the area this summer, not unlike the mushrooms produced by the unusually damp weather we’ve experienced. At each one, we shoppers can find fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers that were picked fresh that morning, are often organically grown and sometimes of unusual or heirloom varieties. But…
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Wolverines open Pop Warner season by winning three of four
By: Rich Fisher The Monroe Wolverines Pop Warner teams got their season underway in Linden this past Sunday and three teams came up winners. The Wolverines first home game will be this Saturday, 4 p.m., against North Brunswick. The home opener will be celebrated with a pep rally tonight (Friday), 7 p.m., at Danny Ryan…
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Country Fair comes to Monroe
By: Al Wicklund MONROE An Ellie the elephant kiddie slide, music by three bands and DJ Wacky Wayne Jr., the ever-popular Moonwalk and fireworks are all part of a full schedule of events and entertainment for all ages at the Monroe Township Country Fair to be held at Thompson Park noon to 6 p.m.…
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Tally of the presidential dolls
REALITY CHECK, Aug. 29 By: Dawn Cariello This September, the "Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush U.S. President and Naval Aviator" action figure is coming to a toy store near you. The doll commemorates George "I’m not a Navy pilot, I just play one on TV" Bush’s mother-of-all-photo-ops landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln…
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BACK TO SCHOOL: Cranbury students head back Thursday
eighth-graders and kindergarten students are getting ready to head back to school. By: Matt Kirdahy The Cranbury School will open its doors again next week to a new batch of kindergartners, all of them ready for their first day of school thanks to some of the adults who care about them most their parents…
