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  • Princeton Township police officers honored

       At an awards ceremony March 29, Princeton Township Police Detective Annette E. Accatatta, a 10-year veteran of the police force, was honored by her department with the Distinguished Service Award for 2001-2002.    The prestigious award, for which Detective Accatatta was nominated by her fellow officers, is given to the officer who most exemplifies what a…

  • Editorial: Council must keep cuts to a minimum

    EDITORIAL: Budget cuts cut out the education for the children of Jamesburg.    Jamesburg voters sent what they believe is a message to the state and the borough’s school board Tuesday when they overwhelmingly defeated a proposed $10.24 million budget.    Voters on Tuesday — and at a March public hearing on the spending plan — were…

  • School budget wins approval

    Cranbury ok’s spending plan. By: Matt Kirdahy    Cranbury voters overwhelmingly approved a $10.7 million school operating budget Tuesday night and sent two incumbents back to the school board.    Nearly 68 percent of voters backed the budget, which was approved by a 315-149 vote.    Lynn Schwarz was the top vote-getter, garnering 326 votes. Joan Rue, the…

  • Dance Fiesta

    Ballet Folklórico appears at the New Jersey Folk Festival as part of a celebration of Mexican-American traditions. By: Matt Smith TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski Above, Kathleen Molnar (left) and Melissa Bermúdez of Ballet Folklórico de Princeton rehearse for the dance ensemble’s performance at the New Jersey Folk Festival in New Brunswick April 26.    Many little girls dream…

  • Clara Martin

       Clara Martin, 94, of Monroe died Monday, April 14, at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Perth Amboy most of her life, moving to Monroe five years ago. She was an executive secretary with Jacobson, Goldfarb and Tanzman in Woodbridge for the past 51 and a half…

  • POEM: Leaf

      By: Scott Gandy    fluttering down softly    floating through the air,    drifting evrywhere,    as it falls to the    ground. — Scott Gandy

  • Monroe says ‘yes’ to tab

    Township supports school board proposal. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — Monroe Township’s voters continued their habit of backing the Board of Education’s budgets Tuesday and gave the day a new twist with strong support of a write-in candidate..    The voters approved a $54 million budget, $43 million of which is be raised through local property…

  • Jamesburg voters nix budget

    School plan goes to council. By: Jamie Simpson JAMESBURG — In a landslide, voters defeated a proposed $10.24 million school budget Tuesday sending it to the Borough Council for review.    Nearly 68 percent of the 395 people who cast votes opposed the budget, which called for a 19.5 percent increase in the school tax rate.…

  • Farm preservation committee formed in Montgomery

    Seeking to preserve what remains of the township’s farmland. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — With its skyrocketing population growth — an 82-percent increase from 1990 to 2000 — Montgomery has been widely recognized as a township that is in the midst of a giant residential-building boom. And yet, during that time, an official committee dealing…