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  • Ferguson rides out race’s final hours

    On the bus with a congressional candidate By: Jennifer Potash    The speeches are over, the debates concluded and all the campaign signs planted on lawns, so what’s left in the 12 hours before the polls close? Squeeze out every last vote by stumping at supermarkets and diners.    Freshman Rep. Michael Ferguson, seeking re-election in a…

  • Jamesburg to host veterans ceremony

    Monroe and Jamesburg veterans to gather in borough for annual tribute. By: Melissa Morgan    Veterans in Jamesburg and Monroe plan to team up to recognize and honor local war heroes. Veterans remember their own    MONROE — The members of American Legion Post 522 of Monroe Township and other veterans across the country will remember fallen…

  • Work progressing on Plainsboro nature center

    By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — The township’s beleaguered Plainsboro Preserve Nature and Education Center could be open by the end of December, according to Mayor Peter Cantu.    "The center is behind schedule, but it will probably be functional by the winter, possibly in December," he said. "We’re planning a grand opening with the Audubon Society…

  • Monroe voters approve open-space tax

    Ballot measure creates new trust fund for preserving land. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The open space referendum passed easily Tuesday, but Monroe Township’s taxpayers won’t be seeing an increase in their tax bills until August or November of next year, according to Wendy Matson, the township’s chief financial officer.    The referendum, approving the addition…

  • Family horse farmers preserve a way of life

    Barnes family enters property in state preservation program. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Going back to the 1930s, the Barnes farm on Schoolhouse Road had a still and once was sold at a sheriff’s auction.    But since 1953, when Warren Barnes’ grandparents bought the place, things have been less lurid.    Now, the farm will be…

  • Pupil paves teacher’sway to Broadway

    Enters name in contest By:Sally Goldenberg    When 11-year-old Hillsborough resident Ben Nienart saw an advertisement in a newspaper for rewarding local teachers, he jumped on the opportunity. As a result, Woodfern Elementary School teacher Kim Kiamie will see "Aida" on Broadway next Saturday.    Washington Mutual sponsored a buyout of every available Broadway seat for New…

  • Lawrence residents support Democrats

    Lautenberg, Holt win over township voters By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence voters, echoing the trend across Mercer County and New Jersey, overwhelmingly backed Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, Mercer County sheriff and the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders.    Democrat Frank Lautenberg — a late entrant in the U.S. Senate…

  • OBITUARIES, Nov. 8, 2002

    Ansley J. Coale, Jane C. Bennett, Rhona Margolis, Ruth P. Earle, Julia M. McGhee. Ansley J. Coale PU professor, population expert     BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — Ansley Johnson Coale, Princeton University’s William Church Osborne Professor of Public Affairs and professor of economics, emeritus, died Tuesday at Pennswood Retirement Community of heart failure following several years…

  • Robert Bussiere

       Robert Bussiere, 68, died Oct. 31 at his home in Kendall Park.    Born in Elizabeth, he had lived in Edison for 29 years before moving to the Kendall Park in 1988.    He was an entrepreneur who owned and operated Park Avenue Caterers in Linden and Piscataway as well as Piscataway Liquors and Buzzy’s Restaurant in…