Category: archives
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AROUND CRANBURY: Friends find each other through fate
Lorraine Sedor gives the latest installment of what’s going on around town The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society is holding its annual membership meeting on Monday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church hall. Trustee Peter Turner will lead a discussion on the past, present and future role of the society in…
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Councilman praises Aughenbaugh
Letter to the editor By: I would like to lend my assistance to the opponents of Hightstown Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh as she runs for re-election. A handful of people have attempted to influence the voters of Hightstown on issues they don’t seem to understand. I may be able to help. First, I want to…
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CRANBURY: Town, board to mull plans for Wright, lot
A subcommittee will be formed to discuss proposed plans By: Casha Caponegro The township plans to form a subcommittee with members of the Board of Education to discuss how to move forward with development of the Wright South parcel and changes in traffic patterns at Cranbury School. About 60 residents attended a public forum Monday,…
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Letters to the Editor, Nov. 1
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 1 By: The Senate race, for better or verse To the editor: The furor over New Jersey’s poet laureate clearly proves that poetry, like everything else in this state, is political. If the governor is successful in his attempt to dismiss Amiri Baraka, New Jersey will need a new…
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Pet food drive extended
Hightstown Borough will collect food for "no kill" animal shelters through Tuesday. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Who says pets can’t get a treat or two on Halloween? Certainly not Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh, who said Wednesday that she would extend the Trick or Treat for Pets food drive through Tuesday. Initially, the drive would have…
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Helping residents in need
JFS delivers food and checks up on elderly By: NIck D’Amore MONROE Residents in need of meals, counseling or just a place to meet and chat with other folks have a place to go to at the Jewish Family Services center located in the Concordia Shopping Center on Perrineville Road. The nonprofit organization is…
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Support Monroe open space tax
To the editor: This Election Day, Monroe residents will be asked to approve the creation of a new township Open Space Preservation Fund. The 1½ cents per $100 assessed valuation will cost the average homeowner about $21 per year. The Open Space Fund would be used for the acquisition, development, and maintanence of lands…
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Commemorating a crossroads
Cranbury to celebrate route to Monmouth battle By: Casha Caponegro Living history displays, an educational play and a march to Monmouth are just some of the ways that Cranbury may commemorate the 225th anniversary of its role in the Battle of Monmouth in June 2003. Township Historian Betty Wagner said she hopes to make this…
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Councilman defends Aughenbaugh
Letter to the editor By: The campaign for Hightstown’s mayor and council has been filled with a significant amount of misinformation. Let’s set the record straight… False Claim 1: East Windsor and Hightstown don’t get along because of Mayor Aughenbaugh The credibility of this claim by the Republican team and their vocal supporters, Councilman…
