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  • Water conservation is everyone’s job

    To the editor:     "Water supply OK despite drought" was the headline in The Cranbury Press, Aug. 23. I beg to differ.    Reading further, we find that this is true for the immediate situation, but the long-term problem is much graver. Mike Rogers, director of the Monroe Township Municipal Authority, says "the water levels in…

  • Week of Aug. 26, 2002

    From Hillsborough, Hopewell and Pennington HILLSBOROUGH    Robert Goldring, a consistent member of the New Jersey Association of Realtors Million Dollar Club, has joined Century 21 Worden & Green.    A Hillsborough resident, Mr. Goldring has repeatedly earned Million Dollar Club status since entering real estate on a full-time basis.    "Given the tools that Century 21 Worden…

  • Princeton’s school project reaches the bidding stage

    Bid packages go out for $81.3 million building program By: Jeff Milgram    Bid packages for the Princeton Regional School District’s $81.3 million school renovation and expansion project went out Thursday.    The bids will be returned in three stages.    Sealed bids for the district’s four elementary schools must be returned by 1 p.m. Sept. 26. The…

  • Local archaeologists dig up finds

    An anthropology professor and one of her students, both from East Windsor, found some interesting artifacts at a dig in Monmouth County last month. By: Chris Karmiol    They are neither Indiana Jones nor Laura Croft, but Hightstown and East Windsor have their own resident archaeologists who recently, at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, dug up what…

  • Four teens hurt in car accident

    One of the passengers, an Allentown girl, was in critical condition with severe head injuries as of Thursday afternoon. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Four teen-agers were sent to area hospitals with injuries after a car crashed into a guardrail on Etra Road Tuesday night. One of the injured, an Allentown girl, was in…

  • Racing against a rare cancer

    The Zipper family will remember a life well-lived while increasing awareness of mesothelioma, a cancer that claimed one of their own, with a benefit race in September. By: T.J. Furman    Karen Zipper knows a 4-mile run won’t bring her husband back to her. But it might help others avoid the fate of John Zipper.    In…

  • Stock market’s drop cracks some nest eggs

    Many area seniors fear recent fluctuations in the stock market may have ruined their chances for a secure and stable retirement. By: Gwen Runkle    When Paul Berlowitz, 71, first started investing in the stock market, he made out like a bandit, getting ahead by more than $200,000.    But now, four years later, he’s behind about…

  • Commitment contract remains heart of Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate service

    ‘Premier Service’ also offers value-added programs and customer satisfaction surveys    A new marketing process and business philosophy called "Premier Service" has been introduced at Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate. More than 400 agents in the realtor’s 17 offices across the state met recently with new GMAC Home Services President John Bearden and Executive Vice President…

  • MONROE: Board elects new chairman

    David DeMarco named Planning Board Chair By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — David DeMarco, whose community service has included 11 years on the Board of Education and nine years as a member of the township’s zoning board, was named chairman of the Planning Board last week.    Jay Brown, a Planning Board member and a 17-year member…