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  • JAMESBURG: Fixes planned for dangerous intersection

    County and borough will foot bill for new traffic light By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG – Borough and Middlesex County officials have agreed on a cost-sharing arrangement for the installation of a traffic signal at the multicornered and complicated intersection of Gatzmer, Lincoln and East and West Railroad avenues.    Borough officials have for years sought a…

  • Teen helps U.N. club grow

    The Princeton High School Model United Nations team flourished with recent grad Michael Chester By: Casha Caponegro    The Princeton High School Model United Nations team has really flourished over the past four years.    And some of its success is due to Cranbury resident and recent PHS graduate Michael Chester, who served as vice president of…

  • Cranbury Library offers adventures in reading

    Library wants kids to know they can have adventures in reading By: Casha Caponegro    The Cranbury Public Library wants children to know that reading can take them on wild adventures.    To bring home this point, the theme of this year’s annual summer reading club at the library is "Wild Wild Safari." It began on June…

  • Cranbury in their hearts

    Spanns say time in town was too short By: Angel Chan    As Evelyn Spann and I are about to sit down in her half-packed home, a neighbor drops by with a large bag, a large smile, and a quick, "Thought you’d need lunch!’" and exits as naturally and nimbly as she entered.    Effusively vibrant and…

  • Flap over child may trigger council changes

    Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh may consider a telephone conference system for Borough Council members that have to miss a meeting for child-care reasons. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Sometimes, bigger pictures can come from small incidents.    At Monday’s Borough Council meeting, Councilman Richard Pratt, sitting in his seat at the dais with his toddler son, Ian,…

  • Cleanup detail takes to parks

    Manville’s parks are getting a face-lift courtesy of the Somerset County sheriff’s office By:Alec Moore    Over the past several weeks cleanup projects have been conducted by county inmates in all of the borough’s parks, clearing them of litter, garbage and other unsightly debris, previously scattered throughout.    "We’re getting everything in town cleaned up and with…

  • Planners comment on school proposal

    Planners want the see the proposal include additional parking for the Lawrence High School and middle school campus, a more attractive entrance for LHS and they’d like the district to address potential drainage problems. By: Lea Kahn    Provide more parking in the parking lot between Lawrence Middle School and Lawrence High School. Don’t create drainage…

  • Cosumano miffed at Post 401

    By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick Post 401 baseball team took an 8-5-1 record into Tuesday’s game with Perth Amboy, having won four of its last six games.    But coach Tony Cosumano was not happy.    "Right now it looks like the kids kind of quit," Cosumano said. "Some kids are not coming to play. They’re…

  • Lawrence all-stars advance to elimination round

    District 12 Baseball By: Steve Feitl    The Lawrence 12-year old all-stars are off to the elimination round of the District 12 Little League Tournament.    The Lawrence boys are 3-1 and the second seed in Pool B after the first weekend of play. They now will enter the "Elite Eight" with a game scheduled for 8:30…