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  • Arts commission has full schedule set

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE —The words, mannerisms and strong opinions of Eleanor Roosevelt, a president’s wife who had a political life and legacy of her own, comes to the township 7 p.m. Saturday.    Actress Joan Wolfberg will offer her version of the famed wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Monroe Township High School’s Richard…

  • Preliminary OK granted for the Riviera at East Windsor

    The age-restricted housing community will contain 376 single-family units off of One Mile Road. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The township Planning Board this week granted preliminary approval to the Toll Brothers Corp. for a new, age-restricted housing community, The Riviera at East Windsor, on One Mile Road.    The 376-unit community, known by the…

  • Singing Out

    Lawrenceville singer-songwriter Bob Norman will perform at the 28th Annual New Jersey Folk Festival April 27. By: Matt Smith    While his peers tossed and turned at night dreaming about convertibles or quarterbacking the football team to the state championship, Bob Norman fantasized about standing inside Bob Dylan’s shoes on 4th Street in Greenwich Village. Lawrenceville…

  • New office building gets the thumbs up

    JAMESBURG — Complex to include retail business By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The borough’s Land Use Board has approved plans to build a two-story office building called Renaissance Commons.    The board acted on plans for the building, with retail stores on the ground floor, at its April 11 meeting.    Renaissance Properties Inc. of Englishtown, the…

  • Montgomery budget plan won’t increase taxes

    The Township Committee introduced a $23.1 million budget on Wednesday. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee introduced a $23.1 million budget for 2002 that would reduce taxes slightly by cutting spending and drawing funds from its $15 million surplus.    "The budget you have before you reflects the difficult decisions you’ve made in reducing…

  • Vanderbeck’s views out of touch

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Having read the Herald’s "Campaign corner" featuring Hightstown mayoral candidate Mike Vanderbeck ("Borough needs to share more services," April 12, 2002, Page 11A), it is clear that Mr. Vanderbeck is out of touch with the majority of citizens of Hightstown Borough regarding his vision for the future.    For…

  • Galen V. Jones

       HIGHTSTOWN — Dr. Galen V. Jones, 83, died April 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Windber, Pa., he lived in York, Pa., before moving to Hightstown in 1998.    Dr. Jones retired as a stock broker from Waddell and Reed Inc. after 37 years and had been a teacher at…

  • No suspect or motives in murder investigation

    West Windsor businessman was shot twice in head at his office. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The investigation into the apparent murder of Bharat Modi, 56, of Union City has not yet yielded any suspects or motives as of Thursday, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.    West Windsor Township police said Mr. Modi…

  • Latina Women’s Council to honor district’s ESL staff

    The Latina Women’s Council’s sixth annual banquet fund-raiser will honor the East Windsor Regional School District’s 18 English as a second language staff members. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The Latina Women’s Council will recognize the staff of the East Windsor Regional School District’s English as a second language program for its contributions to…