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  • Staffer nabbed on sex charges

    Police dispatcher accussed of kissing, touching girl By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — A Jamesburg police dispatcher has been arrested and faces criminal charges for alleged improper contact with a teen-age girl.    Todd Fisher, 28, was arrested Jan. 22 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact. Mr. Fisher and his…

  • Lecture discusses Turnpike history

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The N.J. Turnpike, a busy neighbor to Monroe, Jamesburg, Cranbury and South Brunswick, was supposed to offer 118 miles of stress-free driving when it opened in 1951.    That goal proved to be elusive as traffic grew with the state’s population, but the highway has been a significant part of New…

  • Students fight stage-fright and hit the stage

    By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — Fifth-graders got a chance to flex their thespian muscles in an afternoon performance for parents, friends and staff of "The Case of the Punjabi Ruby."    "To do it at school was really fun," said James Domino, who played curator Bradford Cabot. "It took up a period."    The Jan. 25 performance…

  • Eva Schroeder

       HAMILTON — Eva Schroeder, 75, died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    Mrs. Schroeder was a retired school crossing guard last serving along Nottingham Way and Ward Avenue; she also served as a guard at Kuser Farm during the summers.    She was a…

  • Celebrating all cultures

    The English as a second language program in the East Windsor school district helps children from foreign lands learn all they need to know. By: Chris Karmiol    Imagine walking for the first time into the Perry L. Drew School, which has open classrooms partitioned off into mind-blurring, maze-like arrangements, and trying to make sense of…

  • Pearlie Mae Santiago

       TRENTON — Pearlie Mae Santiago, 49, died Sunday at Capital Health System at Fuld.    Born in Portsmouth, Va., she lived in Cranbury and Hightstown before moving to Trenton.    She was a teacher at East Trenton Day Care Center and worked for Guidan Drug Co. in Dayton.    Granddaughter of the late James and Beatrice Watkins, daughter…

  • State helps pay for Town Hall

    By: Casha Caponegro    The New Jersey Historic Trust presented a check for $529,035 to the township Monday to help reimburse the cost of renovating the Old School building.    Members of the Historical and Preservation Society and Cranbury Landmarks, Inc. attended the presentation, which marked the first completed preservation project by the New Jersey Historic Trust.…

  • Robbery suspect nabbed in New York

    A man wanted in connection with a December 2000 armed robbery of a Main Street travel agency was arrested this week in New York. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Police Tuesday arrested a fugitive wanted in connection with an armed robbery that occurred here in December 2000.    Jose S. Patino, 28, formerly of Abbington Drive…

  • No tax hike in 2002 tab

    Township Committee unveils spending plan By: Casha Caponegro    The Township Committee is eyeing a stable tax rate for 2002.    To accomplish this, the committee expects to reduce spending from last year and anticipates a sizable growth in the amount of taxable property in the township in 2002.    A preliminary budget presented Monday by Chief Financial…