Category: archives
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Poor planning behind fire
To the editor A recent holiday week started with a tragedy in the Courtland at Hillsborough Development on Duke’s Parkway East. This catastrophe had its start with the township administration and Planning Board of the early 1990s. The developer used every short cut, bent every regulation and used other actions just a hairbreadth shy of…
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Dispatcher under investigation
By:Al Wicklund JAMESBURG A borough police dispatcher has been suspended without pay while awaiting the results of separate investigations by the Jamesburg Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Todd J. Fisher, a dispatcher who also works for the department as a special police officer, was suspended June 19 following allegations of misconduct,…
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Group seeks smart growth ‘shield’
New Jersey Future is proposing to start a legal defense funds for towns that are sued by developers over zoning that conforms with the State Plan. By: David Campbell Municipalities that are forced to defend zoning changes against costly lawsuits from developers and landowners may soon get a helping hand from the state. New Jersey…
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Richard A. Allen
Richard A. Allen, 80, of East Windsor and formerly of Cranbury, died Tuesday, July 17 at home. Born in Ossining, N.Y., he resided in East Windsor for the past 25 years. Mr. Allen was formerly of Cranbury, Thailand, India and England. He was a former Navy pilot and served in World War II and the…
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Fireworks to herald Target’s opening
The display will be outside the store, located off Route 571 between Lanning Boulevard and One Mile Road, at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday . The grand opening will be at 8 a.m. Sunday. By: Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR A fireworks display Saturday night will herald the Sunday morning grand opening of East Windsor’s new…
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Borough, county discuss GPU acquisition
An official with the Mercer County Improvement Authority said Hightstown officials have had "preliminary" discussions with the MCIA regarding the purchase of the GPU site. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN Borough Council members have had "preliminary" discussions with the Mercer County Improvement Authority regarding the acquisition of the Mercer Street GPU property for use as…
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Arts Council paints out shopping center as new site
Rebuffed in its plans to expand its Witherspoon Street facility, the arts group is still considering a move to Hopewell Township, according to sources. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Shopping Center is no longer an option. The Arts Council of Princeton’s Board of Trustees is slated to meet Wednesday and reach a preliminary decision about…
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Week of July 27, 2001
From Bridgewater, East Brunswick, Hamilton, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Pennington, Princeton and North Brunswick BRIDGEWATER Cardinale Lynn Cardinale, sales associate with RE/MAX Preferred Professionals in Bridgewater, has been named to the RE/MAX of New Jersey Top 20 List for highest commissions during the month of May. Ms. Cardinale’s sales performance places her at the top of…
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Suzanne Levine
Suzanne Sosna Levine, 71, of Monroe, died Saturday, July 21 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Metuchen before moving to Monroe many years ago. She retired in 1992 after more than 24 years with the North Brunswick Board of Education as a child-development specialist at…
