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  • Town, state buy greenway tract

    A partnership, including the state, Delaware & Raritan Greenway and the township, closed on the purchase of the 30-acre Frosztega property Tuesday. The purchase will result in additional protected open space and, later, a pedestrian trail for Cranbury. By:Brian Shappell    The township helped buy another open space parcel this week.    A partnership, including the state,…

  • Calling all sandwich makers and embroiderers

    By:Lorraine Sedor Bread & Life, the new sandwich shop scheduled to open soon at 39 N. Main St., gave visitors to the Drug-Free Fair a tantalizing taste of things to come. Owner Chryssanthi Chisholm served up a variety of sandwiches at the food court, all served on fresh-baked bread and baguettes. Ms. Chisholm is eager…

  • Stockton residents pressure council

    The county has agreed to replace the existing speed limit and pedestrian crossing signs on Stockton Street. Two of the new speed limit signs will be larger than the others. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — County officials will replace all of the speed limit and pedestrian crossing signs on Stockton Street, and will repaint the…

  • Seeing red is her thing

    Examining the role of redheaded women in history By: Jeff Milgram    From the pious prostitute Mary Magdalen to the brainy Katherine Hepburn to the curvaceous Jessica Rabbit, redheaded women have bedeviled and bewitched the human male.    And every once in a while, some man will bedevil a redhead like Anne Margaret Daniel, a lecturer in…

  • PHS students offered voice in renovations

    Competitions are planned for designs that could be incorporated into the $38.2 million renovation plan. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Regional Board of Education President Charlotte Bialek is throwing down an interesting challenge to the students of Princeton High School.    She’s going to give them a chance to help design some of the $38.2 million improvements…

  • Jean Mannion Kuehns

       BARNEGAT LIGHT — Jean Mannion Kuehns, 84, of Barnegat Light, died Tuesday at Maimonides Medical Center of New York.    She was born in Fall River, Mass. She moved to New Jersey in the 1970s. She also lived in Sloatsburg, N.Y., Park Forest, Ill., and Somerset and East Brunswick before moving to Barnegat Light.    Mrs. Kuehns…

  • Weichert receives awards

    Realtor honored by RELO network for most closings    Weichert, Realtors received two top member achievement awards given by RELO/The Premier Real Estate Network. Weichert received the Outgoing Closed Referrals Award for leading all RELO members with 1,350 closings, accounting for nearly nine percent of all of the network’s 15,229 closed referrals. In addition, Weichert received…

  • Painter gives senior facility the gift of art

    Robert Hummel, a much-traveled artist who does hand-painted murals, has brought his skills and sense of humor to the Residence at Forsgate. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Robert Hummel, a much-traveled artist who does hand-painted murals, has brought his skills and sense of humor to the Residence at Forsgate.    Mr. Hummel made the assisted-living facility’s recreation…

  • Trailer parking rules relaxed

    ‘Antiquated’ rules needed to be changed, according to mayor By:John Patten  &npsb; North 13th Avenue resident Ann Bovino compared average Manville residential lots to "postage stamps" last week, as the Borough Council acted to make it easier for many residents to park trailers and boats at their homes.    Ms. Bovino was one of several residents who…