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  • School budget receives support

    Millstone Township Committee decides to leave spending plan without changes. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee is expected to adopt a resolution at its May 16 meeting supporting the failed 2001-02 school budget.    The committee reached a decision at its May 2 meeting, said Committeeman Bill Kastning, who is liaison to the…

  • School board tabs Grunwerg again

    Sherri Grunwerg was appointed president of the Board of Education and Bruce Ettman was named vice president. By: Michael Arges    Sheri Grunwerg was unanimously re-elected as board president at Monday’s reorganization meeting of the East Windsor Regional Board of Education.    Bruce Ettman was elected vice president to replace Sherry Sukienik, who lost her re-election bid…

  • Township budget faces final review

    The proposed spending plan would keep the tax rate in East Windsor steady at 37.8 cents per $100 of assessed property value. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — A $56 million increase in ratables is one of the factors helping East Windsor Township keep the municipal tax rate level, according to the 2001 East Windsor…

  • Jazz band prepares for concert

    Thursday night’s performance at the high school will feature a wide range of songs and artists. By: Michael Arges    From "Blue Cellophane" to "I’ve Got You Under My Skin," Hightstown High’s Jazz Band will treat the public to an assortment of jazz on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.    The Jazz Band’s spring concert will take…

  • Jane Austen discussion

    Saturday, May 5 At 2 p.m., the Friends of the Monroe Township Public Library and the Jane Austen Society will present a lecture by Professor Quaintance of Rutgers University. Her topic will be landscapes in the Jane Austen novels. For more information, call the library at (732) 521-5000.

  • George W. Kmenta

       WEST WINDSOR — George W. Kmenta, 71, died Monday, April 23, at home.    Born in Princeton Junction, he was a lifelong resident.    Mr. Kmenta was a maintenance worker for RCA Astro electronics, Hightstown, before retiring in 1984.    He was an Army veteran, stationed at Fort Dix.    He was a member of Princeton Shriner Club, American…

  • Robert H. Brennan

       EAST WINDSOR — Robert H. Brennan, 58, passed away Wednesday, April 25, at home.    Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he lived in East Windsor for the past 16 years.    Mr. Brennan was a process engineer with The Okonite Company in Patterson, N.J., and most recently in Richmond, Ky. for 16 years.    He is survived by his…

  • OBITUARIES, May 4, 2001

    Dr. Richard Woodbridge III, T. Alvin Carson, Jean Borkan, Jacqueline Rogers, Jean M. Wells, Liza Schwarcz, Edward F. Walton, June Parsells, Judson C. White, Wayne R. Sorenson, Rita C. Herbert, John R. Wagenseller. Dr. Richard Woodbridge III Retired from New York Life    Dr. Richard G. Woodbridge III of Princeton and Deer Isle, Maine died Wednesday…

  • Town Topics sold to employee and husband

    J. Robert Hillier is minority investor. By: George Frey    Princeton’s Town Topics weekly newspaper, whose publication was started in 1946 by Donald Stuart and his brother-in-law, Dan Coyle, was sold Tuesday, according to Jeb Stuart, Donald’s son and the paper’s publisher and owner.    The paper was bought by an employee and her husband, Lynn and…