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  • Students keep on top of technological advances

       Parents and other professionals could probably learn a lot from students at the Cranbury School about how to use computers. By:Brian Shappell    Parents and other professionals could probably learn a lot from students at the Cranbury School about how to use computers.    One of the most important components in the lives of students is using…

  • Cranbury gives nod to tax hike`

       Only one resident raised questions Monday during the Township Committee’s public hearing on its proposed $7.1 million municipal budget — despite the first tax increase since 1997. By: Brian Shappell    Only one resident raised questions Monday during the Township Committee’s public hearing on its proposed $7.1 million municipal budget — despite the first tax increase…

  • Chance to meet school board candidates

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: A school board candidates’ night … Maplewood’s newest neighbors … softball season approaches … annual book sale.    The Cranbury School PTO will host a Candidates’ Night in the School Cafeteria on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. The program gives residents the opportunity to meet this year’s candidates for the…

  • Former Holmdel coach takes over HHS football

    Hightstown High School has a new varsity football coach. You can just call him "Skip." By: Neil Hay    Hightstown High School has a new varsity football coach. You can just call him "Skip."    Skip Edwards is the new man in charge of the Rams football program, having been approved by the Board of Education at…

  • A liftoff for Lindbergh papers

    Sealed 60 years, boxes reveal couple’s very private lives. By: Jeff Milgram    Six boxes of papers unsealed by Princeton University on Thursday showed the inner thoughts of famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, during one of the most controversial periods in their lives.    "They’re very private people who…

  • Rose Schiller

       Rose Schiller, 75, died Thursday, March 22 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    She was born in Puerto Rico and lived in Sayreville for 40 years before moving to Tarpon Springs, Fla., seven years ago. She moved to Monroe three years ago.    She was a communicant of Nativity of Our Lord RC Church…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: A chance to meet school board candidates

    AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Our columnist reflects on the latest happenings in Cranbury. By:Lorraine Sedor    The Cranbury School PTO will host a Candidates’ Night in the School Cafeteria on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. The program gives residents the opportunity to meet this year’s candidates for the school board, learn more about the…

  • Emma Salmastrelli

       TRENTON — Emma Salmastrelli, 86, died Wednesday, March 28, at St. Francis Medical Center.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    Mrs. Salmastrelli was a member of the city’s North Ward Democratic Committee of Women more than 30 years and St. James Roman Catholic Church.    She enjoyed bowling.    Daughter of the late Paul…

  • Montgomery cuts school tax hike

    Board clips another penny off local levy By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The Township Board of Education has unanimously approved a $41.8 million budget that carries a tax rate of $1.61 per $100 of assessed property value.    That figure compares to this year’s rate of $1.64 and an earlier proposed rate of $1.62. The district…