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  • Christmas tea warms the holiday spirit

    By: Nick D’Amore    Sitting at an antique organ against the wall of the dimly lit dining room, piano teacher Florence Kettlecamp began playing Christmas carols and was soon joined by the voices of a crowd.    The crowd had gathered Sunday to get into the Christmas spirit at the annual Christmas Tea in the Cranbury Museum.…

  • Watershed plan to focus on flooding

    Residents want a newly formed watershed commission to focus on flooding, restoring stream corridors, increasing stream-side planting, and preserving open spaces for stream buffers. By: Amanda Bok    Residents who attended a public hearing on the Millstone River watershed want a newly formed watershed commission to focus on flooding, restoring stream corridors, increasing stream-side planting, and…

  • Police charge man with sexual assault

    By:Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN – Hightstown police arrested an East Windsor resident last week and charged him with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old relative repeatedly over the course of a year.    Rubin Avila, 42, of Abbington Drive in Twin Rivers was arrested at 11 p.m. Nov. 30 by Hightstown Detective Glen Moore.    Mr. Avila, police said, also…

  • Local girls to perform Christmas tradition

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Melanie Jones, 20, of Jamesburg and Shannon Brown, 13, of Monroe will be dancing with the Shore Ballet Company of Red Bank in its presentation of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” this weekend.    The dancers, both trained at the Stage Door Studio of Jamesburg, will be in four performances over three days…

  • Financial planning vital for seniors

    MONROE — An attorney advised seniors to plan for disabilities and infirmities, at the Senior Center. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — With life expectancy extending, its more important than ever for older Americans to plan for the possibility of one day becoming disabled at home, or being a nursing-home resident, attorney Martin Cramer told an…

  • Borough deer feeders may soon be criminals

    Council follows lead of Princeton Township By: Jennifer Potash    The days of a free meal for the deer in Princeton Borough may soon end.    The Borough Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to introduce an ordinance that would make it a violation of the borough code for an individual to "purposefully or knowingly" feed wild, white-tailed deer…

  • Mission mulls downsizing temple project

    Chinmaya Mission attempts to strike a deal with township with a new plan, which would reduce the amount of floor area on the site. By: Brian Shappell    A Hindu spiritual organization seeking approval to build a house of worship in west Cranbury has scaled down its plan in an attempt to strike a compromise with…

  • Trip makes lifetime memories

    By:Jessica Galli    I left New Jersey the night of Nov. 27, filled with excitement. I, Jessica Galli, was going to meet the president of the United States of America!    The Paralympic and Olympic teams had been invited to Washington, D.C., to celebrate and honor our accomplishments in Sydney, Australia, this fall. I arrived at Dulles…

  • Borough police cars to join computer age

       Police in about six weeks will receive two computers for use in police cars to transmit information to and from police headquarters. By:Eric Schwarz    The Police Department on Wednesday planned to order the mobile data terminals (MDTs) for two marked police cars and a receiving modem to use at the police station, said Chief Jack…