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  • Neighbors slow traffic the homemade way

    By: David Weinstein    "Seventeen children live here," a sign on Rollingmead in Princeton Township declares.    The fluorescent, homemade sign, perhaps the most primitive of traffic-calming measures, alerts drivers to this fact from its roadside position.    Other signs, all as brightly colored but not nearly so pointed in their message, are tacked to a utility pole…

  • Rosh Hashanah services

    By: Staff    Rosh Hashanah services at Beth El Synagogue: Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 30, 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.    At 6:15 p.m., Oct. 1, there will be a procession to Fred Anker Park (Maple Stream and Dutch Neck roads) for Tashlich ceremony, the symbolic casting of bread…

  • CRANBURY: New field paves way for softball

    For the first time since the school expansion overlapped onto the former softball field in 1997, softball will be offered as part of the sports program. By:Brian Shappell    Softball is coming back to the Cranbury School.    For the first time since the school expansion overlapped onto the former softball field in 1997, softball will be…

  • CRANBURY: Board to study need for new gym

    The school board is looking into building a new gymnasium for the Cranbury School. By:Brian SHappell    The school board is looking into building a new gymnasium for the Cranbury School.    Chief School Administrator Robert Bartoletti announced Tuesday the Board of Education would be do a thorough review of the need for a new facility at…

  • CRANBURY: Church/historical sociey critical of school traffic plan

    Members of the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society and the United Methodist Church of Cranbury are concerned that proposed changes to the circulation of the Cranbury School/municipal lot could have a detrimental effect on the area. By:Brian Shappell    Members of the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society and the United Methodist Church of Cranbury are concerned…

  • Township OKs Rt. 1 changes

    A series of ordinances dealing with the type of zoning along Route 1 were approved Tuesday night by the Township Council. By:Matthew Armstrong    A series of ordinances dealing with the type of zoning along Route 1 were approved Tuesday night by the Township Council.    The ordinances, which generally down zone and remove the township’s Office…

  • Writer of suspense uses TV experience

    By:Sara Peters    Suspense writer Mary Jane Clark is far from being a full-time novelist. “I write when I can,” said Ms. Clark, who also is a producer for CBS News, and mother of two children, Elizabeth, 16, and David, 12.    Ms. Clark, a resident of Hillsdale, describes her books as “page turners,” and will speak…

  • Neighbors slow traffic the homemade way

    Lawn signs on Princeton Township’s Rollingmead tell motorists to calm down. By: David Weinstein    "Seventeen children live here," a sign on Rollingmead in Princeton Township declares.    The fluorescent, homemade sign, perhaps the most primitive of traffic-calming measures, alerts drivers to this fact from its roadside position.    Other signs, all as brightly colored but not nearly…

  • CRANBURY:School traffic plan put on hold

    The Township Committee will not be changing the traffic pattern at the Cranbury School until after the winter. By:Brian Shappell     The Township Committee will not be changing the traffic pattern at the Cranbury School until after the winter.     Mayor Alan Danser said that, because the committee did not come to an agreement regarding…