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  • Breaking ground

    Work on East Windsor Village Shopping Center began with a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday By: John Patten Work on East Windsor Village Shopping Center – the 250,000 sq. ft. retail plaza on Rt. 571 at One Mile Road – began with a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday. Taking part in the event were Township Council members Perry Shapiro…

  • Subhan brings indoor football to area

    Princeton businessman believes Lightning will be a hit By: Justin Feil    Phil Subhan is like any good father.    He wants the best he can offer to his son.    In the Princeton businessman’s case, he’s offering a brand new indoor arena football team that his son, Ryan, and other Trenton-area fans can enjoy.    "Part of it…

  • State DEP cites 3M for pollution of stream

    The company was also asked to monitor airborne dust from the quarry. By: Jeff Milgram        MONTGOMERY – The state Department of Environmental Protection has cited the 3M plant in Belle Mead for an unpermitted discharge of nontoxic stone dust into township waterways, plant manager George F. Amo told the township Board of Health on…

  • Education articles offer insight into ‘complicated world’

    By:Susan Richmond To the editor:    I would like to congratulate the Windsor-Hights Herald and staff reporter Michael Arges for the series on special education in the East Windsor Regional School district. The articles reflected a thoughtful and thorough insight into the complicated and often misinterpreted world of special education.    As a parent of two children…

  • Crime drops slightly in Hillsborough

    David Wood murder was most violent incident in 1999 By:Eric Schwarz    Crime in Hillsborough and Millstone dropped slightly from 1998 to 1999, while crime in Manville showed a marginal increase, according to the State Police Uniform Crime Report released Tuesday.    In Hillsborough, the crime number decreased by 3.7 percent, from 435 incidents to 419.    Hillsborough…

  • Committee postpones vote on parking lot

    The Township Committee postponed voting on a bond ordinance that would pay for improvements to the Cranbury School’s parking until Sept. 25, which means improvements likely won’t happen until well after the start of the school year. By:Nick D’Amore    The Township Committee postponed voting on a bond ordinance that would pay for improvements to the…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 8/10

    From the Aug. 10 edition of the Register-News By: La Leche League    La Leche League of Jobstown, a non-profit breastfeeding support group, meets at 10 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month (except August and December) at the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church. Babies and children are welcome. For information, contact Maura, 265-3912. Summer playgroups    Family of…

  • Crime rates inch downward in 1999

    Reported crimes in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe declined in 1999 with Jamesburg experiencing the most significant drop. By:Matthew Armstrong    Reported crimes in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe declined in 1999 with Jamesburg experiencing the most significant drop, according to the Uniform Crime Report released this week.    Violent crimes, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assaults, dropped…

  • Township gets $48K settlement

    By:Jeff Mikalaitis        NORTH HANOVER – The township has received a $48,000 settlement from the former owner of the Wagon Wheel Estates mobile home park.    Mayor John Kocubinski said the money will reimburse the township for various penalties and fees that the Wagon Wheel Estates’ former owner, James Caroll, had accrued since 1998.    The penalties…