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  • Climb on the peace chain

    Better Beginnings effort collects ideas for making the world more peaceful By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – "Peace starts with each of us making peace in our corner of the world," said Bettie Witherspoon, director of Better Beginnings child-care center.    And the children at the organization’s preschool are backing up her words with action trying…

  • City street to be closed until November

    By:    West Burlington Street (County Route 662) in Bordentown City will be closed beginning Aug. 14, until the end of November for storm drain and water line improvements.    "This is a cooperative project between the County and Bordentown," Freeholder Vincent R. Farias said. "This project will address deteriorated storm drains and improve water service in…

  • Signs on Main Street draw criticism

    By:Nick D’Amore    Some members of the Cranbury Historical Society aren’t happy about some of the signs on Main Street.    On Monday, the society’s President Lyn Green and Township Historian Betty Wagner spoke of the abundance of signs along Main Street, some of which they said were unnecessary.    The duo voiced their concerns at Monday’s Township…

  • Florence superintendent resigns

    Brattstrom submitted resignation at Aug. 3 board meeting By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – An interim superintendent to replace Ernest Brattstrom will be appointed at a meeting of the Board of Education tonight.    Mr. Brattstrom submitted his resignation at a board meeting held on Aug. 3.    He will be on sabbatical until the resignation takes…

  • Survey seeks ideas for new senior center

    By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – The dream of a new senior center for East Windsor and Hightstown took two more steps forward this week, as the Township Council approved applications for additional grants which would add more than half a million dollars to the project’s funding.    And a survey available this week seeks…

  • Summer rains prevent repeat of 1999 drought

    Despite recent heavy rains, crop conditions are generally much improved this summer over last year’s drought-plagued harvest. By:Sara Peters    Despite recent heavy rains, crop conditions are generally much improved this summer over last year’s drought-plagued harvest, local growers said.    Last summer’s drought early in the growing season was so damaging to crops that Gov. Christie…

  • State DEP cites 3M for stream pollution

    Firm also asked to monitor air quality 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 Wednesday night.    If that wasn’t enough bad…

  • Antique Doll and Toy Show to feature appraisals, memories

    Carslake Center the scene of the fun By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY – Forgotten toys in an attic trunk and sleeping dolls languishing in a cedar chest might serve as reminders of the joy of childhood, but as many grown-ups are discovering, their memories could be worth more than just a nostalgic smile.    Michael…

  • Planning Board should reverse Krame approval

    To the editor:    As concerned Hillsborough residents, we must speak out against the proposed 400,000-square-foot Hillsborough Promenade development plan, recently approved by the Planning Board.    For the last few years, Democratic candidates for Township Committee have stridently campaigned on an anti-development, traffic-alleviation platform.    So we find it disappointing that our Democratic Mayor Tricarico, while a…