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  • JAMESBURG: Borough takes back cell phones

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — As the borough looks at every possible way to keep taxes down, some people have questioned the Borough Council’s decision to take away 20 of 23 borough employee cell phones.    Mayor Tony LaMantia is upset the cell phones have been taken away because the borough now has no…

  • CRANBURY: New CSA visits board

    CRANBURY: New CSA visits board

    New Cranbury School Chief School Administrator Susan Genco (center) is flanked by Lynne Schwarz (left), Board of Education president, and Carol Malouf, interim superintendent.

  • MONROE: Many upset over loss of murals

    MONROE: Many upset over loss of murals

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — The student murals in Monroe Township High School, which dated back to the early 1980s, have been painted over as the Monroe Township school district converts the high school into a middle school.    Many of the murals in MTHS were painted over while students were on spring break…

  • CRANBURY: Parade led by Lions

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The annual Cranbury Memorial Day parade, organized by the Cranbury Lions Club, will be held Monday.    The parade will start at 1 p.m. on South Main Street and Station Road and end at Memorial Park next to the Cranbury firehouse.    Following the parade, a brief memorial service will…

  • CRANBURY: Township rewording county stream ordinance

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — An ordinance from the Department of Environmental Protection and the Middlesex County Planning Board aims to protect waterways by creating a buffer zone around them of at least 50 feet, but Cranbury already has an ordinance in place that serves a similar purpose.    ”Cranbury already has strong language…

  • MONROE: Acid dumping causes truck fire

       Monroe – Wednesday at 10 a.m., the Monroe Township Police Department along with the Monroe Township First Aid Squad and fire departments responded to Forest Park Terrace for a report of smoke coming from the cargo area of a Monroe Township municipal garbage truck.    Middlesex County Hazmat responded as well to investigate and determined muriatic…

  • MONROE: Many upset over loss of murals

    MONROE: Many upset over loss of murals

    Former Monroe student Alexa Kane painted this 9/11 memorial mural, which has since been painted over as the high school prepares to convert to a middle school.

  • Register for Vietnam Era Veterans Medal

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             Somerset County Freeholder Director Robert Zaborowski and Freeholder Peter S. Palmer have announced that the freeholder board will present medals this fall to past and current Somerset County residents who served during the Vietnam Era.             The presentations will be made as part of the American Veterans Traveling…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Police nab brothers in burglary case