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CRANBURY: Township voters endorse budget by wide margin
By Maria Prato, Staff Writer CRANBURY Cranbury voters came out in large numbers to pass the school district’s $16.7 million budget Tuesday in a 514-291 vote. Of the 2,073 registered voters in Cranbury, 812 came out to cast their ballot, nearly double the 444 that voted in last year’s school elections. ”I feel very…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Panel studying county dispatch for police calls
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Concerns about overall costs and levels of service are at the forefront of an investigation into the benefits of joining a county dispatch program to deploy police services in the township. The Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution April 13 to authorize a preliminary notice to Somerset County concerning its…
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MANVILLE: Donate comics, toys for kids use at shelter
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Council President Sue Asher said Tuesday that a bin was placed in the Manville Public Library on South 10th Avenue donations of activity books, coloring books, pencils, crayons, cards and any other items that children could use while sheltered at the the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Washington Avenue…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Police chief find fault with study, economic leadership
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN After staying silent on the issue for more than a month, Police Chief James Eufemia said this week that he does not support a consultant’s recommendation that East Windsor take over his department’s duties. More surprising, he criticized his bosses for not redeveloping the vacant rug mill and…
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Sustainable Raritan River Presentation – May 5
By Somerset County Board of Freeholders NEW BRUNSWICK – The final presentation on “Visioning the Future Raritan River,” a studio project conducted by Rutgers University graduate students, will be offered next month. The presentation will be made Wednesday, May 5, at 3 p.m. at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public…
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YOUR VIEWS: Senate should ratify U.S.-Russia START treaty
Rev. Robert Moore of Coalition for Peace Action The START treaty between the US and Russia is a good start towards reducing the threat from nuclear weapons. The Senate should quickly ratify it. Fewer nuclear weapons make America and the world safer from the growing threat of nuclear weapons being used again. It sends…
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PET TALK: Gus: He’s no longer a ‘miserable’ cat
By Dr. Daniel Eubanks Seven years ago, my son and his wife adopted a cat. He was a standard issue, garden-variety alley cat. They named him Gus after Gus Librizzi, the long familiar Lambertville resident, who was the barber forever in New Hope. The resemblance implication presumably was Mr. Librizzi’s legendary “catlike quickness.” (I guess…
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MCCC Gallery To Host Fine Arts Student Show Apr. 27-May 13
By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. — The artistic talent of Mercer County Community College’s Visual Arts students will be beautifully showcased in this year’s “MCCC Visual Arts Students Exhibition,” on display from Tuesday, April 27 to Thursday, May 13. An Opening Reception takes place on April 29, 5 – 7:30 p.m. The exhibit is…
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‘Uncivil discourse’ is topic of forum Friday
On April 23, Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, will address the issue of “uncivil discourse” in public deliberation, drawing on his book, “Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America” (2009 University of Chicago Press). The event will be held from 7-8 p.m. at Phillips…
