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JAMESBURG: Location giving businesses a boost
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer JAMESBURG Some local business owners are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, at least in terms of the trying economy. While a number of businesses have shut their doors, some borough business owners are looking to expand, saying they owe their success to the…
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CRANBURY: Zoning board to vote again on hotel/office plans
By Maria Prato-Gaines CRANBURY The zoning board will vote a second time on a proposed South River Road project after granting the developer’s request the board rescind its Dec. 2 vote that halted the plans. The Verde Group LLC requested a new vote due to what it said was a conflict of interest and…
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CRANBURY: Real estate firm to move to former restaurant site
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY One local company isn’t just preaching, but proving it’s a buyer’s market. Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty plans to relocate one door over after purchasing the former Hannah and Mason’s restaurant. ”We’re in the process of renovating it,” said Anne Setzer, a sales associate with Sotheby’s, of her company’s…
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CRANBURY: Housing group set to mark 45 years
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY Forty-five years after the first hammer was swung in the name of the community’s less fortunate, Cranbury Housing Associates will hold its annual reorganization meeting Sunday and celebrate the anniversary. The driving force behind the township’s affordable housing efforts, CHA has come a long way since its inception…
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ROBBINSVILLE: School district schedules informational meetings on upcoming referendum
ROBBINSVILLE – The local school district has scheduled three meetings, with the first slated for Thursday night, to discuss its upcoming $39.6 million referendum to finance a new elementary school and make improvements to two other schools. The meeting Thursday will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sharon Road Elementary School, which…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Township motions rejected
by Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Lawsuit to continue; lawyers’ hands slapped Both sides are claiming victory after a judge dismissed several motions filed by Hillsborough Township but fined litigant Hillsborough Properties, in the long-running legal battle over a tract adjoining the 335 acres that was the General Services Administration Belle Mead Depot. Judge Peter Buchsbaum,…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Effort to save historic house gains traction
By Davy James, Staff Writer One of the township’s oldest and most historic houses may be getting a lifeline to save it from the possibility of demolition. The Revolutionary War-era house located at 8 Stevens Road in Kendall Park is expected to be added to South Brunswick’s historic site registry at the next Township Council…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: New Hope man faces multiple charges
Car thief caught red-handed By John Tredrea, The Packet Group HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — With the help of a witness who followed a car thief while maintaining cell phone contact with a Hopewell Township police dispatcher, police were able to catch the suspected robber red-handed and send him to jail Jan. 14. Lt. Lance Maloney said…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Warner joins City Council
New member had to resign from school board, of which she was vice president, to accept the seat By Linda Seida, Statt Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council on Monday appointed Elaine Warner to fill the open council seat created by Ron Pittore’s resignation. Ms. Warner has served on the Lambertville Public School Board of…
