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  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Towns apparently lose previously promised aid

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Call it a big lump of coal stuffed in towns’ stockings this year.    To combat a projected $800 million budget shortfall, the state is withholding its December payment of Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Act aid, a total of $20.6 million, to the more than 400 municipalities that receive it.…

  • EDITORIAL: Answer due for untenable police costs

    A state-funded study to determine the feasibility of East Windsor taking over police coverage in cash-strapped Hightstown was originally expected to take a few months and be completed a year ago. When it was expanded, with more state funding, to include a review of the court systems of both towns — something that might have…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Job of Rise boss deemed safe

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer     HIGHTSTOWN — She may be under siege but the job of Lydia Santoni-Williams, executive director of local service organization Rise, is safe.     That was the word Tuesday from Bill Gilmore, president of Rise’s board of trustees, when asked if her job is in jeopardy.     However, Mr. Gilmore…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough professionals must compete for jobs

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — When the borough holds its reorganization meeting in less than a month, there could be different people in many of the appointed professional services positions for the first time in years.    The borough recently sought proposals for all of its professional positions — borough attorney, municipal prosecutor, borough…

  • CRANBURY: Holiday lights, charitable might

    CRANBURY: Holiday lights, charitable might

    Cranbury’s Keith Shaw decorates his house for a good cause By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — For the third year in a row, one local Cranbury family is brightening the holiday season with an elaborate light show.    The Shaw family is hosting its annual Christmas spectacular on North Main Street, which consists of a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Elks’ tree sales aid special needs kids

    HILLSBOROUGH: Elks’ tree sales aid special needs kids

    Sharon, Andy and Logan Lindstrom watch Elks member Rich Turner prepare their tree. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CRANBURY: Lions Club has full plate for Sunday

    Lions pancake breakfast highlights eventful day By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — If there is one thing the Cranbury Lions Club does well, it’s cook a mean breakfast.    That in itself may be the very reason why the club’s annual breakfast has survived for decades, a tradition that will continue this Sunday as members…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tree lighting, Santa visit set for Friday night

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    To bring the township into the holiday season early in the month, the Hillsborough Woman’s Club will host the annual tree lighting for the 10th year in a row at the municipal building Friday.    ”The event brings the community together,” Mayor Frank DelCore said.    According to Anna Benitz, president of…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Farmland byway subject of DOT meeting next week

    The state Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday to present information to residents, officials and the business community about the township’s Historic Farmland Byway.     The meeting, the second of two, will be held at 7 p.m. at the municipal building, at 314 Route 539.     The Upper Freehold Historic Farmland…