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  • Heat shuts some schools

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Brutally hot temperatures had the mercury rising on Tuesday and caused several local schools to close early in response.    According to the Weather Channel’s Web site, temperatures reached as high as 98 degrees on Tuesday.    In South Brunswick, the high school released students at noon due to problems with the…

  • Jamesburg, Helmetta policing deal ends

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — An interlocal policing agreement between Helmetta and Jamesburg that brought the borough about $30,000 a year is no more.    The agreement, which had been in place since 2005, required one Jamesburg officer and vehicle to patrol and respond to emergency calls and situations in Helmetta between 10:30 p.m.…

  • Carole M. Kustrup

       Carole M. Kustrup, 69, of Titusville, died June 2 at Capital Health System at Fuld.    She grew up in Hightstown and the Hiltonia section of Trenton and was a graduate of the Villa Victoria Academy, Class of 1956. She attended Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania and the Catherine Gibbs School in New York.    Ms. Kustrup…

  • Irving Klothen

    Former Princeton resident     HAVERFORD, Pa. — Irving Klothen died Thursday at the Quadrangle Continuing Care Community after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was born 84.    Born in Berlin, he was a resident of Princeton 28 years.    Mr. Klothen had a long career at American Cyanamid, focusing on the development of animal feed…

  • Water company proposes backup line

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Representatives from the New Jersey Water Co. presented a preliminary proposal to add a backup line to Cranbury’s water system, at Monday’s Township Committee meeting.    The water main extension has been scheduled for installation at the end of the summer.    Construction work on the line will take place…

  • New relics won’t delay high school construction

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    MONROE — Construction of a new high school is not expected to be delayed, despite the discovery Tuesday of the remains of several structures from a tenant farmstead on the Thompson Park site, according to Director of Facilities Jerry Tague.    The construction of the new Monroe Township High School has…

  • Alistair M. Stewart

       Alistair M. Stewart, 77, of Pocono Pines, Pa., died Friday, June 6, at the Hospice Care of the VNA at Heritage House in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Stewart was the son of the late the John and Jesse (Forbes) Stewart. Prior to retirement, he resided in both Princeton and West Windsor.    Mr. Stewart…

  • Cranbury to conduct warehouse survey

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The township is conducting a survey of its warehouse district in an effort to gather data that would refute the Council on Affordable Housing’s findings concerning jobs and warehouse ratios.    The survey is in response to the revised third round rules that COAH. The rules were handed down…

  • Carmen J. Fragoso

    Teacher     MONTGOMERY — Carmen Julia Fragoso died Thursday at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. She was 51.    Born and raised in New York City, she lived in North Bergen, Ohio, Florida and Michigan before moving to Hillsborough in 1984 and finally the Belle Mead section of Montgomery in 1991.    She was a substitute…