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Middle school play
Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 — The Florence Township Middle School will be performing the Broadway Junior version of “Once on this Island.” The show features 44 students from grades 6-8 from the Florence Township School District, and is funded by a Pride in Education Grant given by the Florence Township Education…
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NJ Future to hold climate change discussion April 30
NJ Future will present a national study, Growing Cooler, on using transportation and development policy to address climate change. The program is being offered on April 30 at 6 p.m. on the former J & J campus at 2300 Rt. 1 in New Brunswick. Featured speakers will be David Goldberg, Communications Director for Smart Growth…
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County sample ballots list incorrect polling locations
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer A glitch at the Somerset County Board of Election has the wrong voting locations listed on some Hillsborough sample election ballots for the April 15 school board elections. The incorrect poll listings affected 14 Hillsborough voting districts, according to the Somerset County Board of Elections Web site, http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/elections/notices/corrected.htm. The correct…
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John R. Valley
Research director at ETS HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — John Richard Valley died March 25 at the Preston Health Center. He was 89. Mr. Valley was a former resident of Princeton and Pennington. While a Princeton-area resident and at the time of his retirement he was the program director for research and development for…
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Plan would add sites for lottery ticket sales
Small vendors critical of proposal from Senate President Codey By Davy James, Staff Writer Local business owners say a plan to change the way the New Jersey Lottery is run could send their customers elsewhere for their tickets., In an attempt to increase revenue for the state, state Senate President Richard Codey introduced a plan…
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Primary ballots shape up
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer The ballots for the June 3 primaries in Cranbury and Jamesburg are nearly filled In Cranbury, two candidates filed by the Monday afternoon deadline. In Jamesburg, two Democrats filed to run, but just one Republican filed by the deadline and party leaders hope to launch a write-in campaign for a…
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Cranbury receives grant for affordable housing
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY Cranbury has been approved for a $300,000 grant to be used for affordable housing costs. The one-time HOME funds grant, approved by Middlesex County and funded by the federal government, will be used to help pay for its affordable housing project on Old Cranbury Road, which is already…
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Borough Council rejects new zoning plan for Merwick, Stanworth, Y area
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer After years of discussion and at least four public meetings on how to change zoning for the Merwick, Stanworth and YMCA/YWCA properties, the results of a vote by Borough Council guaranteed more discussion and at least another meeting on the issue. The ordinance, which would have created a new zone…
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Motorcyclist hospitalized after injury
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer A 27-year-old man was transported by State Police Medevac helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, in New Brunswick, after he suffered leg and internal injuries when his motorcycle went off the road and crashed into a guardrail and telephone pole Thursday. William Colligan, of Bywater Court, was driving on…
