Category: archives
-

Mixed feelings on school aid plan
By Davy James A new school funding formula that has generated mixed feelings from school officials in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe was approved by the state Legislature on Monday. Under the new rules, Cranbury would receive a 10 percent increase in state aid, raising funding from $760,000 to $836,000 for the 2008-2009 school year. Jamesburg…
-

Rediscovering his passion
Artist shows his works at Gourgaud By Madeleine Johnson CRANBURY For as long as he can remember, Princeton resident Jim Morgan has been immersed in the art world. And now, after rediscovering his love for soft pastels in the past three or four years, he’s making a name for himself at local galleries, including…
-

Things to Do
Jan. 10 Heaven Can Wait: South Brunswick High School students will be performing the play “Heaven Can Wait” at the high school, located on Ridge Road, at 7:30 p.m. Performances will also be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $7 for general admission, $6 for students. For more information, call the high…
-

Basket bingo
Sunday, Jan. 13 — The New Egypt Elks will host a basket bingo at their location at 105 Lakewood Road (Route 528), New Egypt. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and bingo will start promptly at 1 p.m. Food will be available, with free coffee and tea. Tricky tray and door gifts while supplies last.…
-

Sustainable Lawrence – Measuring our Progress on Saturday
Sustainable Lawrence will hold a workshop starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike. Randy Solomon, director of the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute at Rutgers will be featured. He will lead attendees in a process to name the most important trends that should be tracked to achieve sustainability…
-

Anti-Semitic messages found
Centerpiece monuments among those hit over 1 night in 3 towns By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer Vandals hit Hightstown, East Windsor and Roosevelt with anti-Semitic and profanity-laced graffiti overnight Tuesday. Officials of the two boroughs discovered anti-Semitic vandalism on their respective centerpiece monuments Wednesday morning. And in Roosevelt, state police say, some accompanying graffiti could…
-

Cranbury picks mayor
David Stout gets nod By Maria Prato-Gaines CRANBURY A new year usually signifies out with the old and in with the new, but this timeless adage does not apply to Cranbury’s 2008 political spectrum. At Monday night’s annual reorganization meeting both recently elected incumbents took their official oaths and the Township Committee reappointed David…
-

Bernard Kremnick
Bernard Kremnick, 88, died Sunday, Nov. 4, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he lived in Florham Park and Union before moving to Monroe 23 years ago. Prior to retiring in 2003, he was the owner of the Cardmart greeting card store in East Orange. Mr. Kremnick was a…
-

Board, MEA still at odds over contract terms
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer The Manville Education Association and the Board of Education will enter the second stage of contract negotiations, after a mediation session Thursday failed to produce a new contract, Christy Kanaby, an NJEA representative handling the case said. The Board of Education, the MEA, both organizations’ mediators, and the state-appointed mediator…
