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Christmas bazaar set Dec. 8
In Hopewell Borough The annual Christmas Bazaar will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Second Calvary Baptist Church, 69 Columbia Ave., Hopewell. The bazaar features gifts, crafts, homemade goodies, a variety of homemade baked goods, wreaths, Avon, Mary Kay, Fuller Brush and other specialty items. Take-out or eat-in lunch will be…
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Mayor highlights seniors bus at forum
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR A new community bus for seniors, an anticipated YMCA in the township and roadway safety dominated a forum presented by Mayor Janice Mironov this week at the township Senior Center. About 60 senior citizens listened to Ms. Mironov speak and field questions for nearly an hour between…
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Babe Ruth field moving ahead
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The highly anticipated Babe Ruth regulation size baseball field on the Wright South property just got a little closer to completion. The Township Committee on Tuesday awarded a contract to Precise Construction Inc., to build the field. Precise Construction bid $297,000 for the project. The highest bidder gave…
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Is corporate entrepreneurship an oxymoron?
Boeing SVP Walter Skowronski offers cautionary tales on corporate startup ventures By Lauren Otis, Business Editor Is the phrase “corporate entrepreneurship” an oxymoron? Although he did not offer a definitive answer to this question, Walter Skowronski, senior vice president of The Boeing Co., did offer up several cautionary tales drawn from the huge, Seattle,…
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Dispatches: Cleaning up campaigns
By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor The evidence is piling up that public financing of legislative elections is good for voters. A study released Tuesday by two New Jersey polling groups shows that voters in districts in which legislative races were funded by public money knew more about the November races and believed their candidates focused…
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Afhild Strand Cameron
Alfhild (Ann) Strand Cameron, 90, died Friday Nov. 23, CentraState Medical Center in Freehold. She lived in Rossmoor for the past 24 years. Ms. Cameron was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was proud of her Norwegian ancestry. She was active in the Rossmoor Women’s Guild, the sewing club, and she worked on the…
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Warehouse plan tabled
Prologis seeks addition By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer MONROE — It was standing room only Wednesday when residents crammed into the township’s Municipal Building to hear Macquarie Prologis Management Ltd. request approval to build an addition onto its South Middlesex Avenue warehouse. Prologis is seeking preliminary and final site plan approval from the township’s Planning…
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Charles Winter
Charles Winter, 97, died Tuesday, Nov. 27. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Queens, N.Y., before moving to Clearbrook 35 years ago. Mr. Winter was a self-employed CPA for more than 60 years. He founded the CPA firm that ultimately became Winter & Company, CPA’s, and was prominent in tax and accounting circles in…
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Bar owner facing assault charge
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Uncle Davey’s Tavern owner David Kiernan, 46, of Union, was charged with simple assault Nov. 21, following a Nov. 3 incident involving a patron outside the bar. Police reported to the North Main Street bar on Nov. 5 after receiving an anonymous tip from the Somerset County prosecutor’s office about…
