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  • Jerry H. Duncan Sr.

       HAMILTON — Jerry H. Duncan Sr., 81, died Saturday in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in East Spencer, N.C., he was a longtime Hightstown resident. He lived in Holiday, Fla., for 20 years before moving back to Hamilton Square recently.    He had been employed with Town and Country Siding of Trenton for…

  • A year later, mother and sister long for justice

    Cops probing Greenwood murder have suspects, share in frustration By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    Thursday marked one year since Hightstown native Kirston Greenwood was found dead at a Hamilton construction site, the victim of several gunshot wounds to her torso.    No one has yet to be charged with the murder, and Ms. Greenwood’s mother and…

  • School buses to get new security cameras

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — All of the East Windsor Regional School District’s buses are expected to have digital security cameras installed in them soon.    The school board unanimously approved a $66,800 contract bid from the Edison-based Accetron Corp. at Monday’s board meeting for the digital security surveillance equipment.    ”We’re hoping to have…

  • BOROUGH BRIEFS

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer School parking ban made official    The Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday prohibiting parking on North Fifth Avenue at Roosevelt School, in accordance with regulations already in place in the borough.    Councilman Theodore Petrock was not present at the meeting.    Parking is currently prohibited on the east side of…

  • Births

       A baby boy was born on Nov. 8 to Sirisha Yelewarapu and Phanikumar Bulusu, of Monmouth Junction, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. * * * A baby girl was born on Nov. 10 to Heidi and Brian Magi, of Kingston, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.

  • PACKET BUSINESS NEWS: Princeton University leasing West Windsor site for offices

    University will have a 15-year lease with option to buy after 10 By Greg Forester, Packet Staff    WEST WINDSOR — The sole occupant of a brand-new 112,000 square-foot office building off of Route 1 south will be none other than Princeton University, according to testimony given at Wednesday’s Planning Board meeting.    Officials from Carnegie…

  • Cranbury seeks applicants for new affordable housing units

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Cranbury Housing Associates Inc. is taking applications for its Four Seasons’ affordable housing project, which should be completed and ready for occupants by March.    CHA began accepting applications for the project Nov. 1 and will continue to do so until Dec. 30, at which time the company will…

  • Dorothy E. Madden

       SARATOGA, Calif. — Dorothy E. Madden, 93, died Nov. 18 at Our Lady of Fatima Saratoga, Calif.    Born and raised in a farmhouse on Half Acre Road in Cranbury, she spent her early years working on the family’s potato farm.    She attended Cranbury Grammar School and was a graduate of New Brunswick High School. In…

  • Board OKs amended ordinance for mill site

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council is expected to act Monday on an amended redevelopment ordinance guiding the former rug mill tract on Bank Street after getting a stamp of approval from the Planning Board.    The planners met Monday to discuss the latest amendment, which would allow the borough to maintain…