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  • Straight from the source

    Students learn story’s end from author and illustrator By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Weston and Roosevelt School students had a visit to their classrooms from a pair of authors last week.    Shanti Wintergate and Greg Attonito visited the schools to perform a reading of their book “I Went for a Walk,” written by Ms.…

  • Julian L. Davis, Monroe

       Julian L. Davis, 87, died Sunday, Nov. 18.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Pompton Plains before moving to Monroe 14 years ago.    Prior to retiring in 1984, Mr. Davis was a physicist for the United States Department of Defense, where he worked for 40 years. He was an Army veteran of World War…

  • Water levels lowered in Brainerd Lake

    Dam to get inspected By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Residents who notice that the water in Brainerd Lake is lower than normal need not worry about drought or global warming.    Public Works Manager Jerry Thorne said he opened Brainerd Lake’s spillway almost a month ago to lower the water level and to allow…

  • Committee delayed until reorganization

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    A new five-member borough committee to oversee a new plan for development and growth in Manville won’t be named until the new mayor takes office, the Borough Council decided last week.    The council tabled a resolution to appoint members for the Plan Endorsement Citizens’ Advisory Committee until after Lillian Zuza…

  • Firm says school district could save half-million on autistic students

    Superintendent says decisions on 3 proposals months away By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District has solicited proposals to have an outside firm educate autistic students in-house rather than transport them to other facilities. And one firm that presented an unsolicited proposal to the district last month is apparently…

  • Secession gets support at Twin Rivers candidates forum

    Pohl broaches East Windsor departure, some follow By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Scott Pohl, the longtime Twin Rivers board of trustees president, has opened what is likely a Pandora’s box: secession from the township.    Mr. Pohl broached the subject at a Nov. 15 forum for candidates for the board, rising during the…

  • Council awards contract for library carpeting work

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    After almost 30 years, dirt spots and fading colors are signaling the need for a change.    The Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution Nov. 12 to award a contract to Cornerstone Architectural Group, L.L.C., of South Plainfield, to prepare plans and specifications for replacing the carpet at the Manville Public…

  • Local pantries gear up for next holiday

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Food pantries in the area have already given complete Thanksgiving dinners to needy families, and they say there’s more help to come.    Sixty families in the greater Cranbury area, who may have otherwise gone without the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, received a food basket complete with trimmings, said Deanna Anderson, a…

  • Homeland security session Monday

    Event will be held at Dempster Fire Training Academy, 350 Lawrence Station Road, Lawrence.    Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders will host a “Town Hall” meeting on Monday (Nov. 26) at 7 p.m. featuring Richard Cañas, Director of New Jersey’s Homeland Security and Preparedness.    Director Cañas will…