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  • Pantries focus on kids in summer; food needs are different when local schools are out

    By: Emily Holody    School has ended for the summer, and so have school lunches.    That means many children are now eating three meals a day at home, and an extra lunch is not easy to come by for everyone.    For the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church and Skeet’s Pantry at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, this…

  • Stump to open concert series

    Cranbury Recreation Department’s free Summer Concert Series starts tonight (Friday) in Village Park By: Lacey Korevec    Even after what they felt was a successful performance, members of the band Stump were stunned to hear that they’d won this year’s Battle of the Bands, held at the Cranbury School on June 15 and sponsored by the…

  • Online Only: MUA may dissolve self

    Decision expected next week By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — The members of the Municipal Utilities Authority are expected to vote next week on whether to dissolve the authority.    Because the July 11 meeting — held through conference call —was a special meeting, members could not vote on the matter then, so they scheduled a vote…

  • Carl E. Fogelin

       Carl Edward Fogelin of Tallahassee, Fla., and former resident of Rossmoor, died Saturday, July 7, at the Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee.    Born in 1924 in Congers, N.Y., to Carl A. and Florence Sandberg Fogelin, he lived for 30 years in Princeton Junction and then 14 years in Monroe. He had recently made Tallahassee his…

  • Contractor gives back to borough

    Valiant Home Remodelers, repaired the roof of a blacksmith shop at Lakeview: Buckelew Mansion By: Madeleine Johnson    JAMESBURG — Stifling heat and suffocating humidity were no match for Valiant Home Remodelers and its mission to repair the rotting roof of the Dingfeld Blacksmith Shop behind Lakeview: Buckelew Mansion.    "We didn’t plan on it being 100…

  • Letters to the editor

    Some progress comes slowly To the editor:     I have serious concerns as to whether the timeline will allow my 2-year-old grandson to attend a new high school in Monroe.    Currently, it’s taking more than eight months to put up a traffic light at the corner of School House and Perrineville roads.    Additionally, it’s taken…

  • First step for vote on library; Jamesburg council mulls referendum

    By: Megan DeMarco    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council has taken the first step toward ending its support of the public library.    The council voted Wednesday to introduce an ordinance that, if adopted Aug. 8, would put a referendum on the November ballot to discontinue maintenance of the library.    If the referendum passes Nov. 6, the…

  • Giordano has her roots in the South

    Prosecutor’s office: Unable to contact biological family By: Matt Chiappardi    Amy Giordano has her roots in the southern part of the country, according to a relative from her adopted family, who provided e-mails this week that he received from the missing mother earlier this year.    Cousin Stephen Fishbaum of Marlboro said this week that Ms.…

  • New school chief working to learn about Cranbury

    John Haney became Cranbury’s new chief school administrator July 2 By: Lacey Korevec    Cranbury School’s new Chief School Administrator John Haney wants to know more about where he is before deciding where he wants to go.    "I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the school and I’m trying to meet people and…