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  • BREAKING NEWS:Cranbury voters approve budget

    By:    Cranbury voters approved a $16.7 million spending plan Tuesday by a 290 to 137 vote.    In addition, there were three candidates for school board. Incumbents Joan Weidner and Julie Hardaker were the top vote-getters, receiving 355 and 353 votes respectively, and newcomer Wendi Patella received 329 votes. The three ran unopposed for three vacant…

  • Hillsborough students at Virginia Tech OK

    Local students checking on each other following shooting By:John Patten    Local students attending Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., where Korean student Cho Seung Hui, 23, killed 32 others Monday before killing himself, have been in contact with their parents and each other and are safe, according to Kathy Lysyj, mother of VT student Kyra Lysyj.…

  • Political theorist named to Institute for Advanced Study post

       Political theorist Danielle Allen has been appointed the UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Allen will join the faculty of the institute on July 1.    Dr. Allen will fill the position currently held by Michael Walzer, who joined the faculty in 1980 and was named…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of April 17, 2007 NRG tests CO2 reducing technology    West Windsor-based NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and GreenFuel Technologies Corp. commenced field testing of GreenFuel’s proprietary technology at NRG’s 1,489 net megawatt coal-fueled power plant in New Roads, La. GreenFuel’s process uses naturally occurring algae to capture and reduce flue gas carbon dioxide (CO2)…

  • Driven and Obsessed

    Despite war, internment, family tragedy and emigration, John Kurz continued to draw, paint and explore new art forms. By: Megan Sullivan    In the wake of World War II, artist John Kurz and his family left their homeland in Hungary and began a long and arduous path to America. He and his wife, Margit, two children,…

  • Roads, school closings in Cranbury area

    Storm results in flooding as governor declares state of emergency.    A storm that has dumped a reported 6 inches of rain on the region has resulted in significant flooding and road closings.    Schools in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe are closed today (Monday).    According to the Monroe Township Police, the township’s Office of Emergency Management was…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Water levels still rising

    Despite slowing rains, water levels could still rise By:    The ongoing rain is still collecting and water levels for the Raritan and Millstone rivers are continuing to rise. What are you seeing? Tell us what your neighborhood is experiencing – we’ll post comments to the bottom of this Web page    According to monitors placed in…

  • Storm closes roads, schools in South Brunswick

    Two days of heavy rain flood region, leading governor to call a state of emergency    About two dozen residences were evacuated from homes around the township on Sunday as a N’oreaster dumped a reported 6 inches of rain on the region.    Forty firefighters from Monmouth Junction, Kendall Park and Kingston fire companies assisted in evacuating…

  • First looks at the flooding

    Record rainfall leads to major flooding