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  • Thanks to a moonlighting angel …

    … Montgomery resident gets back her engagement ring By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Margie Aretz is convinced that she has a guardian angel moonlighting at the Target discount store in the Nassau Park shopping center.    She just doesn’t know who it is.    An unknown employee of the store found and returned Ms. Aretz’s diamond engagement…

  • Montgomery refinances bonds

    Savings of $260,000 seen in new budget By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Board of Education was able to reduce the tax increase on an average home by around $35 thanks to creative bond refinancing.    The immediate savings of $260,000 was realized in the 2007-2008 proposed budget by refinancing the school district’s bond structure,…

  • Lions Club gets use of Wagon Barn

       The Township Committee approved an ordinance Monday that established a use and occupancy agreement for Cranbury Lions to repair the barn and use it to store equipment and materials used at their fundraising events.. By: Lacey Korevec    The old wagon house, the oldest of the 18th century barns on Cranbury Neck Road, is about to…

  • Letters to the editor

    Week of March 30 By: Commer should fill vacant seat To the editor:    For the month of March 2007, Scott Pohl and the board of directors of the Twin Rivers Home Owners Association have outdone themselves once again, showing their disrespect to the homeowners and residents of Twin Rivers in several ways as is evidenced…

  • Budget OK postponed amid battle

    School district now seeks $2.1M waiver from state. By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — With adoption of the East Windsor Regional Schools budget delayed this week, Superintendent Ron Bolandi was trying to convince the state Department of Education to allow the restoration of $2.1 million to the district’s tax levy in an 11th-hour bid to save…

  • Former township mayor recalled for her candor

    Barbara Rothstein, 74, died March 22. By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Former Mayor Barbara Rothstein is being remembered as a multifaceted, detail-driven person who loved acting and the entertainment industry.    Ms. Rothstein, 74, died March 22 at University Medical Center at Princeton.    "She was a tough taskmaster," said Calvin Iszard, a former Township Council…

  • Study of Sewer Operating Committee tract off River Road OK’d

    By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Township Committee and the Princeton Borough Council have endorsed the creation of a staff committee to study uses for a 171-acre tract off River Road.    The tract is located in the township but owned by the borough, which is expected to turn part of the title over to the township.…

  • Rocky Hill manages to tame its budget

    Tax rate to stay at last year’s rate, despite a new open space tax By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — The Rocky Hill Borough Council has presented a 2007-2008 budget that includes no municipal tax increase. While the local municipal tax rate for 2007 decreased by 2 cents to 65 cents per $100 of assessed…

  • Princeton school tax on rise

    10 cents in township, 16 cents in borough By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Regional Board of Education unanimously approved a $76.1 million budget for the 2007-2008 school year this week, after hearing praise from the public for its educational program and criticism of its proposed tax hikes.    If approved by voters on April 17, the…