Category: archives
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Cranbury township administrator search heats up
The Township Committee is getting closer to hiring a new township administrator. By: Lacey Korevec The Township Committee is getting closer to hiring a new township administrator. The interview process is under way and Committeeman Richard Stannard said Monday that the township is expecting to name someone to the job within the next few weeks.…
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Handel Fesitval coming to Princeton University
The American Handel Society and the Princeton University Music Department will present the 2007 American Handel Festival and Meeting of the American Handel Society at the university from Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, April 21. This year’s festival features three concerts of Handel’s music including a concert of opera arias and instrumental works with the…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
