Category: archives
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Cifuentes flying into final MCC
Senior is leader for Little Tiger girls By: Justin Feil For the better part of three seasons, Gaby Cifuentes has been a reliable 100 and 200 freestyle swimmer for the Princeton High School girls’ team. At the Mercer County Championships that begin with preliminaries for girls today and continue with finals Saturday at Lawrence High,…
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Friday, Feb. 2, 2007
Lucille P. Noyes Lucille P. Noyes, 85, of Hopewell Township died Wednesday at home. Born in Berlin, N.H., she was a graduate of the Notre Dame School of Nursing in New Hampshire. She served as the director of nursing for the Rockland Convalescent Center for many years. Daughter of the late Eddie and Eva J.…
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Town eyes new rules on ethics
Officials trying to make pay-to-play politics a thing of the past By: Stephanie Brown MONROE The Township Council expects to introduce five ordinances later this month that officials hope will ban pay-to-play and increase government transparency. Township officials said the new ordinances, which could be on the council’s Feb. 26 agenda, would better regulate…
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Bilingual tax aid offered at two Princeton sites
Bilingual volunteers will help area residents fill out their federal income tax returns at two Princeton locations, beginning Feb. 3. No appointment is necessary and all information will be kept confidential. By law, the Internal Revenue Service cannot share any information with other government services, including the immigration authorities. Persons should bring W2 or 1099…
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Remembering Susan Hagerty
Legacy of local woman lives on By: Lacey Korevec Egypt, Russia, Germany, Spain, Aruba and Bali were all destinations Cranbury resident Susan Hagerty traveled to during her lifetime. And many would agree they could spend a lifetime scouring those locations and others and still never find a woman as strong, smart and thoughtful as Ms.…
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A budget season opens amid clouds
Police expenditures start at $1.6 million By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council began its annual budget review this week looking at a very early estimate of $387,700 in significant general spending increases along with $1.6 million in potential police-related expenditures, the latter representing an additional hike of about $100,000. The predicted general increase…
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Eden Institute to seek a new home
Proposed 48,000-square-foot facility still needs a site By: Molly Petrilla WEST WINDSOR After more than three decades in its current facility, the Eden Institute is ready for a new home. Though the state-funded school has been serving children and adolescents with autism since 1975, officials said its 18,000-square-foot building near the corner of Route…
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Housing plans in limbo
Decision nixes COAH rules By: Joseph Harvie MONROE Local officials aren’t sure how a Jan. 25 state appellate court ruling tossing out some affordable housing rules will affect Monroe. The three-judge appellate panel of the state Superior Court ruled that some of the rules, including those that allow municipalities to determine their own housing…
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Plans for senior housing OK’d
Potential site not zoned for age-restrictive housing By: Stephanie Brown MONROE An Old Bridge developer wants to build a 130-unit senior housing community on a site that does not permit age-restricted housing. The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved an application Tuesday by Renaissance Properties, Inc., owned by Robert McDaid, that will allow the development…
