Category: archives

  • Talkin’ trash

    Mironov given thumbs-down from borough department head By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — For several months as shared services and police consolidation have become the key issue here, the borough’s relationship with neighboring East Windsor has been the elephant in the middle of the room that no one wanted to acknowledge.    This week, Public Works Director…

  • Editorial

    Mayors earn thumbs-up for their efforts    Numbers can sometimes be deceiving.    Other times, they’re hard to argue with.    The latter is the case when it comes to the numbers relating to East Windsor’s open space initiatives.    As reported in the Herald last week, of the 2,500 acres of preserved land in the township, close to…

  • Images from borough’s past

    Postcards featuring photos of Jamesburg to be on display Sunday at Buckelew Mansion By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a collection of Jamesburg postcards will speak a mouthful about the borough’s past.    About 25 postcards featuring photographs taken of the borough between 1900 and 1930 will be…

  • Cushman & Wakefield notes investment trends for 2006

    …the demand for rental apartment assets has soared. A lack of new product, stable employment figures and a shift away from buying homes has created strong consumer demand for rentals    Last year, investor demand, fueled by ongoing capital market expansion, led to another banner year for investment sales in New Jersey. Activity levels indicate that…

  • Letters to the editor

    Patten offers reply to Herald editorial To the editor:     Since you have stated that fairness is the most important ingredient of your mission as a newspaper, I’d like to point out some areas in your recent editorial where I feel that I was incorrectly and unfairly portrayed.    1. The letter in which I responded…

  • 2007 Saturn VUE Green Line Hybrid: a green-friendly SUV

    It is the first General Motors vehicle powered by a new, lower-priced hybrid system that can get you a 20-percent increase in fuel economy By: Mike Blake    Common perceptions are that sport utility vehicles are gas-guzzlers. The understanding is that they are expensive, grandiose and not eco-friendly. While many of us who drive and test…

  • Judith Trimble Dossin

       Judith Trimble Dossin, 60, of Cranbury, died Saturday, Jan. 6, at her home.    Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich., Ms. Dossin had been a resident of Cranbury since 1977. She was Chairman of the Shade Tree Commission for over 20 years and the Parks and Recreation Commission of Cranbury Township for 28 years. She and her…

  • Princeton panel seeks alternatives to leaf collection program

    Expense of curbside pickup and violation of seven-day rule trouble Environmental Commission By: Jake Uitti    Princeton officials are trying to get the word out to residents and to landscapers that whenever possible leaves should be kept on the property and composted or mulched into the lawn or even blown into wooded areas behind residents’ homes.…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Sharing blame for failure

    Ambitious goals put off by wishy-washy politics By: Hank Kalet    Democrats in the state Legislature talk a good game but, when it comes time to act, they hedge their bets.    The majority party has promised tax reform, but so far all it’s done is cave in to every interest group imaginable.    Consider the evidence:    • A…