Category: archives
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Reforming Government
Most mayors skeptical of consolidation, merger talk By: Stephanie Brown Municipal and school officials in Jamesburg, Monroe and South Brunswick agree that something should be done to relieve overburdened taxpayers, but are skeptical that municipal mergers are the answer to New Jersey’s property tax problem. Until the state can guarantee the benefits of consolidation, some…
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Balancing Act
Yael Goldstein’s first novel centers on a concert violinist and her struggles as an artist and a single mother. By: Susan Van Dongen Perhaps from watching her mother, novelist Rebecca Goldstein, balance the tasks of writing and raising a family, Yael Goldstein became fascinated by women in the arts and the equilibrium between their creative…
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Laverty says budget passage more important than candidacy
By: Dick Brinster EAST WINDSOR Bob Laverty says voter approval of the school budget is more important than his candidacy for re-election to the East Windsor Regional Board of Education. The board vice president is one of three members whose terms expire this spring. While he said he will run, Bonnie Fayer said last…
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Louise Cannon
Louise M. Cannon, 84, of Cranbury died Friday, Dec. 15, in the Cranbury Center. Born in Midway, Ark., and formerly of Little Rock, Ark., she has resided in the Presbyterian Home in East Windsor since 1997. Ms. Cannon was a former school teacher in Arkansas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of…
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Cranbury residents spilt over Iraq War troop ‘surge’
Local minds discuss global issue By: Lacey Korevec Cranbury may be thousands of miles away from the fighting in Iraq, but residents have strong opinions on the conflict and President George W. Bush’s decision to send in more troops. More than 3,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed since the United States went to war in…
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Township officials persist in pushing to ease tax rebate cutoff
More than 60 percent of township families would not benefit from state’s proposed 20-percent tax rebate, based on the 2000 U.S. Census By: Courtney Gross If property-tax reform currently proposed in Trenton goes through, more than half of Princeton Township families would not receive the full 20-percent rebate promised by state legislators. Under the proposed…
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New vote for fire station
District 2 seeks approval for new station By: Stephanie Brown MONROE Fire District 2 will have to ask voters one more time for approval to build new fire station/EMS facility. Voters approved the original $3.8 million bond referendum in February 2006, but since the proposed location for the station has changed, the district will…
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Depth is developing for Cougar girls
MHS’ Forsyth finds IM talent By: Justin Feil It was some of the front-line swimmers like Meghan Leddy that made the difference when the Montgomery High School girls’ swim team beat Pingry, 96-74, Wednesday. As the Cougars go deeper into the season, and get into the championship events, it could be swimmers like Kathryn Forsyth…
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Princeton University engineering professor joins futures committee
The National Academy of Engineering has named Robert Socolow, Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to a prestigious international committee to identify the greatest challenges and opportunities for engineering in the 21st century. Chaired by former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry, the Grand Challenges for Engineering Committee will explore engineering solutions for the…
