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  • Residents air traffic issues

    Pedestrian, bicyclist safety among topics discussed By: Lacey Korevec    More than 40 residents came to the Cranbury School on Monday to talk about traffic and pedestrian safety.    During the three-hour discussion, officials and residents only made it through three of the topics listed on the agenda — school bus safety on Shady Brook Lane and…

  • Police chief warns about identity theft

    Recent reports elicit warning By: Lacey Korevec    Cranbury Police Chief Jay Hansen wants to warn residents to protect their identities.    The police have recently received a number of reports from residents saying they’ve received phone calls from callers who have asked for personal information including birthdays, Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers, information that…

  • Hightstown’s miscue reveals good, bad, ugly

    By: Vic Monaco    The recent revelation that Hightstown had failed to enforce a 2004 ordinance requiring Planning Board applicants with major plans to disclose their political campaign contributions is an embarrassment.    At the same time, we have no reason to believe at this point that there was anything underhanded or that this was anything more…

  • Bolandi lauds continued security response

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The continued police presence in East Windsor Regional Schools and the calm displayed by teachers, students and parents has allowed for as much normalcy as possible following a recent threat of violence, according to Superintendent Ron Bolandi .    Mr. Bolandi laid out at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting the…

  • Rights group honors William Scheide

       More than 200 people reaffirmed their commitment to civil rights during the 31st annual champagne reception and jazz concert of the Princeton Committee of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF). The evening was held at the Stuart Country Day School in Princeton.    "Even if it were only for Brown v. Board of…

  • Rocky Hill author to sign her children’s book at library Saturday

    By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — Borough resident Peggy Harris will be holding a book signing at the Mary Jacobs Library 10 a.m. Saturday.    The title of Ms. Harris’ book is "My Name is Charlie," a children’s book telling the story of how a dog named Charlie becomes a therapy dog.    The book, which is…

  • The Lofts at Washington Town Center

    At The Lofts, you choose the design that best suits your lifestyle    The Lofts at Washington Town Center offer a smooth sense of style with a twist of city excitement. Construction is well underway at Sharbell Development Corp.’s chic, loft-style condominium community; their exquisite model home is expected by the end of the year. It…

  • RFK Jr.: Democracy cannot survive with an uninformed public

    Environmental advocate second speaker in Chistopher Reeve Lecture Series By: Jake Uitti    Democracy cannot survive with an uninformed public.    That observation was at the crux of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s talk before a packed house at Princeton High School’s Trego-Biancassino Theater on Wednesday as part of the Second Annual Christopher Reeve Lecture Series, sponsored by…

  • Helping the Habitat helpers

    Girl Scouts feed volunteers working in Hightstown By: Lacey Korevec    A group of Cranbury Girl Scouts has decided to take on poverty and homelessness as a service platform for earning their Bronze Awards. To do so, they have formed a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that builds affordable houses for the poor…