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  • A craft that is not just for the birds

    Cranbury Library invites children of all ages to build and learn By: Candice Leigh Helfand    Cranbury’s summer reading program went to the birds when children and adults flocked to the library on Saturday morning.    Three parents and 22 children built and decorated birdhouses, with pipe cleaners, markers and stickers at their disposal. Some chose to…

  • West Windsor bond ordinances to fund major projects

    $4.5 million in spending on tap By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council introduced several ordinances Monday that would provide funding for capital improvement projects over the next year, including a bond ordinance and a fully-funded capital improvement ordinance.    The bond ordinance would appropriate $4.1 million for capital projects including anticipated road and…

  • Plainsboro police to step up DWI enforcement

    By: Courtney Gross    PLAINSBORO — As part of the statewide "You Drink, You Drive, You Lose" campaign, Plainsboro police say they will be stepping up their impaired driving enforcement from Aug. 18 until after Labor Day.    During the last weeks of summer, parties and social gatherings often occur more frequently and usually include alcohol, police…

  • Little time for lunch at Brookside

    Students need more time to eat, parents say By: Lacey Korevec    MONROE — Brookside School students have had little time for lunch during the past several years, a problem some parents want to see fixed.    Principal Dennis Ventrello said he expects 895 students at the grade 3-6 school in September. They will be divided into…

  • Region wilts but survives the heat

    Few troubles reported as weekend predicted to bring relief By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Relief is in sight.    The high temperatures that descended upon central New Jersey and most of the East Coast this week are subsiding — and, according to David Robinson, state climatologist at Rutgers University, the area is expected to be heat-wave-free for a…

  • There is no such thing as a nonsmoking section

    Secondhand smoke lingers in the air hours after a cigarette has been extinguished, causing or exacerbating a wide range of adverse health affects By: Jory J. Goldberg, M.D.    In a recent report on the health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona warned that secondhand smoke is an indisputable…

  • New Way to ‘See’ Art

    Grounds For Sculpture offers touch tours for the sight-impaired. By: Susan Van Dongen    I’ve toured Grounds For Sculpture numerous times, but it seems like I never really "saw" several of the works until I experienced them without sight. We usually hasten through the sculpture gardens like we’re on a mission, passing by the works with…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Too many towns in New Jersey

    A surplus of townships and municipalities in New jersey By: Hank Kalet    It is pretty clear that there are too many municipalities in the state of New Jersey.    By any accounting, a state of about 8.7 million people should not have 566 municipalities and 616 school districts (not to mention nearly 200 fire districts and…

  • A competitive edge

    Dancers take stage in nationals By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — Hard work and a love of dance are what the girls at On the Edge dance studio say took them to Sophisticated Productions National Dance Competition this year.    Eight dancers from the studio competed in the national competition, which was held in Wildwood July 16…