Category: archives

  • Housing plans get town’s OK

    Affordable housing plan approved By: Jessica Beym    A plan to build 20 affordable housing units on Old Cranbury Road was approved July 6 by the Planning Board at a joint meeting with the Township Committee.    The two boards, and township professionals, met to review the application and discuss issues such as the location of an…

  • Obituaries

    from the July 14 edition Maurice H. Hageman II    HIGHTSTOWN — Maurice H. Hageman II, 64, died Saturday in JFK Hartwyck at Oak Tree in Edison.    Mr. Hageman was the principal of Hageman-Diener Associates real estate agency in Hightstown for many years.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident of Hightstown and was a…

  • Edward Slavinski

       Edward Slavinski, 83, of Monroe, died Sunday, July 9, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born and raised in Plains, Pa., Mr. Slavinski lived in Elizabeth for 35 years before settling in Monroe in 1991. He retired in 1989 after many years with Merck and Company, Rahway.    He is survived by his wife…

  • Plenty of fun at summer camp

    Township shows kids great times during summer By: Audrey Levine    In the hallway outside the gymnasium, the kids sit with their lunchboxes open and juice boxes in hand as they laugh with their friends and play board games set up on the floor.    Counselors stand nearby to help the children open their snacks and take…

  • C-P rallies fall just short

    By: Rich Fisher    LAWRENCE — The Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old all-star softball team perfected the art of the comeback. Unfortunately for the locals, they never quite figured out the comeback win.    After advancing to bracket play for the second straight year, C-P lost two heart-breakers to West Windsor (4-3) and Bordentown (6-5) last Thursday and Friday.    In…

  • Christopher O’Keefe Sr.

       Christopher A. O’Keefe Sr., 72, died Wednesday, July 5, at home.    Born in New York City, he lived in Carteret for over 30 years, moving to Monroe in 1990. He was the founder and owner of C&M Door Controls Inc., established in Carteret and now in Port Reading, since 1974.    He served in the Marines…

  • Town to discuss open space options

    Monday night meeting to open up town forum for recreational facility By: Jessica Beym    Voters will be asked in November to reduce the township open space tax rate by a penny.    Township officials said Monday that the current open space tax rate of 3 cents per $100 in assessed property value might be too high…

  • District developing ESL curriculum

    Program added in anticipation of future need By: Jessica Beym    The Cranbury School is developing an English-as-a-second-language curriculum in anticipation that the need for a formal program could arise in the next few years.    Vice Principal Christine Capaci said July 5 there were only three students last year who received ESL services, but as the…

  • Artistic voices are heard in Montgomery’s summer art shows

    Back-to-back exhibits feature works of six New Jersey artists. By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Summer in New Jersey can be a gorgeous season, with its bright sun, trees blowing in the wind and warm rainfalls.    But if you tire of what can be seen right out your window, the Montgomery Center for the Arts has…