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  • Residents updated on Cleveland Lane reconstruction project

    Some details remain to be worked out in $500,000 undertaking By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Residents filled Princeton Borough Hall on Tuesday to hear an update on the Cleveland Lane reconstruction project — a $500,000 undertaking that will see the road totally revamped.    In addition, the project will involve the reconstruction of the portion of Lafayette Road…

  • PRESS FORUM: State budget

    How would you change the way the state raises and spends money? How would you change the way the state raises and spends money?

  • Enchantment at Hightstown enjoys successful grand opening

    Three bedrooms, three baths and 2-car garage designs are Grand Opening pre-construction priced from the low $300’s    It began as an inspired idea, created in the form of one of New Jersey’s most celebrated 55+ neighborhoods. Now the dream is alive in vibrant splendor at Enchantment at Hightstown by the Robertson Douglas Group. Incorporating the…

  • Sizeable West Windsor budget increase tied to population growth

    Average household will pay 7.7 percent more in total real estate taxes By: Courtney Gross    WEST WINDSOR — To keep up with a growing population, the Township Council unanimously adopted a $31.4 million budget Monday — an 8.1-percent increase from 2005.    The council appropriated much of the funding for salaries and wages. Overall, the council…

  • Montgomery aims to improve effort in college admissions

    Process seen as becoming more stressful for both parents and students By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — With the college application process becoming more and more stressful for both students and parents, and with the acceptance rate by Ivy League schools decreasing from 2005 to 2006, Hillary Charney, supervisor of guidance at Montgomery High School, said…

  • Princeton just inches from opening win

    Suffers one-run loss to Florence in opener By: Bob Nuse    EAST WINDSOR — All it would have taken was an inch here or there and Princeton may have opened the 12-year-old District 12 Little League Tournament with a win.    Instead, Princeton didn’t get the inch or two it needed, winding up on the short end…

  • Planners grapple with density issue at rug mill site

    Total of 127 residential units possible By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — It will be another month before the Planning Board gives its formal OK to an amended redevelopment ordinance that would pave the way for approval of a plan for 127 residential units at the former rug mill property.    On Monday, during a second meeting…

  • Population on the rise

    Officials dispute census By: Jessica Beym    Local officials say that construction of new houses, increased traffic and school enrollment growth are telltale signs that the township’s population has increased, but they don’t believe the growth rate is as drastic as the U.S. Census Bureau estimates.    Numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on June 21…

  • Superintendent in line for contract renewal

    Three-year deal is expected By: Dick Brinster    Ron Bolandi says he wants to finish his career as superintendent of schools in the East Windsor Regional School District — and the Board of Education is poised to give him a new three-year contract.    "It doesn’t matter what offer I could get anywhere, I plan to end…