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  • Montgomery superintendent search is back to square one

    After fruitless six-month search, board to hire an interim superintendent By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The township Board of Education has reopened the search for a new superintendent.    Unable, after a six-month search, to find a suitable replacement for Dr. Stuart Schnur, who is retiring at the end of August, the board will instead select…

  • Eighth-graders set

    Cranbury School eighth-graders graduate next week By: Jessica Beym    Mark the calendar, because next week will be a big one for Cranbury students.    That’s because Cranbury School eighth-graders and Princeton High School seniors will accept diplomas next week during graduation ceremonies.    The Cranbury School graduation, in which 80 students will leave the halls of their…

  • GMB graduation Tuesday

    Eighth-graders at Grace M. Breckwedel School are set to graduate next week By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG — June 20 marks the end of an era for Grace M. Breckwedel School’s eighth-graders.    Fifty-nine graduating students will stand proudly before their families and friends Tuesday. They will bid farewell to the Jamesburg school system, which many have…

  • Big top time!

    The circus is coming By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages — the Jamesburg Civic Association invites one and all to attend the fourth annual Alain Zerbini Circus on Saturday, June 24.    Three generations of the Zerbini family will present two traditional circus performances at 2:15 p.m.…

  • Cancer screening program offered

       Princeton HealthCare System will offer a cancer prevention program for Hispanic women from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church on Witherspoon Street.    Cervical cancer occurs more frequently in Hispanic women than in any other population, PHCS said, and the group has the second highest death rate from the disease. Breast cancer…

  • Soul food that’s diet-friendly

    Mr. Williams, who at one time weighed more than 400 pounds, considers himself a recovering food addict By: Pat Tanner    "My name is Lindsey Williams and I’m an addict." That is how this grandson of Harlem’s queen of soul food, Sylvia Woods, opens his cookbook, "Neo Soul." Mr. Williams, who at one time weighed more…

  • PHS students offer advice

    Graduating seniors offer advice to incoming freshman class By: Jessica Beym The seniors from Cranbury who are ready to leave Princeton High School with a diploma in hand and a wealth of knowledge in mind aren’t going to part without leaving their two cents behind.    The Cranbury Press asked a group of seniors to share…

  • ‘Under Age’ showcases latest in K-12 creativity

    The Arts Council of Princeton’s 18th annual edition published By: Jessica Emili    The 18th-annual edition of "Under Age," a literary journal featuring poetry, prose and artwork by children grades K through 12, has just been released by the Arts Council of Princeton.    Over the course of the many editions of the journal, the creative endeavors…

  • Obituaries

    For the week of June 16 Milton Hart Cunningham    HIGHTSTOWN — Former borough Mayor Milton Hart Cunningham, 89, a lifelong borough resident of Hightstown and Mantoloking, died Saturday at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a brief illness.    A four-term mayor from 1957 through1964, he initiated the construction of the first low-income housing project…