Category: archives
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Cranbury adopts stormwater regulations
Rules to focus on absorbing runoff into the ground, rather than drainage systems. By: Jessica Beym The Township Committee adopted new stormwater regulations last week aimed at protecting water resources by allowing more runoff to be absorbed into the ground rather than into drainage systems. The Municipal Stormwater Management Plan was adopted May 22 and…
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A Cranbury institution retires
Kindergarten teacher Audrey Smith says farewell after 23 years at Cranbury School. By: Jessica Beym Like most kids, Lauren Jani was in kindergarten when she caught the chicken pox and the itchy, contagious disease kept her from participating in the 1985 Cranbury School play. Instead, she and her younger sister, Alexis, both wearing matching white…
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It’s official: NPDC now named Skillman Village
Township Committee awaits final approval of purchase of 257-acre property from state By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY After months of thought and discussion, the Township Committee has approved Skillman Village as the new name of the former North Princeton Developmental Center. "From an historic point of view, it makes sense," Committeeman Mark Caliguire said Wednesday…
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Distinct personalities mark mayoral primary
Sikorski and Sarafin to face off Tuesday By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN There may be one overriding issue in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for mayor outsourcing borough services but there are two very distinct personalities. Councilman Walter Sikorski is a retired teacher who often waits until his colleagues have finished debating an issue…
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Minute Maid sale finally gets done
Tract, key to borough, fetches $8.5M By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The former Minute Maid property on Mercer Street, one of only two significant tracts of developable land in the borough, has been sold for $8.5 million. But little is known about the parties who made the purchase or their plans for the 37-acre tract,…
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Positive outlook is key to surviving cancer
The risk of developing cancer and the risk of dying from it have decreased since the early 1990s … Much of the reduction is credited to a decline in tobacco use, which is blamed for one-third of cancer deaths By: Doreen Babott, M.D., in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck Francis Foy recalled his initial thoughts…
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Caliper executives’ book seeks out source of achievers’ success
Authors of "Succeed on Your Own Terms" explain results of interviews with 50 successful people By: Jake Uitti PLAINSBORO What makes top achievers so successful? This is the question Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney, co-authors of the newly issued book "Succeed On Your Own Terms," published by McGraw-Hill, tackled through interviews with more than…
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Standards show in MHS disappointment
Cougars baseball falls in sectional semifinals By: Bob Nuse This year, the run through the North Jersey, Section 2 Group III baseball tournament ended in the semifinals for Montgomery High. The fact that the Cougars left Tuesday’s 8-5 loss to Morristown feeling disappointed shows just how far the program has come. "We’re at the point…
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Quark Park art and science garden project begins to gain energy
Twelve exhibits of scientist-artist teams, to be located at former Writers Block site, focus of fundraiser tonight By: Hilary Parker The vacant lot behind the Hulfish Street parking garage will take on a new incarnation this summer as Quark Park, an outdoor sculpture garden featuring 12 exhibitions from scientist-artist teams. The brainchild of Kevin Wilkes,…
