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Pike Run residents told of efforts to fight Hillsborough Bypass
Proposed highway would split community in half By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The proposed Hillsborough Bypass would split the Pike Run development in the northern part of the township in two and on Wednesday, residents there met with township officials to get an update on what they’re doing to fight the project. "This isn’t…
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Local man who killed roomate is dead
Man dies before sentencing By: Cara Latham An East Windsor man scheduled to be sentenced today for manslaughter in the death of his roommate has died. Charles Nesko, 66, of Avon Drive, died at Mercer Medical Center in Trenton on May 15 after he went into cardiac arrest, according to Mercer County spokesman Silvio Marcacci.…
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William Barclay remembered
Friends and family say late business owner was a man of the land By: Jessica Beym There is an empty booth at Teddy’s Restaurant. It’s the same booth that lifelong Cranbury resident and farmer William Barclay used to sit every morning. Starting his day off with a cup of coffee and an English muffin or…
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Town mulls cell tower
Committee to review project plans in June By: Jessica Beym The township is nearly ready to have someone build a cell tower in the village. The Township Committee is expected to review design specifications June 12 for a proposed cell tower to be built behind the Cranbury Firehouse. Township Administrator Tom Witt said the Township…
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Princeton schools take aim to reduce achievement gap
Superintendent says programs must be widened and deepened By: Hilary Parker Programs, research and discussions aimed at narrowing the achievement gap of students in Princeton Regional Schools must be widened and deepened, Superintendent Judith Wilson told the Board of Education in a report Tuesday night. Noting that multiple factors lead to the marked differences in…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: Jayme Pfitzenmayer, 20, of Cromwell Court, was charged with driving while intoxicated after an officer responded to an anonymous report of an erratic driver in a 2002 black Mitsubishi traveling south on Route 206 at 12:08 a.m. on May 5. The officer stopped it at after following it through a left turn onto Bloomingdale…
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Art born of illness in library exhibit
Painting like a man possessed By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO Where the tortured images of snakes and devils, the self-portraits of a man with piercing eyes, breasts and prominent genitalia come from, Robert Justin doesn’t know. All he knows is that since a serious bout of pneumonia last year, painting has became a compulsion as…
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FORUM: Should the state test high school athletes for performance-enhancing drugs?
Join the Debate The Cranbury Press hosts a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want their town to…
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Friends of the International Center of Princeton University names officers
New officers and members of the board of trustees were installed during the annual meeting of the Friends of the International Center of Princeton University. The officers include Anne Bolick, a resident of Pennington, who is serving a third term as president, and Maryella Hannum of Princeton in her first term as vice president. Mel…
