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  • Off busy West Windsor street, a tiny patch of peacefulness

    Two caretakers maintain a public garden on Canal Pointe Boulevard By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — A block from Route 1’s traffic jams and strip malls lies a little piece of paradise.    It’s a garden that isn’t in anyone’s front yard or anyone’s backyard — it belongs to everyone.    The garden at Emmons Drive and…

  • Peace Action ‘Penny Poll’ finds thin support for military spending

    On tax day, Coalition for Peace Action seeks to determine budget priorities By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Princetonians want to see more tax dollars devoted to education and less to the military, according to the Coalition for Peace Action "Penny Poll" — an exercise conducted Monday outside the Palmer Square Post Office.    The poll was held in…

  • Council to consider replacement for Kristin Appelget

    Meeting slated for May 15 By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council will meet at 7 p.m. May 15 to hold an information session about the West Windsor government and begin the process of finding a replacement for Councilwoman Kristin Appelget, who announced she will resign effective May 8.    Members of the public…

  • Van Horne Park gets Montgomery funding

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee has authorized the payment of $350,000 for the township’s share of the construction cost for phase two of Van Horne Park.    The park, located off Route 206 and Princeton Avenue, is a joint project of the township and Rocky Hill.    The $350,000 from the township, which will…

  • West Amwell voters reject school budget

    Magill, Gasparro, Castellano win board seats. By:    WEST AMWELL — Voters on Tuesday shot down the school’s proposed $3.67 million budget, 195-178.    In the race for three school board seats, incumbent Cynthia Magill was the top vote-getter with 244, followed by Peter Gasparro with 192 and incumbent Christopher Castellano with 168. Leila Rice was fourth…

  • EDA unveils new tech Web site

    An effort to boost technology and life science companies in New Jersey By: Mike Mathis    The state has unveiled a new online weapon in its fight to attract and maintain technology and life science companies and to help them grow and thrive. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has launched a new Web site, www.njedatechniuum.com,…

  • Home baker’s winning recipe a chocoholic’s dream

    Plainsboro resident’s triple chocolate truffle cake wins a national prize By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — Gigi Burton has it on good authority that her signature cake is the most intense chocolate dessert in all the land.    Her triple chocolate truffle cake won top prize as America’s most intense chocolate recipe in a contest sponsored by…

  • Area Hispanics to join immigration reform job walkout

    National May 1 event draws local support By: David Campbell    Hispanic workers in the Princeton area plan to take part in a nationwide daylong job walkout planned for May 1 to support U.S. immigration reform that would create a guest-worker program and citizenship opportunities for undocumented aliens.    In New Jersey, the daylong protest is being…

  • BREAKING NEWS: South Brunswick voters approve school tab

    The $126.1 million school budget carries a tax rate increase of 12.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to $2.44. By: Marisa Maldonado    South Brunswick voters approved $126.1 million school budget Tuesday by a 1,689-1,434 vote and elected four members to the board of education.    Incumbent Robert Long led all voters with 2,008 votes, taking…