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  • WW-P voters approve budget

    Katz re-elected in West Windsor; Fleres, Gharpure capture Plainsboro seats    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s 2006-2007 budget of $141.1 million was approved Tuesday by a vote of 1,275-1,037.    The budget won approval in West Windsor by a vote of 835-735 and in Plainsboro by a vote of 440-302.    Incumbent Stan Katz won re-election to…

  • Sharbell housing project approaching groundbreaking

    Montgomery age-restricted development to include 218 units on 140 acres By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — "We’re hoping to have a shovel in the ground in the next couple of months," Senior Vice President of Sharbell Development Corp. Tom Troy said Wednesday, speaking of the planned age-restricted housing development to be built on 140 acres northwest…

  • Spring drills answer some PU questions

    Football team has holes to fill By: Bob Nuse    Roger Hughes knows that 12 days of practice in April aren’t going to answer all the questions facing the Princeton University football team.    But the opportunity to see the returning players in action for 11 practices plus a controlled scrimmage helped answer some of the questions…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Cranbury school plan approved

    The budget will raise $13.8 million in taxes for the general fund and increase taxes by 3.2 percent in 2006-2007. By: Jessica Beym    Voters approved the 2006-07 school budget Tuesday and selected three to serve on the school board.    Incumbents Joan Rue, Lynne Schwarz and Bill Schraudenbach were reelected to three-year terms. Mr. Schwartz received…

  • Patricia R. Samse

       Patricia Ryan Samse, 87, of South Yarmouth, Mass., died on April 12.    Born in Jersey City, she graduated from Lincoln High School in Jersey City and from Katherine Gibbs, New York City, before becoming a secretary on Wall Street for Whiteweld & Company where she worked until 1945.    Ms. Samse later worked as a bank…

  • Pamela M. O’Neill

       Pamela M. Bodnar O’Neill, 54, died April 14 at her home in Hopewell.    Born in Chicago, Ill., she was raised in Edison and had lived in Branchburg and Pinehurst, N.C., before moving to Hopewell eight years ago.    She was a customer service representative for Proctor and Gamble in Princeton until 1993 and was a partner…

  • Toll Brothers breaks ground at the Estates at Hilltown

    The Estates at Hilltown features large 1.25-acre to 2-acre home sites    Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, announced the official ground breaking of The Estates at Hilltown, a single-family home community in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, PA.    "This exciting occasion marks the beginning of what will become a spectacular community in Hilltown,"…

  • Margaret Paul

       Margaret B. "Midge" Paul of Cranbury died Wednesday, April 5, at her residence.    Born in Franklin, she had been a resident of Cranbury for the past 42 years. She was a longtime employee and retired from Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church. She was…

  • FORUM: Should voters support school budgets in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe?

    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…