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  • A Democratic spending spree

    Party garners $324,000 over 2-year period By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The state Republican Party faced an almost 3-to-1 disadvantage in fundraising and spending against the state Democratic Party during the 2005 election.    But compared to the situation in Monroe Township, those odds look good.    The Star-Ledger reported in January that state Democratic organizations and…

  • Finger-Licking Good

    Gastronomes delight in ‘Books2Eat.’ By:Megan Sullivan    Eat your words. With the inception of Books2Eat, an international edible book festival, eating your words has become enjoyable and tasty.    The idea came to book arts lover Judith A. Hoffberg while eating a Thanksgiving dinner with book artists in 1999. "I thought, books and food — wouldn’t that…

  • Books fly in a rite of spring

    Bryn Mawr-Wellesley sale kicks off its 75th year By: David Campbell    For the book-obsessed, there’s nothing quite like the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, which began Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Princeton Day School Upper Gymnasium and Campus Center on The Great Road.    The book sale, which is marking its 75th anniversary this year,…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The state’s bill has come due

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Short-term solutions won’t, and haven’t, solved the state’s budget. By: Hank Kalet    "Anyone who says we can save $3 to $4 billion dollars from eliminating waste, fraud and abuse is selling snake oil." — Gov. Jon Corzine, The Asbury Park Press, March 22    Anyone who expected Gov. Jon Corzine to have…

  • Locals critical of sales tax

    Gov. Jon Corzine proposed an increase in state sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent and an increase in taxes on items such as alcohol, luxury cars, and cigarettes. By: Jessica Beym    Residents, business owners and people who work in Cranbury said they have mixed feelings about Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposals to increase taxes…

  • Presbyterians adopt resolution calling for immigration reform

    Effort prompted by federal raids in Princeton By: David Campbell    The session of Nassau Presbyterian Church on Nassau Street approved a resolution last week calling for immigration-reform legislation that would permit socially productive undocumented aliens to obtain legal status, and create a federal guest-worker program that would grant temporary legal status leading to possible permanent…

  • Township needs 3 more cents

    Council introduces $18.9 million budget By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR – The Township Council has scheduled a public hearing May 16 for an $18.9 million budget that would cost the average homeowner about $42 in additional municipal taxes.    The spending measure, calling for a tax rate increase from 44.7 cents to about 48 cents per…

  • Aid figures remain flat

    School district may see a 4.7 percent increase in aid for 2006-2007, while aid for the township would remain flat. By: Jessica Beym    Cranbury officials said there were few surprises when the state released aid figures to schools and municipalities this week.    Under the $30.9 billion state budget outlined by Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday,…

  • Council demands action on police

    Says mayor must discuss consolidation as it introduces plan for 28-cent tax hike By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council has introduced a budget with a tax rate hike of about 28 cents while requiring Mayor Bob Patten to do something he says he’s been doing for a long time, apparently with no success:…