Category: archives
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FORUM: What restrictions should be placed on eminent domain?
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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2 file for Jamesburg school board
One, three-year term still open to write-in candidates. By:Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG For the second year in a row, there will be just two candidates on the ballot for the upcoming school board election. The deadline to file for the three, three-year terms available on the Jamesburg Board of Education was 4 p.m. Monday. Incumbents…
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Parents object to drug tests
At this point, the Monroe Board of Education is only researching random drug testing policy for high school students. By: Stephanie Brown MONROE The Board of Education will likely delay any action on a proposed random drug testing policy after residents voiced concerns about the issue. Superintendent Ralph Ferrie recommended at Tuesday’s Board of…
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Idellicati, Calamari also make region quarterfinals
By: Neil Hay Just about the entire Hightstown High wrestling team will be on hand tonight when the Region VII quarterfinals are held at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees. But only three will be on the mat. Ricardo Calamari and Dan Indellicati will join teammate Tim Trivisonno as the last Rams standing as the…
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Spending up, taxes steady
New ratables offset Monroe budget hike By: Leon Tovey MONROE For the second year in a row, a surge in ratable growth could help offset a large increase in municipal spending. The Township Council on Monday introduced a preliminary $35.67 million spending plan for 2006 that includes a 10.7 percent, or $3.48 million, increase…
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Locals aid schools affected by Katrina
Monroe relief fund help Gulf Coast. By: Marisa Maldonado MONROE Greenbriar Elementary School is almost 60 miles away from the Gulf Coast, but Hurricane Katrina still affected the Baton Rouge, La., school. About 125 students from New Orleans started attending the pre K-5 elementary school after being displaced from their city. "Almost every one…
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Montgomery Township budget goal: No tax hike this year
Questions raised on fiscal restraint, services for seniors and equity of public programs By: David Campbell MONTGOMERY The Township Committee held a budget work session Wednesday night that raised philosophical questions about fiscal restraint, services for seniors, and equity of public programs. Township staff presented the committee with departmental line items under a preliminary…
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Popular Princeton ice cream parlor closed for renovations
By: Marjorie Censer Thomas Sweet, the ice cream shop on Nassau Street, is temporarily closed as it is being outfitted with a new floor. Manager Ellen Abernathy said the store is slated to reopen March 17. Installing a new floor is taking longer than originally expected, she explained, because the plumbing and electrical wires underneath…
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Jamesburg will update fingerprint technology
The Borough Council approved the purchase of new Livescan Fingerprinting System to be paid for through a federal grant. By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG Jamesburg police won’t be getting their hands dirty anymore. The Borough Council during its Feb. 23 meeting approved the purchase of a Livescan Fingerprinting System, an inkless fingerprinting machine like the ones…
