Category: archives
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Marie Creel
Marie K. Creel, 84, of Monroe Village, died Thursday, Feb. 2, at home. Born in Fairmont, W.Va., she resided in Edison for 43 years before moving to Monroe Village in 1995. She was a charter member of Oak Tree Presbyterian Church in Edison, where she had also been an elder. She was a former president…
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Wilma Perina
Wilma L. (Stoll) Perina, 84, of Monroe, died Saturday, Feb. 4, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Rahway, Ms. Perina lived in Irvington for 50 years, moving to Rossmoor seven years ago. Ms. Perina was employed for 25 years as a physical education teacher and guidance counselor at Irvington High School, retiring…
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Grant to help affordable housing
Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development means new low- to moderate-income housing for Cranbury. By: Jessica Beym A $29,700 federal grant will go toward designing 20 affordable housing units on Old Trenton Road, township officials said. Cranbury received the Community Block Program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
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PHS boys fall just short in division matchup
Little Tigers have seen improvement By: Bob Nuse EWING When the Princeton High boys’ basketball team was 2-9 three weeks ago, the thought of playing for a championship probably never entered their minds. But that was the point in the season where the Little Tigers began to put things together. And on Tuesday night,…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Expand clean elections pilot
Public financing remains best way to fund political campaigns. By: Hank Kalet At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss as a failure New Jersey’s experiment in public financing of political campaigns. After all, just two candidates participated in the two legislative districts in which the program was piloted. It would be a mistake…
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Column: Jordan legacy lives on
By: Bob Nuse Bayard Jordan left Princeton six years ago to be with his daughter and her family in Alaska. While he was leaving the Princeton community, he certainly was not forgotten by the thousands he taught on the tennis court over the years. Last week, Jordan passed away at the age of 87 in…
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New Exit 8A opened Saturday
After nearly three years of construction, new N.J. Turnpike exit leads to Route 535 instead of Route 32. By: Joseph Harvie A newly aligned N.J. Turnpike Exit 8A opened Saturday after nearly three years of construction. The exit now brings traffic to Route 535. Previously, it brought traffic to Route 32. The $5.8 million project…
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FORUM: Should the state’s pilot clean-elections program be extended to the 2007 elections?
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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Rocky Hill extends police contract one month
By: Jake Uitti ROCKY HILL The Borough Council has approved a one-month extension of its traffic-enforcement contract with the South Bound Brook Police Department to March 10 30 days beyond the contract’s Feb. 10 deadline in anticipation of a new 2006 contract expected to be approved in March. Mayor George Morren said…
