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By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — There’s a plan to redevelop a blighted area of town but not everyone is thrilled with certain aspects of the proposal. The developer who has contracts on the Cheney, Hagerty and Kushner properties at the intersection of South Main Street and Old Trenton Road presented a draft concept…

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — The Township Committee unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance Monday night that would both help police officers more easily issue speeding summonses and reduce speed limits on two roads where speeding is a continuous problem. The ordinance comes as a result of the Cranbury Police Department requesting a…

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — For many area residents, the Strawberry Festival in Cranbury highlights the end of spring and the beginning of summer. Hundreds of people gathered on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury on Saturday, June 6, to take delight in the festival, which featured children’s games, camaraderie…

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Each painter has his or her own technique of spreading watercolors on a page to produce an image. Some of the scenes that emerge are familiar, like those of the Parsonage Barn or Brainerd Lake in Cranbury, or the one of Stonehenge. Others are more abstract like “Canyon…

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Music drifted through the aisles of art where community members gaily perused colorful paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages. The talents of every student in Cranbury School’s grades K-8 were on display during the annual Art Show on the evening of May 28. More than 1,000 pieces of artwork…

By Amy Batista, Special Writer CRANBURY — A 75-year-old Monroe woman who went missing earlier in the day died after being struck by a vehicle while she was trying to cross Route 130 last Friday night, according to Cranbury Township Police Department. Svetlana Yausaheva was reported missing from her residence in Rossmoor by her husband…

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor CRANBURY — Cranbury residents took to the polls Tuesday to solidify the Democratic and Republican candidates for the November election. Incumbent Democrats James M. Taylor and David W. Cook received 37 and 34 votes respectively to earn their party’s nod to run in the general election. Republicans Fran McGovern and…

Countless artifacts tell stories of the past in the Cranbury Museum. Amid the 18th- and 19th-century furnishings in the house turned museum, handmade items speak volumes of long ago pastimes like lace making, tinsel painting and hair weaving. ”For the hair weaving art, women would use the hair of entire families — both the living…

One officer has been recognized for his valor and the other for his meritorious service when they were called upon to risk their lives for the safety of others. Cranbury Police Officers Robert Giaccone and Jeffrey Morley were honored by the 200 Club of Middlesex County on May 20. The 200 Club is an organization…