• MONROE: Residents play dodgeball for a worthy cause

    MONROE: Residents play dodgeball for a worthy cause

    Two of the middle school teams battle it out in the first annual Monroe Recreation Department Make-A-Wish Dodgeball Tournament on Dec. 29 held at Monroe’s recreation center. Photo by Amy Batista.

  • Correcting Jamesburg reorganization article

    Otto Kostbar, Jamesburg councilman To the editor: I would like to correct a number of inaccuracies in the Cranbury Press article of Jan. 6 regarding the Jamesburg Council reorganization meeting.    The article stated that I voted against the appointment of Joseph Intravartola as Jamesburg animal control officer. In fact, I voted for his reappointment. There…

  • PLAINSBORO: Township renews animal control pact

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The township renewed its animal control shared service three-year contract with the borough of Helmetta at Wednesday night’s committee meeting.    ”It is going extremely well,” said Mayor Peter Cantu on the phone. “The service they are providing is good service and there have been no complaints.    ”It has…

  • Towns reorganize

    Towns reorganize

    Monroe, Jamesburg announce council assignemnts David Kilby, Managing Editor    With the beginning of 2012, Monroe has reappointed many township officials to their former positions, and Jamesburg has maintained a similar infrastructure while shuffling around some of its subcommittee appointments.    In Monroe, Councilwoman Leslie Koppel was elected a second time as council member in November, along…

  • Our sinking ship

    Mary Bell Lambertville     With the U.S. debt now a record $15.22 trillion — or 100.3 percent of gross domestic product — America is in financial ruin. America’s debt now exceeds its entire economy’s annual worth.    Only once have we seen the debt-to-GDP ratio higher — 122 percent — in 1946. But we took on…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Drivers: Route 518 is open again to traffic

    Ruth Luse    Those who have been frustrated about not being able to use Route 518 from Route 31 to go east into the Hopewell Borough area should be pleased to know the road reopened on Friday at 4:30 p.m.    The reason for the closure (between Route 31 and Stony Brook Road), which began in late…

  • REGION: Two moms create e-book for sticky situations

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    Two local moms have created an e-book to help parents deal with situations with their children.    Euna Kwon Brossman, 51, of Plainsboro, and Janet Wong, 49, of Princeton, who are both writers, released their first e-book in late December called the “Mom Quiz: Sticky Parenting Situations to Make Moms, Think,…

  • WEST AMWELL: Power, phone woes are township topics

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — A representative of JCP&L (Jersey Central Power and Light) conferred with the West Amwell Township Committee and residents Monday night about power outages that have occurred in the township.    John Anderson, of JCP&L, said his company would work to solve the outage problem. Of particular concern is…

  • CRANBURY: Cranbury looks at animal control contract

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    CRANBURY — Cranbury may enter a one-year agreement with Helmetta’s animal control center, which would provide animal control officers and an impoundment facility for the township.    Helmetta’s kennel originally asked for $5,000 a year for services, but Denise Marabello, township administrator, negotiated the cost down to $3,600, she said.    The one-year…

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