Tag: Cranbury Township

  • Opt-out ordinance centered on cannabis to be drafted for Cranbury Township Committee

    Opt-out ordinance centered on cannabis to be drafted for Cranbury Township Committee

    The Cranbury Township Committee will introduce a drafted ordinance next week that would opt out of all six business licenses for recreational cannabis in Cranbury. The six licenses that can be awarded are Class 1-cultivator (grower), Class 2-manufacturer (processor), Class 3-wholesaler, Class 4-distributor, Class 5-retailer and Class 6-delivery service. The Township Committee can decide through…

  • Cranbury Township awards new contract for dredging of Brainerd Lake

    Cranbury Township awards new contract for dredging of Brainerd Lake

    Cranbury officials are able to continue with plans to dredge Brainerd Lake later this year after awarding a $3.08 million contract for the project to SumCo Eco-Contracting. The Cranbury Township Committee approved the awarded contract through a resolution at its May 24 virtual Township Committee meeting. The township had received four bids for the project,…

  • Cranbury Republican candidates running unopposed in June 8 primary

    Cranbury Republican candidates running unopposed in June 8 primary

    With the Republican primary right around the corner, two Republican candidates competing for two seats on the Cranbury Township Committee are running unopposed in a primary race to secure two spots in the November general election. The two open seats on the Cranbury Township Committee carry three-year terms. As the June 8 date for the…

  • Cranbury Democratic candidates run unopposed in primary on June 8

    Cranbury Democratic candidates run unopposed in primary on June 8

    The upcoming Cranbury Democratic primary in June will feature two candidates seeking to secure two open seats on the Township Committee. The Democratic primary on June 8 is an uncontested race for incumbent Mike Ferrante and Eman El-Badawi, who is competing for her first term on the Township Committee. The two open seats carry a…

  • Cranbury students compete against teams worldwide in virtual competition for Odyssey of the Mind

    Cranbury students compete against teams worldwide in virtual competition for Odyssey of the Mind

    After competing at the 2021 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals virtual competition, a group of Cranbury School students are awaiting news on how their performance placed in the problem-solving competition. The students and the Cranbury School will not find out until the virtual awards ceremony later this month on May 29. This was another…

  • Teamwork generates mobile vaccine clinic for Cranbury School teachers, staff

    Teamwork generates mobile vaccine clinic for Cranbury School teachers, staff

    When the Cranbury School District administration and Board of Education started the new year, momentum started to build for accessible COVID-19 vaccine clinics at the Cranbury School. Administration and school board members would achieve their goal of having a clinic and complete their effort to vaccinate teachers and staff when a second dose vaccination clinic…

  • Cranbury school board adopts $20.1 million budget for 2021-22 school year

    Cranbury school board adopts $20.1 million budget for 2021-22 school year

    The Cranbury Township Board of Education has adopted a $20.1 million budget to fund school district operations during the 2021-22 academic year. Board President Karen Callahan, Vice President Pramod Chivate and board members Peter Katz, Lisa Rue, Laura Hoffman and Rob Christopher voted “yes” to adopt the budget on April 28. Board members Dominique Jones…

  • Cranbury officially breaks ground on a new public library

    Cranbury officially breaks ground on a new public library

    Cranbury Public Library project was one of 38 selected out of 139 applications, and the first project to move ahead   After years of fundraising, planning and completing state funding application documents, the dream of officially breaking ground on a new building for the Cranbury Public Library became a reality. Joined by State Senator Linda…

  • Four Cranbury centenarians continue to live a life defined by faith and family

    Four Cranbury centenarians continue to live a life defined by faith and family

    Living a century of life or more is currently experienced by less than 100,000 Americans, according to a 2019 report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The report stated that there were 93,927 people who reached age 100 and older in 2018, which was triple the 1980 figure of 32,194. In 2021,…