Tag: Cranbury
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Events will commemorate Washington’s stop-over in Cranbury in June 1778
George Washington and his troops stopped in Cranbury 240 years ago, before the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, a visit the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society is celebrating this weekend. The organization is having separate events, June 8 and June 9, marking the anniversary of Washington’s visit on June 26, 1778 and the battle that…
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Discussion to focus on send-receive relationship between school districts
The send-receive relationship between the Cranbury and Princeton school districts will be the focus of a community discussion on June 9 at the Princeton Public Library. The two-hour event, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., will include two representatives of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, Beth Behrend and Greg Stankiewicz, among the participants.…
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Parade coordinator puts all the pieces in place for Memorial Day event
For Phyllis Johnson, organizing the local Memorial Day parade is a labor of love. Johnson, the wife of Cranbury Mayor Glenn Johnson, coordinates a parade that is scheduled to step off May 28 beginning at 1 p.m. at Station Road and South Main Street. The route ends at Memorial Park, where there will be a…
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Cranbury Teacher of the Year finds reward in educating youngsters
Michael Simonelli has known for a while that he would be a teacher one day. Sitting at an outdoor table at Teddy’s Restaurant on a recent afternoon, he took a sip of ice water with lemon and reflected on the career path that brought him to the Cranbury School, where he recently was named Teacher…
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Residents express concerns about continuing to accept Cranbury students in Princeton
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education is facing increased public scrutiny about potentially renewing the send-receive relationship it has with Cranbury. Residents, including a former Princeton mayor, spoke up at the board’s meeting May 22 to voice concerns about an arrangement that is due to expire at the end of June 2020. The two…
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Cranbury Township Committee rejects call to create civil rights commission
The Cranbury Township Committee this week declined to create a civil rights commission, despite calls from some residents saying such a municipal board is necessary. In April, supporters of the idea approached the governing body with a proposal to have Cranbury join other towns, including Princeton, that have such boards. They pointed to the lack…
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Cranbury official asks residents to step forward as volunteers
Cranbury has a challenge attracting members of the public willing to volunteer to serve on municipal boards, a township official said May 14. Township Committeeman Jay Taylor used a presentation at the Township Committee meeting to demonstrate the “weak participation” the township faces. He showed that since 2012, the town averages less than one application…
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Young victim in Cranbury hit and run urges officials to take action
Cranbury officials need to take steps to slow down traffic in town, said the local girl who was struck and injured by a hit-and-run driver last year. Mia Huang was accompanied by her family to the Township Committee meeting May 14, where she urged officials to install traffic-calming measures. In her remarks, Mia noted “nothing’s…
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Cranbury Board of Education honors past and current members
Former Cranbury Board of Education members Ash Hadap and Jennifer Cooke were honored during the board’s May 8 meeting. Together, they served the community for nearly 13 years. Both attended the meeting and later addressed the crowd that showered them with applause in the Cranbury School’s auditorium. “I’ve never seen a mic I haven’t seized,”…