Tag: Hightstown
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The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation awards $325,000 to local nonprofits
The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded a record $325,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations. This funding is the largest amount awarded in any cycle of the fund’s more than 20-year history and includes a first-time award for the Liz Gray Erickson Memorial Grant, a 3-year grant…
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Volunteers glean apples at Lee Turkey Farm for distribution in Thanksgiving baskets
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FARMERS AGAINST HUNGER Volunteers gleaned 8,000 pounds of apples at Lee Turkey Farm in East Windsor on Nov. 9. New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger will pack apples, along with other produce, in Thanksgiving bags for delivery to hunger relief agencies, food pantries and soup kitchens next week. Items will be delivered to…
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East Windsor, Hightstown residents choose school board members
Two incumbent school board members potentially fended off a challenge to keep their seats in a three-way race for two open seats to represent East Windsor on the East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education. Incumbent school board members Christina “Tina” Lands and Colleen Murphy received 2,256 and 1,604 votes, respectively, to possibly turn…
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Hightstown Borough Council election results
Hightstown voters seemingly returned incumbent Hightstown Borough Council members Susan Bluth and Fred Montferrat to serve again on the governing body in the Nov. 2 General Election. Bluth and Montferrat, both Democrats, beat Republican Party challenger Bryan Fort to keep their seats. The term is for three years. Bluth received 586 votes and Montferrat got…
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Thanksgiving basket drive helps families enjoy the holiday
There are few things more satisfying for families than to sit down at the table and watch while the master carver – whether it’s dad, mom or someone else – takes apart the Thanksgiving turkey. But for many families, it’s just a dream – unless someone steps forward to pack a basket or a box…
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Former IBEW union hall becomes new office location for Rise
Rise, a nonprofit providing social services in the Hightstown/East Windsor area, celebrated the grand opening of its new home office location with a ribbon cutting ceremony and housewarming party. Attendees on Oct. 14 included clients, board members, donor partners and local artists. The mayors of two municipalities served by Rise, Larry Quattrone of Hightstown and…
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New facility will house Robbinsville, Hightstown police departments
Robbinsville Township Mayor Dave Fried and Hightstown Borough Mayor Lawrence D. Quattrone announced a historic shared services agreement to construct a new police station and court on the site of the current Robbinsville Township Municipal Complex at 1117 Route 130. The new facility will house both the Robbinsville and Hightstown police department headquarters and each…
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East Windsor school board has three-way race for two open seats
Two incumbent school board members are fending off a challenger in a three-way race for the two open seats on the East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education in the Nov. 2 general election. Incumbent school board members Christina “Tina” Lands and Colleen Murphy are facing challenger Jagruti Patel in the race for two…
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Hightstown man convicted for random roadside slaying of Freehold woman
A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts on all charges against a Hightstown man who shot and killed a local woman as she drove along on a state highway in Freehold Township three years ago, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Oct. 12. Kader Mustafa, 40, was convicted of first degree murder,…