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East Windsor Police blotter
A 59-year-old East Windsor Township resident was charged with shoplifting for allegedly attempting to leave Walmart without paying for $120.49 worth of merchandise Nov. 29. The person was processed and released. A 76-year-old Monroe Township woman was charged with shoplifting for allegedly taking $338.12 worth of merchandise and leaving ShopRite...
Don’t cut funds for saving open space and farmland!
Four years ago, residents of rural Warren County were shocked when a Pennsylvania developer announced plans to build 2.8 million square feet of warehouses on 600 acres of prime farmland in White Township. From the local viewpoint, nothing about the Jaindl Land Co. plan made sense. High quality soils for...
Common calendar, Packet papers, Dec. 1
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Toys for Tots
Members of Cranbury PBA LOCAL 405 participated in the 18th annual Toys for Tots event hosted at the home of Kevin and Michael McConnell. We were proud to donate approximately $500 worth of toys! PHOTO COURTESY OF CRANBURY PBA LOCAL 405.
Incumbents return to Hightstown Borough Council
Incumbent Hightstown Borough Council members Joseph Cicalese, Cristina Fowler and Jeet Gulati will return to the governing body, based on certified vote tallies following the Nov. 7 general election. Fowler was the top vote-getter with 721 votes, followed by Cicalese, who earned 666 votes. Michael Bollentin, who challenged the two...
Incumbents secure seats on East Windsor Township Council
Incumbent East Windsor Township Council members Anthony Katawick, Marc Lippman, Janice Mironov, Johnnie Whittington and John Zoller will return to the governing body, based on certified voting tallies for the Nov. 7 general election. Katawick was the top vote-getter with 3,507 votes. He was followed by Mironov, who earned 3,439...
Incumbents, newcomer secure seats on East Windsor school board
Incumbent East Windsor Regional School District school board members Jeanne Bourjolly and Michael John Weeks II will return to the school board, along with newcomer Karen Salter, based on the certified vote tallies following the Nov. 7 general election. Bourjolly and Salter, who will represent East Windsor Township on the...
‘I look forward to continuing the good work’
Incumbent Democrat Matt Scott has earned a return to the Township Committee. Scott fended off a challenge from Republican candidate Joe Buonavolonta in his re-election bid for another three-year term on the Township Committee. “I first want to thank Joe for running and congratulate him on a good showing. Cranbury...
Protecting the wetlands that help protect New Jersey
For the past 20 years, a New Jersey organization not widely known among the general public has been making a big environmental impact through dozens of projects aimed at restoring and enhancing the state’s wetlands – ecosystems that are critical allies in the global fight against climate change.
Cranbury Lions Club to hold 76th annual pancake breakfast
The Cranbury School kitchen will be abuzz with movement and smells of breakfast when an annual pancake tradition from the Cranbury Lions Club returns early next month. The Cranbury Lions Club’s 76th annual pancake breakfast will take place on Dec. 3 at the Cranbury School from 8 a.m. to noon.
Cranbury Town Hall on school district goals and construction set for Nov. 28
The Cranbury School administration is holding a town hall to update the school and the Cranbury community about this year’s district goal progress, construction updates, and give input on focus questions around these topics. The town hall will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 28. While this event...
Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 24
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
‘We have hope for the future’
New Jersey is experiencing a 23.4% decline in unsheltered homelessness, according to the state’s Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The DCA also announced that there was an increase in access to prevention programs, which aid to keep people from becoming homeless, at a press conference inside Homefront in Lawrenceville on Nov. 13.
Princeton school board awards contract for roof replacements
Roof replacements at Princeton High School and Princeton Middle School are on the horizon. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education awarded a $4.4 million contract to Safeway Contracting, Inc., which is based in Union, for the work at a meeting October. It was one of eight bidders for the work. The bids ranged from Safeway Contracting Inc.’s low bid of $4.4 million to as much as $9.3 million.
Womanspace’s Communities of Light set for first weekend in December
Communities of Light, which is Womanspace’s signature fundraising event, will culminate at dusk Dec. 3, when households throughout Mercer County place luminaries along their driveways and sidewalks. Businesses and municipal governments will show their support for the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault when they put out luminaries...
Rematriations’ return Native Americans to their land
It goes almost without saying – but I’ll say it anyway – that all the land in New Jersey once belonged to the Indigenous people who lived here for millennia before European colonization. After 400 years of wars, treaties, forced removals and migrations, and unfair government policies, little land in this state remains under Native American control.
East Windsor Township Police blotter
A 31-year-old East Windsor Township resident was charged with shoplifting for allegedly attempting to leave Walmart without paying for merchandise valued at $60.92 on Nov. 14. She was processed and released. A 27-year-old South Amboy woman was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and failure to park off...
Common calendar, Packet papers, Nov. 17
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
‘Remembering the people who lost their lives’
Millions were murdered during the Holocaust forever changing the lives of families. Olivia Shea, 14, a Princeton High School (PHS) freshman and Cranbury resident, is making sure all those lives lost continue to be remembered locally with a Holocaust Memorial in Cranbury Township. “The tragedy of the Holocaust has us...
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