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West Windsor Suncovers local news
By ALAN BAUER
The West Windsor Sun
Welcome to the first edition of your new hometown newspaper.And when I say “your” newspa-per, I mean it.The West Windsor Sun will bemailed to you every week. Inside, you will find, to a greatdegree, what you want to readabout. We will cover the basics – government, the schools, etc. – but, throughout our history, we’vefound that giving our readers theopportunity to shape the contentof their paper works well for all.What you won’t find is nationaland international news that is al-ready available on the Internet.The West Windsor Sun is allabout West Windsor.The Sun is published byElauwit Media. We started ourSouth Jersey business by launch-ing The Haddonfield Sun, a freecommunity newspaper, in August2004.Since then, we have addednewspapers in Moorestown,Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Medford,Marlton, Mt. Laurel, WashingtonTownship, Tabernacle, Shamong,Lawrence, Montgomery andHopewell. Today we launch Sunsin Robbinsville and West Wind-sor. There’s another story in thisedition about how you can submitarticles, letters, photos and thelike for publication. Here, though, I’d like to explaina bit about our philosophy andwhat kinds of submissions we re-ally appreciate.Our goal as a newspaper pub-lisher always has been to not onlycover the traditional news, but toalso allow communities to cele-brate their individual and collec-tive achievements. That’s why, inside of our news-papers, you’ll often read storiesabout students collecting itemsfor the needy, local businesspeo-ple who have achieved recogni-tion, and more. The news, as we all know, isn’talways good. But when someone does some-thing special, he or she deservestime in the spotlight.You’ll see letters to the editor,calendar listings, obituaries andother regular items. In general, what you find inyour newspaper is what you tellus to print and/or send us toprint.Over time, we’ll (hopefully) domost things right, but occasional-ly make mistakes or miss a story.When that happens, feel free tocontact us. We know we can’t make every-one happy all of the time, but wewill remain true to our commit-ment to having our readers shapetheir newspaper.I hope that you enjoy this news-paper, and take an active role inhelping us publish the importantnews about the people, places andevents that make West Windsor aspecial place to live. Working together, we’ll have apublication that is true to the culture and spirit of this commu-nity.
Alan Bauer is general manager and editor of Elauwit Media.
JULIE STIPE/The West Windsor Sun
Lucy Mixson, left, and Eily Mixson participate in ‘artistic license therapy’ by scribbling on a movieposter at the West Windsor Library’s Anti-Valentine’s Day party.
Anti-Valentine’s Day
By JULIE STIPE
The West Windsor Sun
Although the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Educationtook no action at its meeting Feb.7 on moving school elections toNovember, board members andmany residents who attended themeeting seem opposed to the idea.Gov. Christie recently signed abill that would allow school dis-tricts to move elections fromApril, when they are traditionallyheld, to November, when theywould coincide with general elec-tions. This move would also meandoing away with the public’s needto vote on the school’s budget, un-less it exceeds the 2 percent capmandated by the state.Many of the residents at theFeb. 7 meeting, however, made thepoint that a November schoolboard election would politicizethe process, and many also ar-gued that taking away the pub-lic’s right to vote on the school’sbudget would be a mistake. Linda Geevers, West WindsorTownship Council vice-president,speaking as a community resi-dent and parent, said: “The rightto vote is precious and shouldn’tbe done away with.The communi-ty is more engaged when the pub-lic has the option to vote.” Resident Al Lerner spoke infavor of the proposed legislation,stating that a very small percent-age of the public votes each yearin the April elections, and thatNovember elections would draw a
School elections focus of meeting
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THE WEST WINDSOR SUN — FEBRUARY 22-28, 2012
El Sham in conjunction with Alexia's Belly Dance & Beyond presents an afternoon of belly dance performance and instruction!
police report
The following items were takenfrom reports on file with the WestWindsor Police Department:On Monday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m., of-ficers were dispatched to theKohl’s department store in re-sponse to a report of shoplifting.Upon arrival, officers were direct-ed by loss-prevention personnelto a 2009 Toyota wagon that wasparked in the lot – a car that wasoccupied by two individuals. An investigation by police re-vealed the two – a man, 21, of Mon-mouth Junction, and a woman, 25,of Bayonne – were in possession of stolen merchandise from theKohl’s store. A further investiga-tion revealed they had removedthe store and security tags fromthe items in the fitting rooms. They were placed under arrest,taken back to headquarters andprocessed for the arrest. On Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 2:44 a.m.,police say they stopped a 1998Chevy on Route 1 North for fail-ure to maintain a lane, inoperablerear brake lights and failure tokeep right. Upon meeting withthe driver, a 33-year-old Trentonman, police say the man toldthem he didn’t have a driver’s li-cense. During further conversation,police say the man provided afalse name to them. He was placed under arresttaken back to headquarters,where he revealed his true name.The suspect was processed for thearrest and was issued a criminalcomplaint for hindering appre-hension. The man was also was issuedtraffic summonses for failure tomaintain lamps, failure to main-tain a lane, failure to keep rightand for being an unlicensed driv-er. He was later turned over to an-other jurisdiction on an activewarrant, according to police. On Saturday, Feb. 11, at 5:09p.m., unknown actors purchasedmerchandise at Whole FoodsMarket on Rte. 1 South using acounterfeit $100.00 bill. Between Feb. 8 and 10, an un-known suspect(s) illegallydumped debris consisting of usedflooring, used cabinets and bath-room pieces at 119 Penn LyleRoad in violation of local ordi-nance 108-2.On Feb. 5 at 10:30 a.m. a malewas observed trying to shoplift acart full of merchandise fromSam’s Club in the Nassau ParkRetail Center. When Loss Preven-tion attempted to take the maninto custody he fled on foot, mak-ing off with an Xbox 360 valued at$338 and a Play Station 3 valued at$297.At an unknown date and time,unknown people used an un-known method to obtain and usea West Windsor resident’s SocialSecurity number to contract utili-ties for an apartment in Mesquite
please see
POLICE, page 5
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Here’s a quick list of ways youcan participate in your newhometown newspaper, The WestWindsor Sun:We love to hear about localachievements, from township ath-letic scores to Scouting awards,calendar items and much more.The best way to send storiesand photos to us is via e-mail at
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. Thereis no charge for these announce-ments.We publish every Wednesday,so we need to receive your itemsat least one week prior to makedeadline. If you have a time-sensi-tive event, we ask that you submitit at least two weeks in advance toensure we have time to publish itbefore the event.We also have a robust and ac-tive website. Visit
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for details.So what should you send to us?Stick to the basics of who, what,when, where and how. Be sure toinclude a phone number or e-mailaddress if you want readers tocontact you about an event. Alsobe sure to include a phone num-ber marked “not for publication” just in case we have any ques-tions and need to reach you be-fore your item is published. Anddouble-check the spelling of anynames.Photos from a quality digitalcamera will work well. Just at-tach them as jpegs to an e-mail.Wondering if what you have inmind is something we’d publish?Feel free to contact us with anyquestions. The editor is Julie Stipe. Shecan be reached at (609) 751-0245,ext. 529.But don’t be shy. If you or your kids have donesomething noteworthy, send it in.Chances are it’s a perfect fit forThe Sun.If you’re not able to send itemselectronically, our regular mailaddress is 20 Nassau St., Suite26A, Princeton, 08542.
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