Mayor's Update - April 9, 2024

23-A North Main Street  •  Cranbury, NJ 08512

Dear Friends and Neighbor,

Nature has certainly kept us on our toes these past 2 weeks. Torrential rains and damaging winds dropped large branches and whole trees in some areas, and it created flooding in others. Hats off to our DPW for keeping our roadways and public spaces clear and safe from debris!

Shortly after the storms, NJ experienced a historic earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8. Although it rattled many of us, thankfully, it didn’t cause us harm. Our local consignment store, Crow and Teapot hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony over the weekend and Cranbury wishes them much success.

On Monday afternoon, we were all mesmerized by the total solar eclipse. Many residents in town gathered around the library for a viewing of the eclipse. The Cranbury Public Library distributed special solar eclipse viewing glasses and they offered snacks such as juice and moon pies!

On the community front, I wanted to wish our Muslim community a very warm and Happy Eid-Al-Fitr, which is the celebration marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Additionally, I wish those celebrating, a Happy Gudi Padwa, which is a spring festival marking the start of the lunisolar new year for some Hindus.

At last night’s TC meeting, we finalized the dissolution of our previous Parks Commission and Board of Recreation, and approved the new Parks and Recreation Commission. New members will be appointed at our next meeting. Additionally, I announced that Cranbury was named  “Healthy Town up and coming and Healthy Town to Watch designee” through it’s work on the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign. Street signs through out town are also getting a facelift and the project should be completed soon.

Cranbury School has started its construction project and our community has been patient and great at managing the new traffic flow patterns in the parking lot. There are lots of township activities scheduled in these next few weeks and I hope to see you at some of them!

Events to Look Out For:

April 11 (Thursday)- Interested in Going Vegan or Reducing Your Carbon Footprint? Plant Based Eating Workshop at Cranbury Library starting at 6:00pm. To register click here.

April 13 (Saturday)- Holi Celebration at Cranbury Library from 12:00pm-3:00pm. To register click here.

April 14 (Sunday)- Coffee with a Cop from 9:00am-12:00pm at Teddy's Luncheonette.

April 20 (Saturday)- Cranbury Stream Cleanup from 9:00am-11:00am. To register click here.

April 20 (Saturday)- Cranbury Tour presented by Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society and the Cranbury Historic Preservation Commission. For more information click here. 

April 20 (Saturday)- Building Spotted Lantern Fly Traps at  Cranbury Library at 2pm. To register click here.

April 25 (Thursday)- Trauma and Opioid Use Disorder webinar for more information click here.

April 27 (Saturday)- Library Foundation Accepting Book Donations to be sold at the Cranbury Garage Sale. Donations accepted up to April 15.

April 27 (Saturday)- Community Garage Sale for information on how to sign up click here.

Museum Sundays: Cranbury Proud-Path to Preservation. For more information click here.

Summer Camp Registration
Registration for Cranbury Summer Camp. For more information click here.

Kindergarten Registration
The Cranbury School Kindergarten Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is officially open to parents. Access the online registration portal which will be located on our website. 

Join the Cranbury School Subscriber List. Subscriber List 

High School Seniors -- Apply for The Woman's Club of Cranbury Scholarship by 4/30/2024. For more information click here.

Mayor's Wellness Campaign- If interested in volunteering, please reach out to Laura Zurfluh. lzurfluh@cranbury-nj.com

Free Virtual Naloxone(Narcan) Training Session with kit included through Rutgers RWJ Medical School. For more information click here.

Public Speaking Workshops for Grades 4-8 at Cranbury Library. To register click here.

Learn about Cranbury’s Latest Interactive Map of Cranbury Historic Resource Surveys. For more infomation click here.

School Construction has started.To monitor progress, click here.

National Library Week Survey- Help us give you the best Library in New Jersey! For survey click here.

Cranbury Garden for Wildlife. For more information click here. 

 

Agenda for upcoming meetings
Environmental Commission- 4/15/24

Meeting Cancellations
Park and Recreation Commission Notice
Park Commission Meeting Cancellations
Recreation Commission Meeting Cancellations

Commission Approved Minutes
Development Review Committee- 3/07/24
Planning Board- 3/07/24 
 

Introduced Ordinances
4-24-10
 

Adopted Ordinances
3-24-06
3-24-07
3-24-08
3-24-09

Have a great week,

Eman El-Badawi

Mayor of Cranbury Township

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