Mayor's Update - November 28, 2023

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Dear Neighbors,

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.

At last night’s Township Committee meeting, we received an update from the Shade Tree Commission chair Kathy Easton who gave a report on the great work of the team of volunteers who recently completed a shade tree audit of all trees on rights-of-way around town. We are lucky to have such a dedicated group of volunteers who “speak for the trees” in our town.

We also heard from Chief of Police Michael Owens, who gave an update on the excellent work our police are doing, including almost 3000 traffic stops so far in 2023, a 50% increase over 2022. We are very fortunate to have police officers who are excellent partners in our community.

We also received kudos from a member of the public about our amazing DPW team and how they’re doing an excellent job keeping up with leaves and brush around town.

CONGRATULATIONS to sixteen-year-old Cranbury resident Kristopher Gittens, who was honored as a civilian hero by the town of West Windsor last night. In March, as his family celebrated his birthday at a restaurant in West Windsor, his father suffered a massive heart attack. Utilizing his CPR training from his lifeguard program, Kristopher sprang into action, placed his father on the floor and performed CPR on his father for over 10 minutes, saving his live. We are proud and happy to honor this young man's quick thinking and heroism!

PICKLEBALL SURVEY. The Cranbury Recreation Commission has been asked to explore the option of Pickleball Courts in Cranbury. Please help us to gauge the interest by completing this super-quick survey: Click Here to Complete Survey. The survey will close December 8.

November 28 (Tuesday) - Cranbury School “Town Hall” Conversation, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Join the Cranbury School Administration to learn about this year’s District goal progress, construction updates, and give input on focus questions around these topics. More info and RSVP here.

December 1 (Friday) – Communicating Your Health Priorities presented by The New Health Care Quality Institute at Cranbury Public Library starting at 11:00 a.m. To register click here.

December 1 (Friday) - Tree Lighting Winter Workshop hosted by the Women's Club of Cranbury from 5:30pm-7:00pm. For more information click here.

December 1 (Friday) – Christmas Tree Lighting at Memorial Park next to the Fire Station. Join caroling at 7:00 pm led by Mrs. K with music performed by the Presbyterian Brass ensemble. At 7:30 pm Jerry Thorne will do the count-down and light the tree.

December 3 (Sunday) – Christmas Tea at the Cranbury Museum, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, 4 Park Place East. Tour the decorated museum, join in the caroling, sip our delicious Christmas Tea or punch and munch cookies while viewing the new exhibit, "All I Want for Christmas...Toys of the 19th & 20th Century." See the Museum website any late-breaking details.

December 7 (Thursday) - Menorah Lighting at Memorial Park next to the Fire Station.

December 10 (Sunday) - Cookie Walk at Cranbury Methodist Church from 11:00am- 3:00pm. https://www.cranburyumc.org/

December 15-17 (Friday-Sunday) – A Snow White Christmas. Come and watch local youth and adults in this original musical production. It’s almost sold out! Click Here for Info and Tickets

December 16 (Saturday) – Luminaries around Town! The Cranbury Chamber of Commerce will be leading this fun annual event.

December 16-17 (Saturday & Sunday) - Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company Visit From Santa! Would you like to have Santa drop off a gift from Christmas? For more information click here.

Michael J. Ferrante, 2023 Mayor

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