ELECTION: Contests set in Jamesburg and Cranbury

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Election Day, Nov. 2, is just around the corner. Do you know who your candidates are?

This year, there are three candidates running for two three-year terms on Cranbury’s Township Committee, and there are four candidates running for two three-year terms on the Jamesburg Borough Council.

In Cranbury, incumbent David Stout and Richard Stannard are not running. Rather, the candidates include Republican and former committee member Art Hasselbach, Republican Dan Mulligan and Democrat Glenn Johnson.

Republican Art Hasselbach has been elected twice in the past to the Township Committee and owns Hasselbach Property Management and Beta Crafts. He is a member of Cranbury Lions Club, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, which he sat on for 12 years previously, and was on the Development Review Committee.

Mr. Hasselbach told the Cranbury Press in his statement he can offer a businessman’s point of view for Cranbury and he has the history, specifically because he has served on the committee and various boards and because he has lived in Cranbury for 50 years.
Mr. Hasselbach’s top concerns include COAH requirements, the possible demolition of the former Aetna Insurance building, which would mean a loss of about $600,000 in tax revenue to the township, and traffic.

Mr. Johnson is a writer and editor for Bloomberg Financial Markets, a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment for five years and a member of the Cranbury Lions Club and is involved with the Cranbury United Methodist Church.

Mr. Johnson’s top concerns are to “protect the village, preserve farmland and hold the line on property taxes.”

Mr. Mulligan is a senior messaging and collaboration infrastructure engineer at Ernst & Young, participates in his Boy Scout troop, coaches in the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League and volunteers with Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure Prostate Cancer Charity.

Mr. Mulligan said he is qualified to sit on the committee because of his business background and his involvement with numerous Township Committee and board meetings over the years.

Maintaining low taxes, reducing the number of speeding drivers, increasing ratables and maintaining Cranbury’s historical character are all important issues are his top concerns.

In Cranbury, there will be one question on the ballot this year. The township is asking residents whether it wants officials to investigate having one sanitation service for residents.

If residents vote yes, further data will be collected. At Oct. 11’s committee meeting, preliminary information estimated residents would pay about $270 per year per household.

If the majority of residents vote no, the issue will be dropped, said Committeeman David Cook.

Voting will take place at Town Hall at 23A N. Main St. from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents in District One should report to the Boy Scout room. Residents in districts two and three should report to the Senior Room.

The Senior Room will be closed Monday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. and will reopen Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. because of the election.

In Jamesburg, council President John Longo Jr. and Ms. Carpenter’s terms expire this year. Mr. Longo is not running.

The candidates are Democratic incumbent Barbara Carpenter, Democrat Otto Kostbar and Republicans Corrine Larsen and Shannon Spillane.

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Election Day, Nov. 2, is just around the corner. Do you know who your candidates are?