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  • Montgomery hopes to hold the line on municipal tax bill

    Property tax bills have climbed more than 30 percent since 1998 and are set to rise another 14 percent this year. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — With property-tax bills that have climbed more than 30 percent since 1998 set to rise another 14 percent this year, township residents are beginning to feel the pinch.    "The…

  • STUDENT VOICES

    Learning about the difficulties of Nicaraguan life By: Polly Silverman    One would think it difficult to shed the luxuries of life in the United States in exchange for the illnesses and hardships of a third world country.    A society with a stable economy and just political system is unquestionably a better place to inhabit than…

  • New massage therapist opens

    CRANBURY- Offers many different ways of relaxation By: Casha Caponegro    Bonnie Evans hopes to bring some relaxation to Cranbury with her new business, Bonnie Evans in Touch Massage Therapy.    Located in a red barn structure on Maplewood Avenue, the business opened on March 9 and is gaining a following with Cranbury residents and people from…

  • Above Average Power

    The Average White Band, a Scottish funk/soul group, rocketed up the charts in the mid ’70s with "Pick up the Pieces." The band will be in the area for a concert at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton April 18. By: Daniel Shearer    Smack dab in the middle of the ’70s, six Scottish…

  • New West Windsor bridge to stay put

    Planning Board cites expense of relocating Alexander Road span. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — After months of heated public debate, the township Planning Board finally has decided where the Alexander Road bridge should be rebuilt — right where it is now.    Following news that the state Department of Transportation would pay for rebuilding the…

  • Parking regulations worry CASC

    The borough’s new parking regulations concern the staff of the Community Action Service Center. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Looking right and out her window, Lydia Santoni-Lawrence can see the Main Street parking lot beside Peddie Lake. The front door of her office at the Community Action Service Center, at 116 N. Main St., is…

  • Senior jazz pair share music, college future

    Friends for most of their lives, Hightstown High jazz band members Rob Stein and Harrison Horowitz will both attend the University of the Arts to study music next fall. By: Chris Karmiol    The possibility of losing touch with friends they have had for most of a lifetime is one of the fears of graduating high…

  • Residents get say on borough budget

    By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Jamesburg Borough Council will hold a public hearing on this year’s proposed $4.37 million budget 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borough Hall on Perrineville Road.    Borough Business Administrator Denise Jawidzik said the proposed budget, $119,000 higher than last year’s, would mean a 2.8 percent increase in property taxes.    The new…

  • Traffic island good idea

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I live on the corner of Stockton Street and Dutch Neck Road. I am very concerned about people who exceed the speed limit and join my neighbors in wanting to calm the traffic of our street. I am in favor of Mr. Pratt’s idea to build three islands…