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  • MILLSTONE: Municipal tax rate will remain flat

    Public hearing on budget scheduled June 19 by James McEvoy, Managing Editor    MILLSTONE — Despite proposed increases in the 2013 municipal budget the amount to be raised by local taxes is expected to remain flat.    The committee introduced the $6.1 million spending plan, which is set to be supported by $2.59 million in local taxes,…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, issue of May 23

    Sun., June 2    Celebratory concert: Somerset County will celebrate its 325th anniversary with a free performance by the Whitehouse Wind Symphony on the courthouse lawn, East Main Street, Somerville, at 2 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Sponsored by the freeholders and the county Cultural & Heritage Commission. For information or in case of inclement…

  • MANVILLE: Navy veteran Kletz to lead Sunday’s parade

    MANVILLE: Navy veteran Kletz to lead Sunday’s parade

    Charles Kletz is second from right, in full uniform, in a past ceremony

  • NEW HOPE: Playhouse’s Jed Bernstein named next president of Lincoln Center

    Bernstein will lead the nationwide search for his Bucks County Playhouse successor during the next several months and supervise the 2013 Playhouse season that launches on May 23    NEW HOPE — Bucks County Playhouse announced today (May 15) that Producing Director Jed Bernstein has accepted a position as the next president of Lincoln Center…

  • LAWREBNCE: Council names Gladney year’s top police officer

    LAWREBNCE: Council names Gladney year’s top police officer

    Chief of Police Daniel Posluszny joins Officer Daniel Gladney at Tuesday’s Township Council meeting where Officer Gladney was named Outstanding Officer of the Year.  Staff photo by Lea Kahn

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell project gets planners’ approval

    ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell project gets planners’ approval

    A company drawing shows the location of the approved portions of Sharbell’s development. Courtesy map.

  • Responsible Dog Ownership Makes Neighborhoods Safer

    By George Flood Last year nearly 5,900 letter carriers were attacked by dogs in the United States, including 84 occurrences in Northern New Jersey. But that pales in comparison to the more than 4.5 million people — most of them children and seniors — who are bitten by dogs each year. With the arrival of warm…

  • OCEAN GALLERIES HOSTS RENOIR EXHIBITION

    OCEAN GALLERIES HOSTS RENOIR EXHIBITION

    By J Hayles STONE HARBOR, NJ – May 21, 2013 – As a kick off for the summer season, Ocean Galleries (9618 Third Avenue, Stone Harbor) will host a collection of Impressionism artwork over Memorial Day weekend featuring the artwork of Alexandre Renoir, the great grandson of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, along with select works by his…

  • NEW HOPE: DRJTBC picks deputy executive director of operations

       NEW HOPE — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced the appointment of Tabernacle, New Jersey resident Sean M. Hill, P.E., to the position of deputy executive director of operations.    Hill brings experience as a civil engineer and as a tolling industry executive to the commission. He most recently served as the director…