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  • Tax collection concerns Washington mayor

    Chief financial officer says no indication of a downward trend developing. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — It looks as though the township will collect a lower percentage of taxes from 2001 than previous years.    Mayor Dave Fried said a higher tax default rate makes him nervous, but Chief Financial Officer Karen Baldino said officials have…

  • No DWIs issuedduring holidays

    Police say drivers’ awareness keeping them from drinking and driving By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Manville police were relieved in the last two weeks, as Christmas and New Year’s celebrations did not translate into drunken driving arrests in the borough.    Sgt. Mark Sniscak said extra patrols were on duty on Christmas Day, Dec. 30 and New Year’s Eve…

  • Josephine Livio

       Josephine Livio, 99, died Saturday, Dec. 22, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Sciacca, Italy, she came to Manhattan, N.Y. in 1903 and had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Kendall Park in 1981.    Her husband, James Livio, is deceased.    She is survived by a son, Santo Livio of…

  • Friday Night Fun

    Trenton business owners try to make their city the place to be with First Friday celebrations. By: Matt Smith

  • Quick start

    Participants in Resolution Run help with Project Graduation fund raising By:John Patten    If any of the more than 300 participants in Tuesday’s Resolution Run for Project Graduation had resolved to exercise more, they got an early start toward achieving that goal.    The 5-kilometer event began at 11 a.m. on New Year’s Day — a time…

  • Coffee Talk: In time for the twelfth day

    Not to put a damper on good, old-fashioned American consumerism, but the song, "Ther 12 Days of Christmas" was actually written for religious purposes. By: Stacey Gorski When most people think of the Christmas carol "The 12 Days of Christmas," they think of a commercialized song about all the gifts the singer received from her…

  • Joy of Creating

    Pianist Marja J. Kaisla and photographer Kathie Dacey come together in Yardley, Pa. By: Jodi Thompson Pianist Marja Kaisla    New Year’s resolution-makers take heed: Pianist Marja J. Kaisla believes in aiming high.    "Music is the one thing that can show the beautiful and wonderful side of human existence," she says. "A culture cannot survive and…

  • Municipalities schedulereorganization sessions

    Township Committee expectedto pick Edwards, Higginsto lead community at meeting tonight By: Ruth Luse    Hopewell Township Committee and Hopewell Borough Council meet tonight (Thursday) to reorganize for 2002.    Hopewell Township leaders will meet at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building, Route 546 and Scotch Road.    Hopewell Borough officials will gather at 7:30 p.m. at Borough…

  • Tax collection concerns Washington mayor

    Chief financial officer says no indication of a negative trend developing. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — It looks as though the township will collect a lower percentage of taxes from 2001 than previous years.    Mayor Dave Fried said a higher tax default rate makes him nervous, but Chief Financial Officer Karen Baldino said officials have…