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BORDENTOWN CITY: Revaluation means home values $39,000-$45,000 less
By Charley Falkenburg, Packet Media Group BORDENTOWN CITY — The latest city-wide revaluation revealed taxpayers collectively will lose about $52 million in declining appraised property values. Commissioner Heather Cheesman said each home’s value decreased by about 19 percent, and homeowners could expect to see anywhere from $39,000 to $45,000 shaved off their property values this…
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CRANBURY: Town seeks ‘sustainable’ status
By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer CRANBURY — the township is aiming to go even greener with a resolution that passed at the Township Committee meeting on March 11. The committee passed a resolution to institute criteria and guidelines to make Cranbury a more “sustainable” community. According to Barbara Rogers, chairperson of the Environmental Commission, she…
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All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise…
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FLORENCE: Riverfront hosts first schoolwide science fair
By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — The Riverfront School celebrated its first schoolwide science fair March 14 in the gymnasium. The fair attracted 27 entries from students in grades four to eight. The experiments ranged from how acid in a potato can power a light to learning about the effect of gravity on bones…
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FLORENCE: Riverfront hosts first schoolwide science fair
Riverfront School fourth-grader Giovanni Ardzivian, of Florence, places first in the first schoolwide science fair March 14.
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COLUMBUS NEWS: Week of March 21, 2013
The Mansfield Township Committee meeting will take place March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mansfield Township Municipal Building on East Main Street. The Consolidated Fire Association at 20 Crosswicks St. in Bordentown will sponsor Lenten dinners in March. The remaining dinners are from 4 to 8 p.m. each week. The dinners will take place…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Donations’abundant’ in food drive challenge
By Jennifer Larkin, Special Writer The community is really coming through for this year’s Feinstein Challenge Food Drive, but more is to be done to beat last year’s $70,000 total. A nationally known philanthropist and humanitarian, Alan Shawn Feinstein has an impact in Middlesex County, said South Brunswick Director of Social Services LouAnne Wolf. Committed…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Four injured in two crashes
Police photo The police cruiser of Patrolman Mark Lorenc was totaled following the second of two crashes Thursday morning.
