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  • Jail birds wanted!

    Township Chief Mike Chipowsky will be behind bars Monday    Mercer County Sheriff Samuel Plumeri Jr. is asking local residents, professionals and business people from the Mercer County area to volunteer their time and act as "jail birds" for the March of Dimes.    To raise funds for programs to prevent birth defects and infant mortality, Sheriff…

  • Learning to sign

    By:    WASHINGTON – "American sign language has a different grammatical structure than English," says Jessica Corriveau, a sign language instructor at the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf.    Ms. Corriveau is teaching a 90-minute introductory sign language class at the Washington Branch of the Mercer County Library system off Robbinsville-Allentown Road.    I’m in the class…

  • Homeowners fear flooding from new development

    Engineer says no reasy to worry By:Laura Toto    Residents of River View Terrace are concerned about drainage problems they have in their area. They’re even more concerned about how a proposed 14-house development called Colonial Square will affect that problem.    Ann Trimmer, a resident of River View Terrace, said rain comes off the site of…

  • Special ‘retriever’ of trash does her share in keeping park clean

    Ginger a treasure to Roebling By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – A local dog has proven you don’t have to be human to clean up and take care of the environment.    Ginger, a 3-year-old golden retriever in Roebling, has been picking up recyclables in Roebling Park for the past year with her owner, Ann Frankel.…

  • Seniors balk at backing construction proposal

    Feel school taxes already are too high By:Laura Toto    The school board is asking voters to approve a $21.5 million construction project Tuesday, but many seniors are upset at the prospect of their taxes going up again.    The project proposes to enlarge Auten Road Elementary School to house fifth and sixth grade, changing Hillsborough Middle…

  • COMMITTEEMAN UNDER SCRUTINY

    Faces inquiry over conversations with resident By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE – The Township Committee last week voted 4-0 to ask the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate allegations made by a resident against its fifth member, Bill Kastning.    The committee also will hire its own investigator to conduct a subsequent inquiry into the matter.…

  • Recreation complex plan dialogue continues

    Proposal will need several OKs By:John Tredrea    A proposed athletic complex that would put six multipurpose (for soccer and lacrosse) fields, two baseball-softball fields and five tennis courts on 48 acres owned by the Hopewell Valley Regional School District would have to pass muster on a battery of state, county and local regulations before it…

  • Shale mining would be better for sheep farm

    To the editor:    One of the great shames of the Hillsborough Promenade tragedy (and that is what it will be for our township) was "the road not traveled."    The Glen Garry Brick Factory was willing to buy the plot on Route 206 and Falcon Road for double the price developer William Krame paid, would have…

  • Walter Halaycio, 87

    By:    TRENTON – Walter Halaycio, 87, died Saturday, Sept. 16, at Water’s Edge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Halaycio was a warehouseman more than 20 years with Lincoln Supply Co. and previously worked more than 28 years with Scammel China Co.    He was a member of…