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  • ROBBINSVILLE: BOE thanks school referendum volunteers

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The high school’s Student Activity Center was a flurry of festivity recently as the crowd indulged in mini chocolate cupcakes, sipped tea and toasted with Styrofoam cups of coffee to a job well done.    The Robbinsville Board of Education was in full celebration mode Dec. 18 as it…

  • School boards regroup on Monday

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor        For the first time in recent memory, the four local school boards will hold their annual reorganization meetings in January.    School board elections in 2012 were held in November, instead of in April, as was the case for many years.    In early winter 2012, the school boards of Lambertville…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Water company hopes new treatment method will work

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — United Water, which supplies the city with its public water supply, said it will test, in January, a water treatment method designed to eliminate taste and odor caused algae blooms.    In recent months, a number of city residents have complained to United Water and city officials about a…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: PRMS student rocks on to help cancer patient

    ROBBINSVILLE: PRMS student rocks on to help cancer patient

    Jared Glassband, 12, of Robbinsville, (left) and his friend, Eli Bramnick, 12, of West Windsor, have helped put together a benefit concert set for Jan. 12 at West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School to raise money to defray the medical expenses of 6-year-old cancer patient Samara Sheller.

  • GUEST OPINION: Violence: ‘Doing nothing is no longer an option’

    By Sen. Shirley Turner    The Newtown, Connecticut, shooting is the real eye opener for America. No community is immune from the epidemic of violence. Whether an urban gang shooting or a mass shooting in a suburban neighborhood, we are losing too many youth by bloodshed. Our attention should be focused now on reducing violence everywhere.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: PRMS student rocks on to help cancer patient

    ROBBINSVILLE: PRMS student rocks on to help cancer patient

    Concert on Jan. 12 to benefit Chesterfield first-grader By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    Get ready to rock for a good cause.    On Saturday, Jan. 12 a concert to help a Chesterfield first-grader diagnosed with cancer will be held in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Theater. The fundraiser is the brainchild of Jared Glassband, 12,…

  • Letter: Action need in wake of Newton, Connecticut tragedy

    From: Gregory Decker, Robbinsville To the editor:    It goes without saying that the recent slaying of 20 little children in Newtown, Connecticut was a tragedy of unspeakable proportions, and all Americans grieve for them. Without exaggeration, I can say no single news event in my 41 years has bowled me over with sadness and frustration…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Tennis courts fix, lax fields gain ground

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — 2013 is shaping up to be the Year of Recreation for Upper Freehold.    At its Dec. 20 meeting, the Township Committee approved the bid package specifications for the development of Reed Park, a 30-acre parcel on the Route 526 bypass used mainly by youth lacrosse teams. Township…

  • NEW HOPE: ‘Dogs on wheels: Perfect fit for Waggin’ Wagon!’

    By Sally Stang, Special Writer    NEW HOPE — A couple in New Hope, Pennsylvania, played Santa this year to a needy charity for pets by donating a brand new Ford mini-van. This was no ordinary charity and no ordinary van!    Evy and Ted Inoue spent over a year revamping a Ford transit van into the…