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  • LAWRENCE: Council OKs $800,000 for revaluation

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council introduced a bond ordinance for $800,000 Tuesday night to pay for the township-wide property revaluation, which is set to take place next year.    The money is deemed to be a “special emergency appropriation” and may be repaid over five years, Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun told the council. State…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Engineering camp builds bridges to future

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Middle school students had a blast, literally, at the school district’s summer camp program for aspiring scientists, inventors and engineers.    Campers in grades four to six made model rockets that soared 250 feet, solar-powered cars and toothpick bridges during the weeklong camp led by Robbinsville High School teacher…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS grad earns $24K PSEG scholarship

    ROBBINSVILLE: RHS grad earns $24K PSEG scholarship

    Ric Principato Eric Principato, a Robbinsville High School graduate who will begin his freshman year at Princeton University this fall, won a $24,000 engineering scholarship from PSEG.

  • Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    Rock Salt Theatre Comedy Troupe

  • MANVILLE: Shooting suspect sought

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer   A Manville resident was shot in the arm late Tuesday, and the shooting appears to have been intentional, police said.    The man, who was not identified, was taken to the hospital and treated and released.    The victim was shot at his home at the corner of West Camplain Road…

  • LAWRENCE: First step to rezoning for possible Costco

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing next month to amend the Lawrence Township Master Plan, which is the first step toward a possible rezoning of a 37-acre tract on the corner of Quakerbridge Road and Lawrence Station Road from residential use to commercial, which could include a Costco…

  • Best Jazz Vocal Grammy Nominee at the Hyatt New Brunswick

    By Virginia DeBerry Wednesday, August 22 7pm – 10pm at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick 2012 Grammy nominee Roseann Vitro will perform for the New Brunswick Jazz Project.  The swinging, expressive Roseanna Vitro will lead her quartet in an evening of original music as well as songs from composers Tom Harrell, Duke Ellington, Randy Newman…

  • Community Calendar: Aug. 23 edition

    Thurs., Aug. 23    Kids movie matinee: “The Muppets” (PG), 10:30 a.m. at Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Online registration required at www.mcl.org by clicking on “programs/events.” Questions? Call 609-259-2150.    Bingo: 1 p.m., Plumsted Township Senior Outreach Services, Municipal Building, 121 Evergreen Road, New Egypt. Call 609-758-2241, ext. 111. Fri.,…

  • Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    Funny Business at Mercer County Park.

    By L. Manfredi West Windsor, NJ – There’s some kind of funny business going on at Mercer County Park this summer. It’s not stand-up comedy, nor a play in the park, and it sure isn’t Shakespeare. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen, and completely original; Rock Salt Theatre premieres at Mercer County Park, Fridays starting…