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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE passes $138 million budget

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE passes $138 million budget

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    The Board of Education unanimously passed a $138 million budget for 2012-13 Monday night, the first time a school budget passed without a township vote.    ”We are going to talk about tonight, a budget that is, in many ways, very frugal,” Superintendent Dr. Gary McCartney said at the beginning…

  • POLICE BEAT: Robbinsville

       A 1982 Ford F1900 tractor and a 1991 Chrysler Lebaron were stolen from the same residence on the 200 bock of Windsor Road, police said.    A friend of the victim, who is overseeing the property, told police the tractor, valued at $4,000, was take sometime between 4:30 p.m. on March 11 and 3 p.m. on…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: DNA blood sample leads cops to Warren County Jail inmate
  • ALLENTOWN: Redbirds tennis aiming high

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Allentown High School boys tennis team has a lot of familiar faces back this spring, but most of them are playing in new spots.    ”They’ve all advanced over last year,” said Redbirds head coach Daniel Fallon. “That’s a start. I’m looking for them to step up a bit.…

  • MANVILLE: New Jersey as ‘The Corrupt State?’ No more

    Report runs counter to stereotypical view of our politics    You know the long-standing stereotype New Jersey is a place where business is decided behind closed doors after cash in envelopes has been passed under the table?    Fuhgetaboutit.    According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, New Jersey has cleaned up its act and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sireci: COAH made us do it

    Planning Board chair says mixed-use project OK was necessary By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough Township planners unanimously approved a plan Thursday night for 469 apartments, an extended-stay hotel and some retail stores for a 50-acre tract off Route 206 near Valley Road.    To people who complained the project took down too many trees, didn’t…

  • LAWRENCE: Florio speaks to change, policy

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    It is undeniable that one of the few constants in society is change, but it is the rapidly increasing pace of change that is disruptive — especially when public policy is unable to keep up with those changes.    That was the message delivered by former Gov. James J. Florio, who…

  • Unlacing the Victorian Woman!

    By Diane Hasili The Newcomers Club of the YWCA Princeton will present “Unlacing the Victorian Woman” on Friday, April 13 at 1:00 pm. The public is invited to this admission-free event located at the YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place (at the corner of Route 206), in Princeton. An optional, buffet lunch is available for…

  • Alumni and Friends Invited to Scholarship Gala – Event Dedicated to Raising Funds for Scholarships

    Alumni and Friends Invited to Scholarship Gala – Event Dedicated to Raising Funds for Scholarships

    New Brunswick, NJ – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Foundation of UMDNJ will host their annual Student Scholarship Gala, welcoming alumni and friends to celebrate and raise funds in support of medical education, on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 6:30 pm, at The Heldrich in New Brunswick. Last year’s inaugural Gala raised more…