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  • LAMBERTVILLE: Longtime tax collector keeps city job

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — City Tax Collector Bonnie Eick still has her job.    The Lambertville City Council voted Monday night to rescind her retirement, which members accepted recently.    ”You’re still here, Bonnie,” Mayor David Del Vecchio said to Ms. Eick after the vote.    At the June 20 council meeting, after Ms. Eick…

  • FLORENCE: Police union gets 3-year contract

    By Birgitta WOlfe, managing editor    FLORENCE — The township police union, which had been working without a contract since Dec. 31, has a new three-year pact.    The Township Council memorialized the contract July 13 after both the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 210, and the council ratified it in June, Township Administrator Richard Brook said.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: More college graduates share their news

       Zachary Zamek from Hillsborough was one of the 546 students who took part in Franklin & Marshall College’s commencement exercises on May 14 in Lancaster, Pa.    Mr. Zamek, son of Steven Zamek and Linda Zamek, was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish. He is a graduate of Hillsborough High School.     * *…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lt. Governor visits Dayton drug firm

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Lt. Governor visits Dayton drug firm

    Tim Larsen Photos by Tim Larsen Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno tours Guardian Drug in Dayton with company officials July 14.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of July 21

    Music in the park offers free concert    Thursday, July 21 — The band Due South will play from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in a free concert at Ann Van Middlesworth Park, off Pleasant View Road. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Israeli folk dancing offered at temple    Thursday, July 28 — Beginners and the experienced…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township Youth Police Academy class graduates (with video)

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township Youth Police Academy class graduates (with video)

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim Youth Academy instructor, Patrolman 1st Class Gene Rickle, presides over the 25 graduating students July 15.

  • MANVILLE: Catherine Gorbatuk, Christopher Brooks are married

       Catherine Gorbatuk of Manville and Christopher M. Brooks of North Brunswick were married Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Manville.    The bride is the daughter of Susan and Peter of Manville. She is a graduate of Manville High School and Kean University and teaches pre-school in New Brunswick.    The…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: New zoning eyed along Route 130

    ROBBINSVILLE: New zoning eyed along Route 130

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council introduced an ordinance July 14 that, if approved, would change the zoning of more than 75 acres near Route 130 to highway/commercial, including property where a proposed drive-through Burger King was rejected by the zoning board earlier this year.    The proposed zoning map change also…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State school aid increases $1 million

       Hillsborough schools will receive slightly more than $1 million more than district officials anticipated in the 2011-12 school budget, but aren’t sure how they’ll deal with it.    As part of an additional statewide increase in state government aid, Hillsborough will gain $1,033,332. When the budget was presented and approved by voters in April, it included…