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  • LAWRENCE: The search is on to find 1 penny to cut from tax rate

    By Lea Kahn    Aiming to introduce the 2011 municipal budget at its May 3 meeting, Township Council has asked Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun to take one more look at the spending plan to see what it would take to shave 1 penny off the proposed municipal tax rate.    Township Council completed its overview of the…

  • LAWRENCE: Turner’s district now more competitive

    Senator aims to make friends in the added municipalities By Lea Kahn    Now that the redistricting dust has settled, New Jersey’s 15th Legislative District has lost two of its most solidly Democratic municipalities and picked up four new municipalities — two of which tend to lean Republican.    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have been moved…

  • Registration is Open for Summer Classes at MCCC

    Registration is Open for Summer Classes at MCCC

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ:  Summer is learning time at Mercer County Community College.  With more flexibility in course scheduling than ever, students may choose credit sessions of six weeks, eight weeks, 10 weeks or 11 weeks, with starting dates of May 23, June 3, June 20, and July 6.  Online course options also…

  • LAWRENCE: Major Crimes in Lawrence inch upward, report finds

    By Lea Kahn    The trend toward fewer major crimes occurring in Lawrence Township was broken in 2010, caused by a small uptick in assaults and larcenies and thefts, according to statistics compiled by the Lawrence Township Police Department.    The 2010 annual crime report, released to Township Council last month, showed a 3 percent increase in…

  • FLORENCE: Classic movies introduced to high school students

    Charities to benefit for the showings By Amber Cox    FLORENCE — The Great Depression brought hard times and heartache, but it also produced some of the best movies ever made. Their magic brought solace to hard pressed Americans who for a couple hours could lose their troubles in the darkened theater while gazing at the…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Tiger tales: Students hear about new endangered species e-book

    ROBBINSVILLE: Tiger tales: Students hear about new endangered species e-book

    Sladjana Vasic, illustrator of “Once Upon a Tiger,” shows Pond Road Middle School fourth-graders some of her early sketches of panda bears and tigers for author Janet Wong’s collection of poems about endangered animals. (Staff photo by Joanne Degnan)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Six school board candidates like proposed budget

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Each of the six candidates for three spots on the Board of Education share the belief that this budget is the best one in recent memory.    Frank Herbert, Jenn Haley, Judy Haas, Chris Pulsifer, Marissa Sladek and David Wald all support the Hillsborough Education Association’s agreement to increase its payment…

  • MANVILLE: Area group holding pro-life vigil

    MANVILLE: Area group holding pro-life vigil

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    If you drive down Main Street by the corner of Camplain Road and you see people standing outside by Sacred Heart Church, they are peacefully participating in the National 40 Days for Life campaign.    40 days for Life, according to its website, is a community-based campaign that draws attention…

  • MANVILLE: Keeping up Slavic Easter traditions

    MANVILLE: Keeping up Slavic Easter traditions

    Mary Ann Bannworth, a member of the Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural and Heritage So´ciety, offers a presentation about what goes into a traditional Easter basket. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara