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  • LAWRENCE: Planners mull cell tower proposal

    By Lea Kahn    The would-be developer of a 150-foot-tall monopole cell tower will have to wait until next month to find out whether the Planning Board will grant its request for minor site plan and conditional use approval.    The Planning Board on Monday spent more than three hours listening to testimony from representatives of Liberty…

  • LIBRARY CORNER: Week of Feb. 10

       The Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System will be having the following adult and children’s programs in February.    Registration is required for all library programs unless otherwise noted. Call 609-259-2150. Adult programs      • Tax help (February only): Volunteers from AARP will offer tax help from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 16…

  • Future Stars excel at state gymnastics

    By: centraljersey.com The Level 5-6 gymnasts from Future Stars Gymnastics Academy participated in the USAG New Jersey State Championships recently. Future Stars Level 5 gymnast Sara Hansen (11) and Elise Gorberg (12), both of West Windsor, Rheanna Bromwell (9) of Mercerville and Sofiya Gischlar (8), as well as Level 6 gymnast Tessa Carlin (9) of…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS girls hoops finishing strong

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Taylor Mayweather is used to second-half success.    In the fall, she was part of a Robbinsville High School field hockey team known for its second-half play. Now the Ravens junior is experiencing some of the same inspired play in the second half of the girls basketball team’s season.    Said…

  • LAWRENCE: Cell phone people inhabit artist’s world

    By David Kilby    A cell phone can be used for much more than making calls.    It can be used as a GPS, a web browser, a calculator and a camera — and a canvas for artistic drawings.    The Blue Rooster Bakery and Cafe on Main Street in Cranbury is displaying the artwork of Rich Tarpinian,…

  • EDITORIAL: Time to consider serving on your local school board

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Ten seats on four local school boards are up for grabs in the school elections on April 27 (a Wednesday this year).    Residents of Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton who want to run for these seats have until 4 p.m. March 8 (a Tuesday this year) to file nominating petitions.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – VooDUDES jazz up senior center on Friday night

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – VooDUDES jazz up senior center on Friday night

    Robert Wiedis, 84, and Marcy Feldheim, 76, danced the night away.

  • Hunterdon Hospice to offer training for volunteers

       Hunterdon Hospice has been providing care to families in the community for over 30 years. Hospice is a special kind of care designed to support and comfort people living with a terminal illness.    When a family receives hospice services, a whole team of people is assigned to see that they receive the most complete and…

  • Allison Musante

    By: centraljersey.com Although still awaiting comprehensive guidelines from the state for budget construction, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education will present a tentative budget to submit to the county at the board’s next meeting. "It’s been a short process given how the state is dribbling out information to us," said Larry Shanok, the assistant superintendent…