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  • LAMBERTVILLE: Study says Columbia should be shut down

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The city’s Board of Fire Commissioners will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss a feasibility study that recommends, among other things, shuttering the Columbia firehouse.    Despite commissioning the analysis, the commissioners will go against the recommendation and ask the public at the fire election on Feb. 19…

  • East Windsor and Hightstown among 11 Mercer towns to receive $

    By: centraljersey.com TRENTON – Mercer County municipalities will share $3.2 million in grants under the fiscal year 2011 state Municipal Aid program, it was announced this week. Hightstown is slated to receive $290,000 for milling and paving, while East Windsor is to get $250,000 for projects to repair Twin Rivers Drive and Twin Rivers Drive…

  • LAWRENCE: Township recreation fees hiked

    By Lea Kahn    Aiming to keep pace with the costs of programming, Township Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance amendment that will raise the fees for some Lawrence Township Recreation Department programs.    Township Council approved the fees unanimously. Mayor Greg Puliti and Councilmen Bob Bostock, Jim Kownacki and Michael Powers voted yes. Councilwoman Pam Mount…

  • Lea Kahn

    By: centraljersey.com Perhaps it was the fact that they both grew up a short distance from a major river – the Missouri River and the Susquehanna River – and explored the bluffs and caves along the riverbanks. Or maybe it was that they both had been aware of social injustice, but the parallels between their…

  • John Tredrea

    By: centraljersey.com Thanks to a $5,500 grant from the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, 10 Central High School students have had a chance to write, direct and cast their own plays. The foundation is a local nonprofit organization that helps the Valley’s schools. One of the plays, a 10-minute work, "Grandfather Death," by student Elsa van…

  • IRS Offers Tips on Tax Benefits for Parents

    IRS Offers Tips on Tax Benefits for Parents

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson Did you know that your children may help you qualify for some tax benefits? Here are 10 tax benefits the IRS wants parents to consider when filing their tax returns this year. Dependents In most cases, a child can be claimed as a dependent in the year they were…

  • Charles W. Kim

    By: centraljersey.com Police in three counties are working together to find a woman, or possibly a group of people, suspected of stealing credit cards and using them to purchase hundreds of dollars in merchandise. South Brunswick police released a video surveillance photo Sunday of a woman, described as an African American female in her 30s…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Icenhower meets, Mottram exceeds expectations

    ROBBINSVILLE: Icenhower meets, Mottram exceeds expectations

    Robbinsville senior Jared Icenhower won his third Mercer County Tournament individual championship Saturday. Photo by Dennis Symons/dennissymons.com

  • Parks to host sugaring demos

    By: centraljersey.com BASKING RIDGE – Continuing a tradition in the Northeast United States that was begun centuries ago by Native Americans and colonists, the Somerset County Park Commission invites children and adults to a 90-minute program to witness how maple trees are tapped, learn about sap collecting methods from the past and present and experience…