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  • Hearing set on borough budget

    By: Cynthia Williamson – Special Writer A public hearing on Hopewell Borough’s proposed $3.04 million municipal budget is set for July 1 at Borough Hall, beginning at 7 p.m. The Borough Council introduced the 2010 budget at its meeting June 3. The proposed budget calls for an increase of $468,979 in local spending, including an…

  • Grads celebrate triumphs

    By: Chelsea Radler – Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – It can’t be said that Bordentown Regional High School lacks school spirit. On a window overlooking the school’s courtyard, seniors painted their names and future destinations, from the Air Force to universities across the country. Enthusiastic graduates and parents also painted cars that filled the parking…

  • Careless smoking cause of blaze

    By: centraljersey.com EAST WINDSOR – No injuries were reported in an 11 a.m. structure fire Thursday on Stuyvesant Court that has been attributed to careless smoking on the second floor of the Georgetown townhouse development. Police said they saw smoke and fire coming from the second floor of the unit when they arrived on the…

  • Budget tweaked, adoption delayed

    By: Joanne Degnan – Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council made minor changes to its preliminary $6.3 million budget this week. But the bottom line remains the same: a 15.8 percent, or 14-cent, increase in the municipal tax rate. The public hearing and adoption vote on the 2010 budget, which had been set for…

  • Tuesday, June 22

    PACKET PICKS By: centraljersey.com "Tom Jones" The Princeton Festival continues its outreach at 7 p.m. in the Princeton Public Library with a free screening of "Tom Jones" (1963), Tony Richardson’s multiple Oscar-winning film of John Osborne’s adaptation of "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" (1749). Henry Fielding’s classic novel is an epic, it’s a…

  • Letters to the editor

    Library services vital to community By: centraljersey.com My favorite Sesame Street character has always been The Count. He serves my two passions: trying to mimic Bela Lugosi, and counting things. I usually start the week counting "For Sale" signs on either side of the railroad westerly of both North and South 8th Avenue, as those…

  • Freedom second at Sunburst

    By: centraljersey.com The Cranbury U11 Freedom girls took second place at the Sunburst Tournament in West Windsor, going 3-0-1 and losing the title on bonus points. Cranbury was led offensively by Erica Martins (5 goals, 3 assists), Taylor Mastropasqua (4 goals, 3 assists), Imani Young, Hadley Bloemeke and Allison Arias. Assists were recorded by Bobbi…

  • Engagements

    Corcoran – Ellis By: centraljersey.com Danielle Corcoran of Baltimore, Md., daughter of Peter and Carol Corcoran of West Windsor, and Michael Ellis of Baltimore, Md., son of John and Debbie Ellis of Sykesville, Md., and Nan Ellis of Columbia, Md., are engaged to be married. The bride-to-be holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from Loyola…

  • Little League set to open with busy schedule

    By: Kyle Moylan – Sports Editor 8BASEBALLThe current group of Allentown 12-year-olds made it out of pool play as 10’s and 11’s the past two years. That is why Manager John Lysy is confident his boys will do it again in the District 12 Little League Tournament this year. The members of Allentown’s team are…