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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Freeze agreement eliminates need for layoff notices

       In response to an agreement with the Police Dispatchers Local #701 to take a 0 percent salary increase for 2010, the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution to rescind a prior authorization for layoff notices.    In March, the committee approved the authorization of layoff notices to all township unions, stating that layoffs would be necessary,…

  • Storytime with Henry the Lamb

    Storytime with Henry the Lamb

    Ruth Schwinn Oh no, where did Henry go?… Find him at Barnes & Noble in Princeton Marketfair on July 13th at 10:30 am for storytime, a special photo op (bring your camera) and coloring activities.  Meet author, Ruth Schwinn and illustrator, Justin Flores – get your book signed!  A "true" story…Henry comes into this world…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: 200-plus elementary students redistricted

    Board sorry for giving children notices By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — A total of 266 elementary students will be moved to different schools in September under a new redistricting plan designed to save the district up to $650,000 and ease overcrowding at the Ethel McKnight Elementary School.    The East Windsor Regional Board of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Budget hearing Tuesday; levy cap waiver OK’d

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on its $19.8 million budget that, if approved, would raise the municipal tax rate by 7 cents, or about $184 for a house assessed at the township average.    It will do so after receiving permission this week from…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Surprise GOP council candidates race in dead heat after primary

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Three 11th-hour GOP write-in candidacies for two seats on Borough Council may have resulted in a three-way tie.    Harold Mulleavey, a former member of the Planning Board and Environmental Commission who was endorsed by the local Republican Club, received 34 votes in Tuesday’s primary. Lynne Woods, a local…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ABIS students celebrate DARE graduation

    HILLSBOROUGH: ABIS students celebrate DARE graduation

    More than 550 students participated in the school’s DARE graduation, which included a State Police helicopter, a rockwall for climbing, and other activities. Staff photo by Brian Roach

  • Saint Peter’s Nursing Unit Wins Annual Service Award

    By Contact: Philip Hartman        NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., JUNE 11 – The 2010 Eleanor Irene Higgins Link Endowed Nursing Award for outstanding care has been won by the Orthopedics 1B nursing unit at Saint Peter’s University Hospital.            The award is given annually to an inpatient nursing unit at Saint Peter’s and must be used…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Residents, town leaders ‘outraged’ over immigration protest at parade

    Quattrone: Group broke promise, won’t be invited back By Elaine Leahy, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Patriotism, remembrance of soldiers who died for the country and general support for U.S. troops is what Americans expect from a Memorial Day parade.    The recent borough parade was a disappointment to many after the group Unidad Latina En Accion…

  • WEIDEL REALTORS APPOINTS PRESIDENT

    WEIDEL REALTORS APPOINTS PRESIDENT

    By Scott Beaver, Weidel Realtors Richard A. Weidel, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is pleased to announce that industry leader Bret A. Violette has joined Weidel Realtors as President & Chief Operating Officer (COO). Brenda Maxfield, current Director of Operations, has been promoted to Vice President. “We are excited to have Bret with the company,” said…