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  • ROBBINSVILLE: Township eyes recreation facilities spending

    By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group     ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council says it wants to see an analysis of how open space funds are being used before moving forward with any budget decisions.     Councilman Vince Calcagno said at the April 8 council meeting that about $1.4 million has been set aside for recreation,…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Upper Freehold has contested primary

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer     Upper Freehold will have a contested Republican primary June 8 with three GOP candidates running for the two available seats on the Township Committee.     Stanley Moslowski Jr., LoriSue Mount and William Miscoski are running for their party’s nomination in the GOP primary. Mr. Moslowski and Ms. Mount are…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Call from Ellen: What a trip!

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Call from Ellen: What a trip!

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — A high school teacher got the surprise of her life recently when celebrity comedian and host Ellen DeGeneres called her to inform her that her family had won a Florida vacation.    Two weekends ago, Jessica Toth, 27, of Spring Street, went down to Orlando, Fla., with her…

  • LAWRENCE: Police oppose potential cutbacks

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Disturbed by rumors of police layoffs as an option to balance the municipal budget, the president of the Lawrence Township Police Department’s union called on the Township Council to find savings elsewhere in the proposed 2010 budget.     As nearly two dozen police officers sat quietly in the back…

  • LAWRENCE: Sustainability plan to top board talk

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     A public discussion of the proposed sustainability element of the township’s Master Plan — the next step toward becoming a “green” community — has been set for the Planning Board’s regular meeting next week.     The Planning Board will discuss the sustainability element, which has been in the works…

  • Coldwell Banker New Homes & Condominiums announces special savings of up to $100,000 on custom home on Great Road in Princeton

    Coldwell Banker New Homes & Condominiums announces special savings of up to $100,000 on custom home on Great Road in Princeton

    By PNA Associates Inc. COLDWELL BANKER NEW HOMES & CONDOMINIUMS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL SAVINGS OF UP TO $100,000 ON LUXURY CUSTOM HOME ON GREAT ROAD IN PRINCETON PRINCETON, NJ, APRIL 14, 2010 – Hana Sr. Builders, renowned luxury custom home builders, is offering special savings on the purchase of its exquisite five-bedroom estate on more than…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township joins national Remembrance Day events

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    To commemorate 65 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps in Europe during World War II, the Township Committee took time at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting to engage in a prayer in commemoration of the six million lives lost.    The small ceremony and prayer was done as…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Call from Ellen: What a trip!

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Call from Ellen: What a trip!

    Jessica Toth, her husband, Noah, and their children, Cameron and Cassidy, in Florida on a vacation they won from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

  • LAWRENCE: School budget, candidates go before voters Tuesday

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Township residents will go to the polls Tuesday to select three school board members and to vote on a tax levy to support the school district’s proposed $65.01 million operating budget for 2010-11.     The six polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.     There…