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  • MANSFIELD: District plans staff cuts

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — The elementary school district will soon ask voters to approve a budget that would increase taxes and offer an option for paid full-day kindergarten, and would eliminate several teaching positions.    On April 20, residents will vote on a local tax levy of nearly $8.4 million, $404,549 more than…

  • Committeeman addresses contentious issues

    William Morelli, Bordentown Township Committee    Last week in the blog attached to the headline “Budget Delays Cause Tension,” several posters took me to task for having done nothing for Bordentown since joining the Township Committee. I think it is time to set that record, and one other, straight.    In my first term, I worked with…

  • POLICE BEAT: From the April 8 edition

    Staff report BORDENTOWN CITY    Mark Williams, 20, of Bordentown City, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct. Police said they responded to a report of people causing a disturbance at Willow and West Burlington streets at 10:06 p.m. Police said they arrived at Willow Street and spoke with several people, one of whom became disorderly, violating…

  • LAWRENCE: Judge dismisses suit challenging cell tower plan

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     A lawsuit that sought to prevent Lawrence Township from leasing a 2-acre parcel of township-owned land on Carter Road for the construction of two cell towers has been dismissed by a state Superior Court judge.     Judge Maria M. Sypek dismissed the lawsuit — filed by the Carter Road…

  • Recent Storm Victims in Mercer & Nearby Counties Have Until May 11 to File their Federal Income Tax Returns

    By Gregg Semanick, New Jersey’s IRS Spokesman MOUNTAINSIDE NJ — Victims of severe storms, flooding, mudslides and landslides beginning March 12 in New Jersey may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service. The President has declared Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union counties federal disaster…

  • Princeton Windrows Hosts Jazz Trio

    By Scott McCaskey Contact: Mary Ann Bond at Princeton Windrows at 800-708-7007 or Scott McCaskey at Goldman & Associates Public Relations at 757-625-2518 or at: [email protected] Princeton Windrows’ Open House to Feature Jazz Trio   Princeton, N.J.: The sound of jazz will accent an upcoming Open House at Princeton Windrows independent lifestyle community in Princeton.…

  • ALLENTOWN: Angry residents decry UFR school budget with 10% tax levy hike

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional school board has approved a 2010-11 budget that would raise the tax levy by almost 10 percent and institutes fees for extracurricular programs, including sports, and courtesy busing.    If approved by voters April 20, the average homeowner in Allentown would see the school tax…

  • ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

    The movie hugs close to the curves of the original book it’s based on, full of unpredictable twists and shocking revelations By Elise Nakhnikian LISBETH Salander, the title character in Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is a heroine for the 21st century. A computer hacker with a near-impenetrable set of defenses and…

  • Laurita Winery’s Run for the Roses, Kentucky Derby Celebration

    Laurita Winery’s Run for the Roses, Kentucky Derby Celebration

    By Denise Newell If you couldn’t make the Kentucky Derby this year, or you need an excuse to wear your fashionable hat, we are  inviting all Derby Lover’s, Red Hat Ladies, wine enthusiasts, friends and strangers to our own Run for the Roses at  Laurita Winery. On May 1st  2010 from 12pm- 9pm, Laurita Winery will share in the tradition of…