Category: archives

  • MONROE: Court nixes injunction in firefighter layoffs

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A request for an injunction against Fire District 1 that would have kept two laid-off firefighters on the job was denied by a state Superior Court judge who said their termination did not create an immediate danger.    The firefighters, Michael Mangeri and David Shapter, were the only two…

  • Art Opening In Philadelphia

    Art Opening In Philadelphia

    By John Andrulis Lambertville abstract oil painter Malcolm Bray is showing new large canvases at the "Emergence" show opening at JAG Fine Art, Center City Philadelphia on Thursday, April 1, 6-9 pm. JAG Fine Art is owned by Montgomery native John Andrulis, a commercial and fine art photographer who just released his 9th book of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: District adds school days to calendar

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    In the wake of the heavy rains and high winds that devastated the township last weekend, the South Brunswick school district announced a few changes to its school calendar following school closings March 15 and 16.    To make up for the lost school days, the district was forced to announce…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: 19 teacher cuts, 11-cent tax hike seen as aid plummets

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor, and Sean Breslin, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The school district submitted a proposed budget to the county this week that calls for an 11-cent increase in the tax rate and the elimination of 19 teaching positions.    The school board has asked the teachers union to reopen its contract in hopes…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Competitive juices to get flowing at Y

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Family YMCA will be putting its best swimmers to the test this weekend as it holds a competition to celebrate the progress of its young athletes.    The competition is designed to get the young swimmers ready for competitive competitions.    ”We don’t offer competitive swimming so this will…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 3:07 p.m. March 16, a caller from Brooklyn reported numerous items were stolen from a 2007 Dodge Charger after the vehicle was repossessed and stored at the Adesa Auto Auctions, including stereo equipment and headlight assemblies, valued at $1,340.    At 6:12 p.m. March 16, a North Sixth Avenue resident reported a men’s Schwinn mountain…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HEA, board open talks to try to reduce layoffs

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Board of Education’s Negotiations Committee and the Hillsborough Education Association opened the existing teachers contract Tuesday night, a first for the organization and board, with the hopes of saving some of the jobs slated to be cut in the 2010-11 budget.    ”We had a very congenial, collaborative meeting with…

  • Let’s respect majority

    Jon Colin Carver, Lambertville     What is best for you — or your child — may not be best for the town and the citizenry in general. In a perfect classroom, the student-to-teacher ratio would be something like 10-one and chalk would not create plumes of roily dust.    Perfection would mean no bullies, short bus…

  • Dogs & Cats Rule purchases Pawtisserie Princeton

    By: George Parente Dogs and Cats Rule purchases Pawtisserie Princeton   PRINCETON, NJ – George and JoAnn Parente, owners of Dogs and Cats Rule , which opened in Sept 2001 in Newtown, PA followed by the June 2005 store opening in Pennington at the Hopewell Crossing Shopping Center has agreed to purchase the assets of…