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  • HIGHTSTOWN: Historic District improvement plan heading to state

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough engineer says it won’t be long before she submits to the state Department of Transportation the plan for the $1.7 million historic district streetscaping project funded through the federal stimulus package.    ”I’m finishing preparing all the documents necessary for federal funding requirements and hope to get…

  • Local Resident Wins at Bancroft NeuroHealth’s Maggie Awards
  • Artists Network Gallery

    Artists Network Gallery

    Lawrenceville Main Street Artists’ Network Gallery of Lawrenceville Main Street – Holiday Hours Affordable, original artwork for that special gift.  Artists Network Gallery, 2683 Main Street (corner of Gordon Ave.), Lawrenceville, http://www.lawrencevillemainstreet.com/art/index.htm.   Affordable, original artwork for the perfect holiday gift.  Regular Gallery hours: Fri. and Sat.   10am – 9pm;   Sun.  10am – 5pm.  SPECIAL…

  • From the Heart

    From the Heart

    At the Quilters Cottage, customers can make quilts, wall hangings, table runners, tree toppers, totes, jackets, old fashioned Christmas stockings and more.

  • Time is Running Out for New Vehicle Sales Tax Deduction

    By Gregg Semanick-IRS Spokesman MOUNTAINSIDE NJ – The Internal Revenue Service reminds individual taxpayers who are considering buying a new car that they have until Dec. 31 to take advantage of a tax break that may not be around in 2010. Taxpayers who buy a qualifying new motor vehicle this year after Feb. 16 can…

  • From the Heart

    From the Heart

    Gifts you make yourself say something special By John Saccenti    WHAT exactly makes a hand-drawn picture covered in macaroni and glitter so special to a mother on Mother’s Day? Why is it that something made in an elementary school art class rates such prominence under the Christmas tree?    The answer is simple. Those items, typically…

  • FLORENCE: Pereda looking forward to improved offense

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     There are certainly challenges facing the Florence High School boys’ basketball team.     Florence finished the 2008-09 season with a record of 6-17. And as Florence Coach Cesar Pereda gets his players ready for what will be his fourth season on the job, he has only one senior on…

  • ALLENTOWN: A bridge, not too far?

    County contract appears imminent By Audrey Levine, The Packet Group    ALLENTOWN — Monmouth County is poised to award a $6.2 million contract to a Barnegat Township firm to rebuild the Main Street bridge as soon as the township accepts ownership of the Mill Pond dam as part of a county aid agreement to finance the…

  • Mercer County Community College Bonner Leaders Tutor/Mentor HomeFront Teens

    Mercer County Community College Bonner Leaders Tutor/Mentor HomeFront Teens

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, N.J. — Mercer County Community College (MCCC) students who participate in the Bonner Leader program are helping local teens served by HomeFront, tutoring and mentoring them in a program called "Triumphant Teens." The purpose of the program is to give at-risk teens a vision of a life that includes college and mainstream…