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BURLINGTON COUNTY: Body found on bank of river
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer State police are seeking the public’s help identifying the body of a woman found on the bank of the Delaware River last weekend. Police said a kayaker discovered the body on Newbold Island, on the border of Bordentown and Mansfield townships, on Saturday afternoon. Investigators said they have combed databases…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: ‘Twentieth Century’ hits BRHS stage
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Wertime BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Students and spectators will take a trip back in time starting tonight at the Bordentown Regional High School production of “Twentieth Century.” The play, a comedy set in 1933 by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and adapted by Ken Ludwig, is a revival, having come back to…
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CORRECTION to the Nov. 12 edition
Springfield Township School District clarified several of the numbers for expected savings from solar panels in the Nov. 12 story “School to put panels to vote.” The benefit the district expects to receive from the SRECs averages $193,397 over a 20-year term, said Superintendent Beth Godett. The utility savings it expects to realize is estimated…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Fried withholds $347,000 in county taxes
"Unfair’ 2006 revaluation claim doesn’t cut it with Mercer By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Mayor Dave Fried said this week that he is withholding $347,000 of the fourth-quarter county tax bill of $3.6 million. His reason is what he calls an “arbitrary” and “unfair” mandated tax revaluation, the process of which cost the…
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LAWRENCE: District workers get new contract
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Board of Education last week gave its approval to a three-year contract with the Lawrence Administrative Business and Technical Association that grants a 4.7 percent annual pay hike — two years after its last contract expired. The 29 members of LABTA have been working without a contract…
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Candidate gives thanks to supporters
Ginny Bigley of Lawrenceville I want to express my gratitude to all of the voters who supported Rick Miller and me in our recent bid for election to Town Council. Special thanks to those who took the time to say hello when we knocked on your door and interrupted your weekend. The experience of…
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Princeton Pro Musica
Princeton Pro Musica will perform Handel’s Messiah Dec. 14, 3 p.m., at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. Frances Fowler Slade, founder and music director, will conduct chorus, orchestra and a stellar cast of soloists. This includes soprano Julianne Baird, mezzo-soprano Alyson Harvey, tenor Scott Murphree and bass Matthew Burns. Tickets cost $25…
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PET TALK: Before getting in too deep, say ‘whoa!’
By Dr. Daniel Eubanks Veterinary medicine wasn’t always this complex. Pet owners haven’t always been confronted with so many treatment options. A broken leg was either splinted or the animal was euthanized. No one talked about plates, screws and bone grafts. Cats didn’t live to be 15, and even if they did, chemotherapy was not…
