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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: District sheds light on solar panel question

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — While the regional school district’s Dec. 8 referendum includes two projects totaling nearly $8.5 million, it will not raise school taxes, officials said.    ”The way it works is, we’re going to borrow money, and there will be debt service to be repaid, but repayment will be made…

  • Former mayor backs Democratic ticket

    Mark W. Holmes Lawrence I am writing to support the Democratic Candidates for Lawrence Township Council, Greg Puliti and Jim Kownacki . Both are committed to maintaining the highest values and ethics for the residents of Lawrence Township. I worked with Mr. Puliti in his capacity as a mayor and councilmen for eight years as…

  • WEST AMWELL: Art tech class crafts Halloween jack-o’-lanterns

    WEST AMWELL: Art tech class crafts Halloween jack-o’-lanterns

    One of the pumpkin creations from John Zidzik’s art tech class at South Hunterdon Regional High School. Sweet Valley Farms in Ringoes donated 25 pumpkins for the school project.

  • Reader impressed by candidates

    Alicia Grimaldi Brzycki of Lawrence I am writing to endorse the candidacy of Rick Miller and Ginny Bigley, Republican candidates for the Lawrence Township Council.     I support them because I know Ginny personally, and I believe in what their campaign stands for, openness in government, fiscal responsibility, and a common sense approach. These are…

  • Kim Taylor pledges commitment to 15th District voters

    Kim Taylor, Lawrence Township     The future of our state depends on the choices we make on Nov. 3. Join me in making choices for New Jersey’s future.     The people of the 15th Legislative District deserve to have their property values preserved, their homes protected, and their communities kept safe. Children deserve access to…

  • ‘A Serious Man’

    ‘A Serious Man’

    Elise Nakhnikian EVEN the worst movies of the Coen brothers, some of the most distinctive filmmakers working today, burn images into your brain forever, and their best are minor masterpieces. (Read more about the Coen brothers at Girls Can Play.)    But their perpetually bemused tone and the Olympian distance from which they view their characters…

  • Twentieth Century

    Twentieth Century

    By Stacie Morano PRESS RELEASE BORDENTOWN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS HILARIOUS COMEDY TWENTIETH CENTURY Bordentown, NJ Sent: 10-28-09 Twentieth Century, a comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and adapted by Ken Ludwig, will be presented at the Bordentown Performing Arts Center on November 19th through 21st  at 7:30PM. This production will be performed by…

  • WEST AMWELL: Art tech class crafts Halloween jack-o’-lanterns

    WEST AMWELL: Art tech class crafts Halloween jack-o’-lanterns

    Sweet Valley Farms in Ringoes donated 25 pumpkins for the school project By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Students in John Zidzik’s art tech class got into the Halloween spirit last week, drawing on their imaginations to craft unique jack-o’-lanterns.    Mr. Zidzik, an art and special education teacher at South Hunterdon Regional High…

  • Miller and Bigley recap platforms in council race

    Rick Miller and Ginny Bigley, Republican candidates for Township Council     Over the past seven weeks, we have discussed in this space the many reasons we are running for town council and we’ve shared with the voters what we hope to accomplish if we are elected. With Election Day just around the corner, we’d like…