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  • SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the Sept. 17 edition

    Jen Kokotajlo Jen Kokotajlo     Tel: 410-7338     [email protected]    Deadline for submitting items for this article will now be Sunday evening. Anything submitted after may not be included in the following edition. Any questions please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding. * * *    Back to School Nights will be as follows: NBC…

  • CAMPAIGN CORNER: Bigley makes case for council run

       Editor’s note: The following was submitted by Lawrence Township Republican Councilman Rick Miller. Campaign Corner is available to all local candidates to present news releases and photos through the election season. Items for Campaign Corner or for Letters to the Editor column can be submitted to [email protected].    Ginny Bigley is running for Lawrence Township Council…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: District says new school is definitely needed

    So, too, is about $7 million for Sharon school By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — With a projected enrollment increase of about 20 percent over the next five years, the need for a new school is clear, and it should be built next to the Pond Road Middle School.    That was the message…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Wedding held at Howell Farm plow match

    Bride Mary Ellen Tolmie, of Delaware Township, couldn’t have been happier with the way her special day turned out By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — The wedding venue had no picturesque gazebo, no fancy caterer to ply guests with champagne and hors d’oeuvres, not even a hall or dining room.    The bride and…

  • NEW HOPE: Former officer charged with computer crime

    Offenses stem from traffic stop in which a woman’s cell phone was used to send an “explicit picture,” according to a court document By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — A former New Hope Borough and Solebury Township part-time police officer has been charged with unlawful use of a computer and related offenses that…

  • Historic Kingston house finds new life as Asian-inspired wellness center

    Historic Kingston house finds new life as Asian-inspired wellness center

    By Darby Mackenzie Line When Jedediah Higgins built his home at what is now the intersection of Route 27 and Raymond Road in Kingston, he could not have imagined that some 300 years later there would be a Japanese-style spa garden in his back yard. But if he were around today, he might well be…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Area mourns a special friend who died at 36

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Area mourns a special friend who died at 36

    Former Bordentown City resident Colleen Jones Anderson, who died Sept. 7 of liver and colon cancer.

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City will review budget Monday

    Revised budget will exceed the state-mandated 4-percent tax levy By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council will hold a public hearing Monday to discuss a revised budget that will exceed the state-mandated 4-percent tax levy by $212,832 because of litigation expenses.    The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Justice…

  • Gov. Corzine discusses school funding formula

    By Greg Forester, The Packet Group    Gov. Jon S. Corzine told journalists from community newspapers that his new school funding formula had resulted in smaller school property tax increases this year but acknowledged that the impact may not be clear to many New Jersey residents.    In a conference call on education Sept. 10, the governor…