Category: archives

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Council adopts budget with 4-cent tax rate hike

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council, as expected, has unanimously adopted a 2009 budget that carries a 4.2-cent tax-rate increase.    Neither the council nor Mayor Dave Fried spoke to the town’s $18.3 million budget during the Sept. 10 public hearing. However, Chief Financial Officer Debbie Bauer acknowledged an $80,000 increase…

  • New York water release: Delaware River effects uncertain

    Officials in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York state and New York City agreed to the proposal Sept. 2 By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    Three New York reservoirs could release up to 50 billion gallons of water into the Delaware River to allow for the repair of a 45-mile tunnel, beginning this month through May…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the Sept. 17 edition

    A weekly listing of community events. Thursday, Sept. 17     MOMS Club of Lawrenceville West: The club will hold its monthly meeting at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, 2688 Main Street (Route 206), Lawrenceville at 9:30 a.m. Victor Medina, an attorney with Medina, Martinez & Castroll, LLC, will be speaking about estate planning and legal…

  • New Jersey Launches New Campaign to Support Foster Care and Prevent Child Abuse

    New Jersey Launches New Campaign to Support Foster Care and Prevent Child Abuse

    By NJ DCF CAMDEN – The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) and Casey Family Programs today launched a new campaign – Raise Me Up – aimed at inspiring people to support children in foster care to help prevent child abuse and neglect in communities throughout the state. Raise Me Up campaign is…

  • PET TALK: Should NFL have reinstated Vick?

    Dr. Daniel Eubanks    A recent Thursday Night Football broadcast reopened the sores of the Michael Vick controversy. Since this is a pet-talk article, I hope you’ll indulge me with this topic.    Let me qualify my position. I am not a radical animal rights activist. I am a dog lover and an advocate of humane treatment…

  • Networking Meeting

    Mike Pisauro The 8th Annual Networking Event, sponsored by the Pennington Business & Professional Association & the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Hopewell Division, is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club from 6 – 8 pm. The guest speaker will be from Capital Health. Invited Guests include: Anthony Persichilli, Pennington Borough Mayor,…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    Sept. 17-24    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance.    The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same…

  • DEP to tour Pit Stop for cleanup overview

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    An informational meeting to discuss the status of cleanup efforts at the Pit Stop, a former gasoline service station at 1175 Lawrence Road, has been set for Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Road Fire Company.    Representatives from the state Department of Environmental Protection and environmental contractor,…

  • ROOSEVELT: Outage affects 350

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    ROOSEVELT — Windy and rainy weather caused nearly 300 residents here to lose power for about nine hours late last week, according to Jersey Central Power and Light.    The outage was caused by fallen wires from downed trees on Pine Street and Rochdale Avenue, which knocked out service to…