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  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the March 5 edition

    By Peg Dotson Peg Dotson   Tel: 499-3807   Fax: 499-3807   E-mail: [email protected]    Please feel welcome to join the Florence Township. Community Bible Study every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. We meet at the Sterling House Assisted Living Center on Broad St (just past the Municipal Building). It’s a non-denominational gathering. For further information…

  • PLUMSTED: POLICE BEAT

       Waleed T. Hussam, 32, of Manalpan, was arrested Feb. 25 on two warrants, one from Jackson and one from Manalapan.    Police said they responded to a report of burglary and theft on West Millstream Road, where a resident reported two men in a black Ford pickup truck with North Carolina registration stole electrical cords.    Police…

  • MANVILLE: Local banks key to improving economy (audio included)

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Click for Audio. Lending may be the key to assisting local businesses in the current economic crisis, as U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7th, said in an interview Friday, with local community banks leading the way.    In discussing how best to help local businesses stay afloat while larger businesses are floundering…

  • WEST AMWELL POLICE BLOTTER

       West Amwell Township police report:    — On Feb. 17 at 1:33 p.m., police investigated a car/deer crash on Route 179 near Cedar Crest Drive. Dorothy Ballestero, 68, of Morristown, was traveling south when she struck the deer. No injuries were reported. The vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage and was towed. Patrolman Timothy Vanselous investigated.    —…

  • The Short Tree and the Bird Who Could Not Sing

    The Short Tree and the Bird Who Could Not Sing

    By Stacie Morano   PRESS RELEASE   “THE SHORT TREE…” IS TAKING ROOT IN BORDENTOWN   The children’s theater production, The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing, will be performed at the Bordentown Performing Arts Center at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 4th. Tickets are $6.00, and can be reserved on the theater’s…

  • SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the March 5 edition

    By 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. * * *    The Springfield Township Council Meeting will be held…

  • WEST AMWELL: Fulpers will drop lawsuit for $1.3M

    That’s on top of $3.5 million the township has offered for development rights to two parcels of the family’s land By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — The Fulper family, major farming landowners, has demanded $1.3 million to make their two-year-old lawsuit against the township go away, according to information recently released by the…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Foundation offers guidelines for nonprofits seeking grants

    The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced a change in its grant guidelines designed to respond to the increased need for flexible support of nonprofits working with low income people.     Using a significant portion of its community grantmaking dollars, the Community Foundation will offer general operating grants, often the most difficult kind of support…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: POLICE BEAT

       Sherry Wheeler, 42, of Georgia, was charged Feb. 26 with hindering and obstructing justice.    Police said Ms. Wheeler, a passenger in an automobile involved in an accident in front of Lamp & Shade Studio on Route 130, gave a false name to an officer. After the driver gave police Ms. Wheeler’s real name, police arrested…