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HILLSBOROUGH: Six vying for three school board seats
Six residents have filed for the three, three-year seats in this year’s Board of Education balloting. Seats held by incumbents Steven Paget, Marc Rosenberg, and David Lin will be open for this year’s election. Mr. Paget, Mr. Rosenberg, Thomas Kinst, Nicholas Pampani, Barbara Sargent, and David Wald have filed for spots on the April 21…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Tuesday, March 10 Picky eaters — Learn to manage your child’s food issues while providing a well-balanced diet by attending “Picky Eaters & Problem Feeders,” presented by Alexis Ciani of Princeton HealthCare System at the Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System at 7:00 p.m. This informational discussion is designed to help parents with…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Student ready for "Mr. Habitat" challenges
Hillsborough High School student Phil Li will be vying to be named “Mr. Habitat” Friday, as members of six area high school Raritan Valley Habitat Youth Councils entertain a crowd in a fundraising project at Bridgewater Commons Mall. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Phil and his fellow “Mr. Habitat” hopefuls Philippe Trodjian, of…
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Resident outlines questions for candidates
Thomas Csapo of Bordentown City To the editor: With the plethora of candidates for the three Bordentown City commission seats I feel compelled to write this letter. At last (unofficial) count there are eight running for three commission seats. Two are incumbents, one is a former mayor, one has been campaigning for the last 20…
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LAWRENCE: Community Calendar for March 5 edition
Thursday, March 5 Free help on income tax: Free one-on-one counseling to help individuals prepare basic tax forms, including the 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and other standard schedules, from trained volunteers from AARP and VITA are available at the Lawrence Library every Thursday through April 9. Hour-long appointments are available at noon, 1, 2 and…
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‘Waltz With Bashir’
This animated film is a powerful anti-war story about what happens when middle-aged men with opaque motives throw clueless young men into battle By Elise Nakhnikian “MY basic thought in life is that suppression is not that bad. It might help you live your life,” said Ari Folman at a Q&A following the screening of…
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LAMBERTVILLE: O’Rourke to report for work March 17
Mayor David Del Vecchio: ”On the 17th he’ll come back, and we’ll go from there” By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — A fired sergeant who won reinstatement through the courts will return to the Lambertville Police Department on March 17 for his first day back on the job. The city had requested that Sgt.…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Classroom space key in budget planning
by Peter Geier, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The school board hopes to find enough lead in its budgetary pencil to add classroom space in its elementary and middle schools in the upcoming school year to maintain its elementary class size caps at 22 pupils. The board and administration have been working to complete the 2009-2010…
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HILLSBOROUGH: House panel OKs GSA Depot transfer
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer The township is now one step closer to being able to officially proceed with the closing of the 369-acre General Services Administration Belle Mead Depot, as the Government Reform Committee of the United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday the early transfer of the land. Todd Mitchell, chief of…
