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  • SPRINGFIELD: Township meets COAH deadline

    State rejects request for extension By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — Just days before a deadline many municipalities in the state had hoped in vain would be extended, the township this week filed its plan to meet the requirements of the Council on Affordable Housing.    Deputy Mayor Peter Sobotka said the township submitted its…

  • POLICE BEAT

       Ashley Hagen, 23, of Pennington, was charged Dec. 27 with driving while intoxicated. Police said Ms. Hagen was involved in a traffic accident at 12:47 a.m. in the parking lot behind The Lofts residential development. While investigating the accident, police said they determined she was intoxicated. She also was charged with careless driving, reckless driving…

  • EDITORIAL: Bill aims to spur savings on property tax

       New Jersey is No. 1, but not in an area that should please residential property taxpayers.    The state, according to the Tax Foundation, has the highest median property tax bill in the nation at $6,082 — almost $1,700 more than second-ranked New Hampshire. It also ranks fifth in the amount of property taxes paid as…

  • Rosa Valerio Braconi

       TRENTON – Rosa Valerio Braconi, 84, of Trenton, died Dec. 24 at Compassionate Care Hospice at Saint Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Sessano Del Molise, Italy, Ms. Braconi resided in the Trenton area for the past 58 years.    Daughter of the late Michael and Antoinette Valerio; wife of the late Renato Braconi; mother of…

  • CHESTERFIELD: School ready to break ground

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — It took five years to win voter support for a referendum last year, but Chesterfield Elementary School now is ready to break ground on its new building.    Saturday, Jan. 10, a ceremony at the existing Chesterfield Elementary School at 295 Bordentown-Chesterfield Road will begin at 10 a.m. After…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Groups urging action to prevent another flood

    LAMBERTVILLE: Groups urging action to prevent another flood

    By Linda Seida    Groups that advocate for better management of New York’s reservoirs in the wake of major flooding in recent years in the Lambertville-New Hope region have urged an immediate lowering of reservoir levels to prevent another flood.    ”All three reservoirs will soon start spilling,” Drowning on the Delaware President Chuck Schroeder said in…

  • DISPATCHES: Helping New Jersey’s homeless

    By Hank Kalet    The recent cold snap — which plunged temperatures into the teens at night — was pretty hard to take.    Frozen roads made driving difficult and kept many of us from venturing outside except when we absolutely had to.    And we are the lucky ones. There are an estimated 35,000 homeless people in…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Advocating medical marijuana is family affair for McGraths

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — When their son lost his battle with cancer four years ago, Don and Gerry McGrath become advocates for something they felt played a major role in prolonging his life — marijuana for medicinal purposes.    The McGraths recently testified before the New Jersey Senate’s Health, Human Services and Senior…

  • Theresa E. Dease

       YARDVILLE – Theresa “Terry” E. Dease, 87, of Yardville died Dec. 24 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center.    Born in Mercerville, Ms. Dease resided in Trenton before moving to Yardville with her husband and son in the late 1950s.    Ms. Dease worked for DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. in the purchasing department during…