Category: archives
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NEW HOPE: Church conversion cause of tax hike
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer NEW HOPE — Property taxes in the borough will increase by about $95 for the average homeowner in 2009 because of the cost to buy a church and covert it into new borough offices and a new police station. The increase is directly attributed to the New Street Town Center…
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Postal Service prepares for holiday mailings
Richard Figueroa, Postmaster, Columbus To the editor: It’s that time of year again and we’re ready to help our customers with their holiday mailings. We have free Priority Mail and Express Mail packaging supplies, plenty of holiday stamps in stock Holiday Nutcracker and Christmas: Virgin and Child with the Young John the Baptist by…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Group aims to give Old City Hall new life
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — A new group is trying to restore the Old City Hall on Crosswicks Street and make it into a new multipurpose space for the community. The Old City Hall Restoration Project spun out from the Bordentown City Residents’ Association after many of the BCRA’s members noticed their…
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FLORENCE: Drivers get price break
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE — Residents using E-Z Pass recently may have found themselves paying a little less on the New Jersey Turnpike when they use Exit 6. As of Dec. 1, drivers with a billing ZIP code in either Florence (08518) or Roebling (08554) and who use a New Jersey E-Z Pass…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Students’ proposals mark first step for new parks
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — Students from Delaware Valley College presented their plans for three areas of parkland along the Blacks Creek Greenway to a number of local residents and officials and donated the ideas to the city last week. A Dec. 9 public forum included talks by local leaders along with…
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TRENTON: East Windsor woman nominated as EPA administrator
TRENTON — East Windsor resident Lisa P. Jackson, recently named chief of staff for Gov. Jon Corzine, was formally nominated today by President-elect Barack Obama as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "I am both humbled and honored by President-elect Obama’s selection to lead the Environmental Protection Agency," she said in a…
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LAWRENCE: Police say woman stabbed boyfriend
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A Town Court North woman was charged with numerous offenses, including aggravated assault, after she stabbed her boyfriend during a dispute at their home, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar. Alexandra B. Carls, 29, stabbed Patrick R. Johnson, 26, in the upper right arm with a pocketknife during a…
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EAST WINDSOR: Police Beat, Dec. 12
Kristin N. Campbell, 28, and Joel G. Newcombe, 27, both living in the Colonade Motel on Route 130, were charged Sunday with possession of heroin. Police said they received a call at 1:35 a.m. that Ms. Campbell had collapsed while shopping in the 7-11 store on Dutch Neck Road. While attending to her, officers found…
