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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Belle Mead depot rezoning plan approved

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Township Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone the General Services Administration Belle Mead Depot into a recreation area and a separate R&D zone. This is the final step in enabling the township to purchase the parcel.    During the public hearing, Chris Jensen, of Amwell Road, said he…

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  • LAWRENCE: Water rate to jump for some customers

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The state Board of Public Utilities has granted a 23.5 percent rate increase to the New Jersey American Water Co., which serves about 6,700 customers in northern Lawrence Township.     The BPU approved the rate hike Monday, which affects 2.5 million customers statewide. The approval also paves the way for…

  • LAWRENCE: Santa schedules four stops

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Santa Claus is coming to town Dec. 20, and he’s making four stops to visit with children to make sure he knows what’s on their Christmas gift lists.     The first stop for Santa, who will be arriving on a fire truck, is Stonicker Park on Stonicker Drive. He…

  • Towns must pay cost of recycling certification

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    Communities across New Jersey soon will face an extra expense as the state requires municipalities to pay for training to make sure their recycling coordinators are properly certified.    A coordinator with less than 10 years of experience must complete a 21-day certification program. More experienced coordinators must complete a four-day…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Pane management

    by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Some of Diane Guididas’ window treatments are meant to filter sunlight, but a recent project of hers helped give abused and underprivileged women an undiminished ray of hope.    Ms. Guididas recently participated in a window treatment design and installation project at the Center for Great Expectations in Somerset.…

  • CHESTERFIELD: The nose knows

    DOC dogs trained to find illegal cell phones in prison By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — Four dogs have taken the idea of sniffing out trouble in a new direction.    The state Department of Corrections held a special demonstration of its new cell phone-sniffing dogs Dec. 2 at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: New environmental group SEEs city’s future

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Little by little, step by step, a new environmental group is becoming established in Lambertville.    The organization, christened SEE Lambertville, was established in January 2007 to support people and projects dedicated to the city’s sustainable future, according to co-founders Julia A. Taylor and Emily Goldman.    ”Overall, we want…

  • STATE: Affordable housing deadline looms

    State leaves Dec. 31 date in place for submitting plans    The Council on Affordable Housing is leaving in place a Dec. 31 deadline for towns to submit their plans for meeting the state’s affordable housing rules.    According to a report in The Star-Ledger, state Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria said there was no need to change…