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  • Greenview Avenue condo hearing postponed

    PRINCETON — Thursday night’s hearing on architect and developer J. Robert Hillier’s proposed condominium project on Greenview Avenue has been postponed at the request of Mr. Hillier, the Princeton Borough Zoning Board has announced. No reason for the request was given by Mr. Hillier’s attorney, nor was a new date suggested, the board said, adding that residents near the proposed development…

  • Task force holds meeting to address trucks on 206

    State allowing big rigs on road By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Tractor-trailer trucks barreling down Route 206 are a common sight.    But where are they coming from and where are they going? What can be done to divert or slow them down? Those are the questions the fledgling Route 206 Truck and Traffic Task Force…

  • Aid increase reduces school budget’s impact

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Residents could see an average $35 increase in property taxes in 2008 to 2009, if the Board of Education’s tentative $106 million budget remains unchanged before April 15th’s elections.    The budget would increase the tax rate from $1.95 per $100 of assessed value to $1.96, a 0.5 percent increase. A…

  • Corzine should suggest cuts

    Vince Hoffman of Allentown To the editor:    All realistic citizens of New Jersey recognize the state is a financial disaster. Most are also resigned to the fact that somehow, someway, we are going to be digging deeper into our wallets to fix it. In your paper’s editorial on Feb. 14, the writer asked, “What would…

  • Wine & cheese, please on Friday

    Cherry Grove Farm, 3200 Lawrenceville Road (Route 206), will hold a wine and cheese tasting from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the farm store. In addition to free tastings for the farm’s several Italian cheese varieties, cheese maker Megan Caley will introduce a new variety. Wine from Hopewell Valley Vineyards will be available for…

  • Florence begins planning early for July patriotic celebration

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer FLORENCE — Although the township’s patriotic celebration is still months away, township officials are now seeking community input and looking for suggestions to fill the weekend with family-friendly activities.     The annual 5K-walk/fun run and parade will take place on Saturday, July 12, but township officials are looking to amp…

  • Volunteers make for success

       Participation in Friends of the Library’s “Love-Them-and-Read-Them” book sale illustrates the very point that our library is the crossroads of our community.    Friends and community members joined hands in donating, publicizing, helping to bake, setting up, endlessly neatening, selling, purchasing and breaking down before, during, and after our sale.    The task has once again been…

  • Five vie for three seats in April BOE elections

    Slate includes incumbents, Board alumnus By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Five candidates, including two incumbents and one former school board member, are running in the April 15 election for three open seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    Incumbent school board members Ginny Bigley and Deborah Endo, plus former school board member Bill Michaelson…

  • Pearson wins weight class at District 17

    WRESTLING By John E. Powers    Lawrence High School junior Sean Pearson is wrestling his best at the right time.    The junior 160-pounder rolled to the District 17 Tournament title last Saturday with a 10-1 major decision win over Hunterdon Central’s Cody Lewis.    Pearson (27-9) received the fourth seed for the Region 5 Tournament and is…