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  • Marjorie C. Grubb

        ROBBINSVILLE — Marjorie C. Grubb, 81, died Dec. 20 at home.     Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.     Ms. Grubb was a graduate of Trenton High School, Class of 1945, and after many years of service, retired from the state Department of Education.     She loved to spend time with…

  • Lady Eagles prepare for holiday tourney

    By John E. Powers, Sports Writer    Saturday morning, the South Hunterdon Regional High School girls basketball team impressed their first-year head coach.    The Eagles were eager to get back to practice after a tough win at Bound Brook Friday night.    ”I guess the temptation is to rest a bit, but every kid showed up, including…

  • Editor’s Journal – Smoke ’em if you got ’em just don’t dump ’em

    By John Dunphy, Managing Editor    Driving to my father’s house last weekend, I passed a woman at a stop light in Old Bridge who had just about enough of all those stinky, nasty cigarette butts clogging up the ashtray of her otherwise pristine Toyota Camry. To address the matter, she pulled the ashtray from…

  • Senior Moments

    Putting a local spin on history By Norm Oshrin    Mr. Belding builds his dream project.    That old-fashioned, familiar clickety-clack sound some residents from Monroe Township’s Rossmoor adult community were hearing sporadically from Edward Belding’s home at 330 Nantucket from 2003-2006 was Mr. Belding diligently pecking away at his Olympia manual typewriter.    He was building a…

  • Bill could increase costs of government building

    By Sean Ruppert and Maria Prato-Gaines    Local officials are concerned that proposed legislation that would require government agencies to pay for increased building materials costs could leave taxpayers footing the bill or force agencies to renegotiate their contracts.    The New Jersey Material Price Stabilization Act was introduced in the Senate on Nov. 29. It would…

  • BEING GREEN: Resolve to make little changes that matter

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor    We all mean well when we make New Year’s resolutions. It seems like a good idea, in the haze of the holiday, to start fresh when you break open that new calendar to January.    Traditionally, resolutions seem to center around health, with vows to lose weight, start exercising more,…

  • Towns reorganize in early January

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    With only a few days left in 2007, towns in northern Burlington County have scheduled reorganization meetings to start off 2008.    In Bordentown Township, the reorganization meeting will take place Jan. 5 at noon.    The ceremony will take place in the courtroom at the Municipal Building on Municipal Drive.    Since…

  • Assemb. Greenstein endorses Obama for president

    Assemb. Linda Greenstein (D-Monroe) has endorsed the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, the senator’s campaign announced Thursday. Ms. Greenstein, whose district includes West Windsor, Plainsboro, South Brunswick and Cranbury and Hamilton, said: As a member of the Assembly and of the former New Jersey Citizens’ Clean Elections Commission (2004-2006), I am particularly proud to work…

  • Borough budget has no tax increase

    The New Hope Borough Council approved a $3.91 million budget Dec. 19 that increases spending by about 6 percent. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Property owners will see their local real estate taxes remain stable in 2008.    The Borough Council approved a $3.91 million budget Dec. 19 that increases spending by about…