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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Voters to decide on fire district budget

    Fire commissioners would be paid, for the first time, in the $2.38 million budget that goes to the voters on Saturday, Feb. 15. By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Fire commissioners would be paid, for the first time, in the $2.38 million budget that goes to the voters on Saturday, Feb. 15. The only poll is…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: New contract for district administrators

    School district administrators have reached a long-lapsed contract with the 30-member administrators association.    School district administrators have reached a long-lapsed contract with the 30-member administrators association.    The Board of Education agreed to a two-year contract Monday night with the Hillsborough Principal and Supervisors Association. It gives the administrators a 2 percent raise for the 2012-13…

  • ALLENTOWN: Thomas wins CJ III shot put

    AHS senior sets school record, Helzer wins PV By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Daivone Thomas has been a good discus thrower and a pretty good shot putter for the Allentown High School spring track and field team.    The Redbirds senior finally decided to give the winter season a try.    ”I did spring track since…

  • LETTER: Committeeman counters deputy mayor’s recent letter

    In just the second month of 2014, dirty water reports are an all too common occurrence with a major chemical spill in West Virginia last month and a major coal ash laden with mercury, lead, and arsenic spilling just upstream of drinking water intake pipes last week in North Carolina.    Here, at home in New…

  • Central Jersey Insurance Agencies Join Consolidated Insurance Agents, Exclusive Network of More Than 40 Agencies

    John Tiene, chief executive officer, Consolidated Insurance Agents Monmouth Junction, N.J. (February 12, 2014) – Consolidated Insurance Agents (CIA), an exclusive network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, ended 2013 with 42 agencies in the network group.  Among the agencies added in the last year were Preferred Risk Agency of Florham Park, North East…

  • REGION: Class builds snow shelter

    Armed with shovels of all sizes and colors, a mixed group of kids and adults tackled a small, square plot of snow in the Plainsboro Preserve. by Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer PLAINSBORO — Armed with shovels of all sizes and colors, a mixed group of kids and adults tackled a small, square plot of snow…

  • SOUTH HUNTERDON: Coach has VCU connection

    SOUTH HUNTERDON: Coach has VCU connection

    South Hunterdon basketball coaches Jason Miller, left, and Frank Schermerhorn flank Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth University, who responded to the coaches’ widespread request for strategy.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Students ring in Chinese New Year

    ROBBINSVILLE: Students ring in Chinese New Year

    It might be the year of the horse, according to the Chinese zodiac, but it was dragons and lions dancing among students and administrators as the Robbinsville High School Chinese Classes and Club hosted its by Amy Batista, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — It might be the year of the horse, according to the Chinese zodiac,…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Ladder truck is part of fire budget proposal

    Lambertville’s fire election will be held at the Justice Center, 25 S. Union St. By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — City voters can go to the polls Saturday to vote on a proposed 2014 Lambertville fire district budget and candidates for the Board of Fire Commissioners.    Fire district elections will be held statewide from…