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  • Rocky Hill Borough Council OKs budget

    Taxes to rise by 4 cents By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council on Monday unanimously adopted a $919,553 municipal budget for 2006.    The budget represents a 1.3 percent increase over last year’s budget, which was $907,965, and brings with it a tax-rate increase of 4 cents per $100 of assessed value.    The…

  • Tung Miao

       Tung Miao, 90, of Monroe Village, died Wednesday, April 26, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Jiangsu, Jiangyin, China. He lived in Bayside, N.Y., Westbury, N.Y. and retired to Melville, Long Island, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 2002.    He was a diplomat for the Republic of China in South…

  • Rocky Hill approves police pact with South Bound Brook

    State Police to increase service By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — A year-long renewal of the police service agreement between Rocky Hill and the South Bound Brook Police Department was unanimously approved Monday by the Borough Council, despite a heartfelt plea by Princeton resident Dr. Ronnie Davidson not to renew the pact.    Councilman Jared Witt…

  • John Witherspoon Middle School math teacher is presidential award-winner

    Bonnie Gendaszek receives nation’s highest math-science teaching honor By: David Campbell    John Witherspoon Middle School mathematics teacher Bonnie Gendaszek has been named a recipient of the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for teaching in these fields, the National Science Foundation has announced.    Ms. Gendaszek was among…

  • Food store hunts for a few lucky bicyclists

    "Random Acts of Community" to take place in Princeton By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Aside from warmer weather, rising gas prices and dodging a battle over that elusive Princeton commodity — a good parking spot — area bicyclists now have one more reason to spin the pedals this spring.    Because May is National Bike Month — so…

  • Bomb threat at SBHS

       South Brunswick High School was evacuated on Thursday eight minutes after the school received a call that led officials to believe there may be a bomb threat, school officials said. By: Marissa Maldonado    South Brunswick High School was evacuated on Thursday eight minutes after the school received a call that led officials to believe there…

  • All-documentary human-rights film festival kicks off

    Twenty-six films on tap at Princeton Public Library By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Using 26 films to probe some of the globe’s most pressing issues — poverty, war, racism — the Princeton Human Rights Film Festival is slated to kick off on Thursday and will continue as a weekend-long documentary frenzy tailored to activists, educators, students, parents…

  • Home assessments jump nearly 250 percent in West Windsor revaluation

    Municipal tax rate to drop from 59 cents to 27 cents per $100 valuation By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The results of the township-wide property revaluation are in, and values increased nearly 2½ times since the last revaluation in 1993.    Individual homeowners are seeing a range of increases in their assessments, Tax Assessor Steve…

  • Program brings lacrosse’s life lessons to inner-city kids

    Riverside School principal helps create foundation in memory of PHS standout By: David Campbell    William Cirullo, the principal at Riverside Elementary School, knows the true value of lacrosse. More than just the fastest growing sport in America, it has the power to transform young lives.    Mr. Cirullo is co-founder and current vice president of the…