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  • Millstone budget calls for no tax hike

    Tax rate will remain at 9 cents (April 13) By: Purvi Desai    Purvi DesaiStaff Writer    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee unanimously adopted a proposed $7 million budget April 5 that calls for no increase in the municipal tax rate.    The tax rate will remain at 9 cents per $100 of assessed property valuation. A resident…

  • Questions of tradition

    Buckingham Place hosts model Seder. By: Marisa Maldonado    The youngest person at each Passover Seder has the responsibility of asking four questions about the holiday.    But when Rabbi Mendy Carlebach asked 8-year-old Jeremy Orlando to do the honor during a Seder held Tuesday evening at Buckingham Place, an assisted-living community on Raymond Road, the youngster…

  • Letters for the week of April 13

    Residents asked to join ride for autism awareness To the editor:     My wife and I are proud parents of an 8-year-old boy who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2. Although we were first stunned, we were quick to learn that autism is a disorder that affects approximately one in 166 individuals,…

  • Police Beat

    From the week of April 13 FLORENCE    Police charged a 29-year-old Trenton man with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and driving in the wrong direction in a one-way zone after an accident near Illusions bar on Route 130 Tuesday.    According to police, Dublas Hernandez left the bar around midnight, made a left onto Route 130…

  • Anna Andersen

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anna Andersen died April 7. She was 96.    She moved to Belle Mead in 1994 and had lived at Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough since 1998.    Mrs. Anderson worked as a secretary for Con Edison and the Samaritan Hospital of Brooklyn, N.Y., for many years before retiring to Whiting in 1974.    She…

  • Community Calendar

    From the week of April 13 MOMS Club meeting    Thursday, April 13 — A MOMS club meeting is slated for 9 a.m. Come to meet with other stay-at-home or part-time working moms in the community.    Open to residents of Roebling, Florence, Bordentown, Fieldsboro and Mansfield. Refreshments are served and children are always welcome. Call 324-3849…

  • Manville bats boom in first two victories

    Weber, Sopko lead barrage By: Rudy Brandl    If Manville High baseball coach Steve Venuto had any questions about his team’s hitting ability, they were answered early and often in last week’s opening blowout victories over Roselle and Technology.    The Mustangs (2-0) erupted for 29 runs and 22 hits in two games, rolling past Roselle by…

  • Pennington School picks woman as head of school

    Stephanie G. Townsend will assume her new duties in July    The Pennington School has appointed Stephanie G. Townsend as its next head of school, succeeding Headmaster Lyle D. Rigg, who will retire in June.    Ms. Townsend, who is known as "Penny," is dean of faculty at The Taft School in Watertown, Conn. She will assume…

  • Lawrence residents file to run for county offices

    By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Four Lawrence residents are among the eight candidates who had filed to run for three seats on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders and for Mercer County Surrogate by the Monday afternoon filing deadline.    No one filed to run for Township Council because there is no election this year.    Two…