• BLOTTER: Week of April 19

    East Windsor    Police were patrolling the Windsor Castle parking lot when they observed several individuals in what appeared to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction at 3:12 p.m. April 9. The juvenile purchaser fled into an apartment, but the other two who had approached the juvenile in a vehicle were in possession of a marijuana grinder,…

  • MANVILLE: Senior citizens will write to active-duty soldiers

       Manville senior citizens can hear about the importance of exercise in a program by Kessler Rehabilitation Center on Monday.    The Manville Senior Center is in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave. and is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.    A suggested lunch donation of $1.50 is recommended for individuals age 60 and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Candidate Reddan cares about community, writer says

    To the editor:    I am a longtime member of the Hillsborough Democratic Alliance and a member of the Hillsborough Democratic Committee.    I first met John Reddan about three years ago when he was asked by the Hillsborough Democratic Committee Chair to run for Township Committee. After he agreed to run, he came to every Democratic…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Municipal tax hike imminent

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    On Monday (April 15), Hopewell Borough Council introduced its 2013 municipal budget.    The proposal “reflects a 2.2 cent tax-rate increase over 2012.    This translates into roughly $80 on a house assessed at $400,000. The primary cause for the increase was tax appeals, again, and we intend to conduct a revaluation…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Realtor will help vets gain real estate licenses

    HILLSBOROUGH: Realtor will help vets gain real estate licenses

        Estelle Julian, a sales associate with the Hillsborough office of Prudential New Jersey Properties, has initiated the “Hire a Hero” program to give military veterans career opportunities in real estate.     She will sponsor six veterans for the cost of pre-licensing real estate school and taking first steps toward earning the New Jersey real…

  • SENIOR MENUS

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise…

  • PRINCETON: Security to be increased for Communiversity

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton police plan to take increased steps to protect the public at Communiversity later this month in response to the terrorist attack in Boston, Mayor Liz Lempert said Thursday.    Ms. Lempert, speaking in a phone interview, deferred to police on the details of what those steps will entail on…

  • PRINCETON: How the town is spending open space funds

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton’s municipal open space tax in 2013 will generate a little more than $1.1 million that officials have earmarked for maintaining parks, acquiring open space and paying off debt on past open space purchases.    Officials put a high value on preserving land. As recently as 2011, the municipal master…

  • Council should reconsider kiosk plan

    Leo Arons, Princeton To the editor: The fact that some find our kiosks too exuberantly democratic is no excuse for council to accept the “partnership” proposed by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce and recently promoted by some of its corporate members.    In this deal, which deprives the community of a longstanding forum open freely…

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