• Bordentown Board of Education has failed

    Michael Dauber of Bordentown Township  To the editor: The Board of Education, once again failed to be accountable and fiscally responsible to the taxpayers. Members passed the $40 million dollar budget by a 5-3 vote with little discussion from the members. This budget includes a 106 percent, increase for Township residents, which is more…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Local government presents $3.327M budget, slight tax increase

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The Township Council introduced its 2013 municipal budget at $3.3 million, which calls for a nearly 2-cent increase in the municipal tax rate.    The 2013 budget is proposed at $3.327 million. A public hearing on the spending plan is set for April 10.    During a March 13 meeting,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Clint Benson charged with driving truck into man

    HILLSBOROUGH: Clint Benson charged with driving truck into man

       Clint T. Benson, 21, of Amwell Road in Hillsborough Township is free on $100,000 bail, but faces charges of aggravated assault with his automobile for deliberately driving his pickup truck into a man at about 3 a.m. Sunday, March 17.    Mr. Benson is the son of former professional football player Brad Benson, now owner of…

  • PLUMSTED: Residents facing school tax increase

    PLUMSTED: Residents facing school tax increase

    Dr. Karen Jones, Plumsted superintendent, discusses the use of security personnel in township schools. Staff photo by James McEvoy

  • Mark Di Ionno to discuss his book The Last Newspaperman at the NJ State Library

    Mark Di Ionno to discuss his book The Last Newspaperman at the NJ State Library

    By Gary Cooper On Wednesday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m., the New Jersey State Library will present a free lunch-time program, The Last Newspaperman with author Mark Di Ionno. The Last Newspaperman is a story about tabloid journalism in the 1920s and 30s and how it created the crime-saturated and celebrity-obsessed media we…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, issue of March 28

       On the Easter holiday weekend, the Manville Public Library will be open on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.    Tax forms: The library doesn’t have New Jersey tax forms. Call 888-238-1233 or use the state Department of Treasury website. The library has some federal forms; call 877-777-4778 for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Soccer club replaces goals on town field

    HILLSBOROUGH: Soccer club replaces goals on town field

    Hillsborough Soccer Club has purchased goals on wheels for easy maintenance. Soccer club replaces goals at town field    The Hillsborough Soccer Club, Hillsborough’s youth travel soccer program, has donated new goals for a township field on Amsterdam Road.    ”As one of the longest-running youth sports organizations in town, we feel a great sense of community,”…

  • PLAINSBORO: Suspect in hospital sex offenses pleads not guilty

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A former hospital employee pleaded not guilty Wednesday to committing sex offenses six months apart on two emergency room patients at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro last year.    Edher Osorio, indicted in February, stood beside his public defender during his arraignment in Superior Court in New Brunswick…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Township salutes Eagle Scout

    SPRINGFIELD: Township salutes Eagle Scout

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — An Eagle Scout has been recognized for his accomplishments after connecting two trails and building a boardwalk to cross over the wetlands at a local joint military base.    Mayor Denis McDaniel honored Ethan Snyder, 17, of the Jacksonville section of Springfield on March 13.    Ethan attends Northern Burlington…

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