• Regionalized schools can offer more

    Sara Lambert, of Bordentown     As a high school graduate from a small town, I have seen firsthand how budget cuts to education, both state and local, affect a child’s learning experience.    Five years ago, when I first started high school, my school offered numerous clubs and after-school activities. When I reached my sophomore year,…

  • The FoHVOS position

    Patricia Sziber, executive director Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space     At its meeting on March 14, the board of trustees of Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) made a decision to go on record as being concerned about the scope and scale of the proposed Marshall’s Corner redevelopment project. A careful look at…

  • MONROE: Resident raises Superintendent’s ire (Video)
  • CHESTERFIELD: Residents want smaller tax hikes each year

    By Nokware Knight, Special Writer    CHESTERFIELD — A citizens Budget Advisory Committee, formed after a massive increase in property taxes last year, wants the township to schedule a series of smaller tax increases.    It also suggested that using more surplus and budgeting less money in such categories as the reserve for uncollected taxes as well…

  • PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

    PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

    Killian Torpey (left) and William Vaughn discover how to make a homemade lava lamp.

  • PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

    PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

    Third-grade scientists, Adele Capucci, Annabelle Mason, Emily Greenberg and Emily Neal, are pondering the many scientific questions Toll Gators presented to them.

  • PRINCETON: Milling machine fire shuts Ewing Street

    PRINCETON: Milling machine fire shuts Ewing Street

    Firefighters fought a fire on a milling machine on Ewing Street in Princeton Wednesday morning. Staff photo by Lea Kahn

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: Week of March 21, 2013

    By Peg Dotson    The Florence Township Chapter of Deborah will have its meeting at Sterling House on March 26 because the regular meeting date falls on Maundy Thursday.    It will start at 7:30 p.m.    Boyd’s Pharmacy and the Florence Township Fire Department will sponsor an Easter egg hunt March 30 at the H. Kenneth Wilkie…

  • New Offerings Bring Wellness to Residents

    By Rick Petersen A variety of advanced health offerings are available to residents in New Jersey and beyond that make use of aromatherapy, which has existed in various forms for over 6,000 years to help lower stress, improve mood, ease pain, reduce allergy symptoms, and boost energy among other conditions according to Livestrong.com.  It makes…

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