• ROBBINSVILLE: School budget to require tax increase

    By Charley Falkenburg, Packet Media Group    ROBBINSVILLE — The Board of Education approved a tentative $37.86 million operating school budget on Tuesday that would require property owners to pay an extra $272 in school taxes.    If adopted, taxpayers would see a 3-cent tax hike for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. As a result, an owner of…

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  • NEW HOPE: Prohibition: Focus of April excursion

    NEW HOPE: Prohibition: Focus of April excursion

       Relive the exciting era of rumrunners, bootleggers, flappers and G-Men at the world premier of “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” at the National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, on April 13.    Sponsored by The Community School of New Hope-Solebury, the motor coach will leave New Hope-Solebury High School, 180 W. Bridge St., New…

  • HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    HIGHTSTOWN HAPPENINGS: PHOTOS: Week of March 8

    Batista Kindergartner Jack Stewart, 5, is dressed as the Cat in the Hat to celebrate Read Across America day on March 1 at the Grace N. Rogers Elementary School. The national event is held in honor of author Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday, known to children around the world as "Dr. Seuss." (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • EAST WINDSOR: Nonprofit seeks loving home for rescue dog
  • WEST WINDSOR: Board of Education OKs $162 million budget

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR – The Board of Education on March 5 unanimously approved a tentative $162.4 million total budget, which includes a flat tax levy for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.    The district has yet to determine the school tax rate for West Windsor and Plainsboro property owners because it is waiting…

  • 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…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 7, 2013

       Markey Home Improvement called at 8:44 a.m. Feb. 25 to say someone removed several hundred dollars worth of metal from its Gladys Avenue warehouse, police said.    There was no sign of forced entry, police said.    A North 5th Avenue man reported at 12:29 p.m. Feb. 25 that a man wearing a purple hat and black…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Teens showcase spirit of 1940s in spring musical

    HIGHTSTOWN: Teens showcase spirit of 1940s in spring musical

    Batista The Hightstown High School spring musical – “Guys and Dolls” runs 7:30 p.m. March 8 and March 9 and 3 p.m. Sunday. The show takes place in New York City during the late 1940s. March 5, cast members rehearse the opening scene. (Photo by Amy Batista)

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