• ROBBINSVILLE: Project Freedom fund-raising for backup generator

    ROBBINSVILLE: Project Freedom fund-raising for backup generator

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — When Project Freedom, the Hutchinson Road complex for people with disabilities, lost power after Hurricane Sandy, the elevators residents in wheelchairs depend on stopped working for several days, leaving many stranded.    ”Our tenants were stuck; they couldn’t come down from their second-floor apartments,” Tim Doherty, executive director of…

  • PENNINGTON: St. Francis Medical has new board chairman

    PENNINGTON: St. Francis Medical has new board chairman

       TRENTON — David L. Knowlton, of Pennington, is the new chairman of the St. Francis Medical Center board of trustees.    Mr. Knowlton recently was elected to the leadership position succeeding Paul Langevin, who served as chairman since 2006 and has completed his term on the board.    Mr. Knowlton has been on the board since 2006.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Democratic Alliance prepares to work for Obama ideas

       The Hillsborough Democratic Alliance will discuss President Obama’s agenda for 2013 at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Avalon Assisted Living, 393 Amwell Road.    The meeting is a chance to meet and socialize with Democrats and other progressives in Hillsborough. Refreshments are provided at 6:30 and the meeting starts…

  • Call for Entries

    By AOY For immediate release Artists Of Yardley announces call for entries for their 2nd ANNUAL JURIED SHOW AOY is excited to announce a juried exhibit slated to run May 3 through June 2, 2013. The juror for this juried show is Lisa Tremper Hanover, Director & CEO of the James A. Michener Art Museum,…

  • ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    Ava Strovinsky, 8, of Allentown, is the grand-prize winner in the third-grade category for P.S. Aeropostale’s “What Makes You Smile” T-shirt design contest. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

  • ALLENTOWN: Borough OKs two contracts

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor     ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council has approved a one-year shared service agreement with Robbinsville for automotive repairs of vehicles and equipment at the township’s Public Works garage on Route 526.    The resolution was approved 6-0 on Jan. 22.    Under the agreement, Robbinsville will charge Allentown $50 per man-hour for…

  • MILLSTONE: School district facing project shortfall in 2013-14

    MILLSTONE: School district facing project shortfall in 2013-14

    Denise Touhey’s resignation from the Millstone Board of Education was announced at the Jan. 28 meeting.

  • ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    ALLENTOWN: Third-grader wins national T-shirt design contest

    Ava Strovinsky, 8, of Allentown, is the grand-prize winner in the third-grade category for P.S. Aeropostale’s “What Makes You Smile” T-shirt design contest. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

  • MILLSTONE: School district facing project shortfall in 2013-14

    MILLSTONE: School district facing project shortfall in 2013-14

    Resignation leaves vacancy on board during budget season By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — Although preliminary figures indicate the 2013-2014 Millstone school budget is facing a $688,434 shortfall, the school board is planning no school tax levy increase for local taxpayers.    At the Jan. 28 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Scott Feder stressed…

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