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  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough Council pursues temporary space

    By David Kilby, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Earlier this month, the Borough Council decided to go out to bid for modules that will house temporary offices for municipal employees and the Police Department. Efforts to provide adequate offices for borough administration and police have faced many challenges in the 1.2 square-mile, built-out borough ever since…

  • Bordentown City: Commission has reorganization for 2013

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — The City Commission did a little housekeeping on Jan. 14 when it reappointed a slew of familiar faces to their designated positions in a routine reorganization session.    With approximately 20 people in attendance, Mayor James Lynch Jr., Deputy Mayor Heather Cheesman and Commissioner Zigmont Targonski each appointed…

  • EWING: Area GOP groups slate blood drive, fundraiser for Jan. 23

       The area is faced, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with the critical impact of a dire shortage in the blood supply and its diminishing reserves.    ”Statistics validate that 90 percent of us will, at some time in our lives, need blood,” said a Republican Women of Mercer County spokeswoman.    ”We can only replenish our…

  • MANSFIELD: Millennium Building nears completion

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — The sun hadn’t been up a full hour yet and John McDonnell already was inside the new Millennium Building, standing atop a raised platform with a drill in his right hand.    Clad in a roomy green sweatshirt and faded blue jeans, the supervisor for Fasolino Contracting Corp. Inc.,…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Fire engulfs home
  • EAST WINDSOR: Fire engulfs home

    EAST WINDSOR: Fire engulfs home

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    EAST WINDSOR — On Monday evening, a fire destroyed an unoccupied residence on Westfield Road.    Chief Barry Rashkin, of East Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2, said it was the first major fire of 2013 for East Windsor.    ”We’ve had many other calls, brushfires, power lines down, electrical fires in…

  • PRINCETON: Schedule helps Hun in league

    Raiders face tough stretch on ice By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Hun School ice hockey team has been taking care of business in the Independence League this season.    Despite a disappointing 2-2 tie with Episcopal on Tuesday, the Raiders were still 4-0-2 in league play and at the top of the league. Where Hun…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Suozzo: Schools should mold ‘whole child’

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Timberlane Middle School Principal Anthony Suozzo believes strongly that instilling character in students is as much a part of the foundation of their education as a rigorous, well-rounded academic program.    ”Developing the ‘whole child’ is something I feel very strongly about,” Mr. Suozzo said in an overview of his school…

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