• FLORENCE: District to cut staff positions

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    FLORENCE — The final $24.8 million operating 2012-13 budget for the Florence Township School District, unanimously approved March 29, includes a $107.86 tax increase for the district.    Residents will have a tax rate of $1.396 per $100 of assessed value. Homeowners assessed at the average $229,500 will pay $3,203.82 in…

  • PRINCETON: Stuart spends months preparing for author visit

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    The auditorium in the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart echoed with chatter as the lower school students filled the seats. Excitement mounted as the young girls got ready to see the woman whose work they had been reading for months — Naomi Shihab Nye, an award winning…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Students learn tenets of ethical journalism

    HIGHTSTOWN: Students learn tenets of ethical journalism

    The Ram Page staff works together to create a student newspaper at Hightstown High. Gathered in the newsroom are, from left; front row, senior Colleen Murphy; junior Danielle Najjar; seniors Abigail Schwendeman, Jaimie McHale and Sam Nathanson; and back row, juniors Phil Kramar and Jude Brenya; and sophomore Mike Tiernan. (Photo by Jen Samuel)

  • Middlesex Water Company to Invest $3.3 Million Upgrading Water Distribution Infrastructure in Edison Township

    By: Summer D. Middlesex Water Company to Invest $3.3 Million Upgrading Water Distribution Infrastructure in Edison Township Iselin, NJ (April 5, 2012) n Middlesex Water Company will be cleaning and lining water mains and replacing mains, valves and fire hydrants in the Clara Barton section of Edison Township, New Jersey as part of its annual…

  • 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…

  • Meet, Play, and Be Merry wity BAM Social Sports – Registration Now Open!

    Meet, Play, and Be Merry wity BAM Social Sports – Registration Now Open!

    KJPublicRelations.com MEET, PLAY, AND BE MERRY WITH BAM SOCIAL SPORTS! Registration now open for new adult co-ed sports league in New Jersey SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ – Registration is now open for BAM Social Sports (www.bamsocialsports.com), a new adult co-ed sports league in Northern and Central Jersey. BAM Social Sports offers a wide variety of organized team…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Primaries: No races on June 5

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    On Monday, those hoping to seek seats on the Valley’s three governing in November filed petitions enabling them to run in the June 5 primary elections.    The deadline to file was Monday at 4 p.m.    There will be no contests in Hopewell Valley in June, but Hopewell Township will have…

  • BORDENTOWN: School district hikes taxes all around

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The final $35.4 million operating 2012-13 budget for the Bordentown Regional School District, unanimously approved March 28, calls for a tax hike for all three towns in the district.    Bordentown City will have a tax rate of $1.39 per $100 of assessed value. Homeowners assessed at the…

  • SPRINGFIELD: School district increases tax rate

    School board selects superintendent, business administrator By Amber Cox, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The final $4.9 million budget for the Springfield Township School District, unanimously approved March 27, calls for a 1.8 cents tax rate increase.    Residents will pay a tax rate of 74.8 cents per $100 of assessed property value. Homeowners assessed at the…

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