• SPRINGFIELD: Board hires new superintendent, administrator

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The school board unanimously approved contracts for a new superintendent and business administrator March 20, pending approval by the county superintendent.    Charmette Long-Vernon was named business administrator and board secretary at an annual salary of $80,000. Her contract would run from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Ege gets Parsons’ MUA job

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Melissa Ege, who began working as the new administrative assistant at the Lambertville Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) on March 19, says she knows she “has big shoes to fill.”    Those shoes were worn by Barbara Parsons, who was the MUA’s administrative assistant for 33 years. She was honored…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Board OKs $9.8M school budget

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    CHESTERFIELD — The school board approved its $9.8 million budget for 2012-13 on Monday with a 4-1 vote.    The tax levy is $6.7 million. An average assessed home of $396,860 will pay $373.05 in taxes at a rate of 94 cents per $100 and $71.43 in debt service at a…

  • MIDDLESEX COUNTY: rabid skunk found in county

       The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a skunk tested positive for rabies in Helmetta in the vicinity of John Street and Railroad Avenue.    This is the first rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2012 and the first rabid animal reported in Helmetta.    March 23, the Helmetta animal control officer responded…

  • PRINCETON: Rooming house cited for bedbugs, conditions

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A rooming house on Nassau Street was cited for bedbugs and multiple code violations this week after a tenant complained to the state about the living conditions.    The landlord, Sanford Zeitler, was given until March 30 to treat the bedbug issue and provide certification of treatment from a licensed exterminator.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Baseball team has veteran group

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Year after year the Hillsborough High School baseball team has overcome heavy graduation losses.    As the Raiders prepare for their season-opener on Monday against Montgomery, they will once again face the task of replacing a talented group of departed seniors.    ”We lost eight from last year and we have…

  • CRANBURY: Around Cranbury

    Public asked to ‘Spring into Spring’ By Lorraine Sedor    ”Spring into Spring” at the Gourgaud Gallery this weekend!    The public is invited to a reception, Saturday, March 31, from noon to 3 p.m. for artist Mary Ellen Brennan.    At this month’s meet-the-artist gathering, the gallery will offer a “BOGO” event: buy one full-price piece and…

  • GUEST OPINION: Don’t vote to repeal the sewer bond ordinance

    By William Connolly    The end of Hopewell Township as we know it? — Most citizens of Hopewell Township are aware that in November 2011, the Township Committee approved, by a 4-1 vote, a bond ordinance to authorize the borrowing of $4.1 million dollars to purchase sewer treatment capacity from the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority (ELSA). This…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Green Machine Girls Scouts share success with Holt

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Laughter and excitement permeated Helen Rancan’s residence on Saturday afternoon as the Green Machine Girl Scouts robot team gathered for a special celebration.    The girls have barely known each other a year, but no one would be able to tell as they bantered on the carpet, eagerly…

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