• WEST WINDSOR: Five women arrested on prostitution charges

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Five women from Flushing, N.Y. were charged with prostitution-related offenses at 148 Princeton-Hightstown Road on Feb. 15 at approximately 2 p.m.    Jie Mao, 46, was charged with maintaining a nuisance. Mi Pi, 34, and Kehua Li, 49, were both charged with two counts of prostitution and Yuxiu…

  • EDITORIAL: Just days left to file for open school board seats

    By Ruth Luse, Managng Editor    Three seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be filled April 17.    Two of the three seats belong to Hopewell Township — two three-year terms. Those seats are held now by Leigh Ann Peterson and Lisa Wolff.    The third seat, a three-year term, belongs to Pennington Borough…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Help support night off for city’s volunteers!

    By Richard Roy Jr.    The members of the Lambertville Fire Department are preparing to celebrate yet another year of dedicated volunteer service.    In June of last year, Ronald Tillett Jr. was promoted to the rank of chief and has since worked hard to continue moving the department forward.    In 2011, the City of Lambertville saw…

  • MILLSTONE: Tax rate to stay stable in fire budget

    By Mae Rhine, The Packet Group    MILLSTONE — Voters in the township will go to the polls Saturday to vote on the proposed fire budget and to elect fire commissioners.    The $1.7 million total budget has a $1.5 million tax levy that, if approved, would mean no increase in fire taxes.    The 2012 proposed budget…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raiders outlast MHS in triple OT

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    When the alternating possession rule was introduced to the rules of basketball years ago, the jump ball became an afterthought.    But last Saturday, the jump ball became a key part of the game as Hillsborough High outlasted Montgomery in triple-overtime, coming away with a 49-42 win in their Somerset…

  • MONROE: District 3 tax rate still a major concern
  • WEST WINDSOR: Proposed budget is up by 1.86 percent

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council touched upon the development and status of a projected $37 million budget for 2012, up 1.86 percent by approximately $409,000, at its Feb. 13 meeting.    The budget is within the 2 percent property tax cap imposed by the state with exclusions for health care,…

  • Vote on Saturday

    Michael A. Chipowsky, chairman, Hopewell Township Board of Fire Commissioners     On Feb. 18, the annual fire district elections will be held in all three municipalities in Hopewell Valley. The polls will be open from 2-9 p.m.    In Hopewell Township voting will take place at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.    This is your opportunity to…

  • BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Hamilton Jewelers receives ethical standings award

    By Bradley Koltz    You’ve no-doubt heard about some of the troubling practices surrounding some gem exports in various parts of the world.    You can shop with confidence at locally owned Hamilton Jewelers. They recently became the first family owned jeweler to receive the Responsible Jewelry Council’s (RJC) certification for meeting “the ethical, human rights, social…

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