• PRINCETON: New pool rates go into effect

    PRINCETON: New pool rates go into effect

    There will be a new slide at the pool when it opens this summer.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sabatino is CJ IV pole vault champ

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    With one big jump, Marlena Sabatino is a record-setting rookie.    The Hillsborough High School sophomore — in her first season of winter track and field — won the Central Jersey Group IV girls pole vault when she cleared a personal-best 12-feet Saturday at the Bennett Center in Toms River.…

  • MONROE: District 3 tax rate still a major concern
  • MONROE: Fire District 1 faces heat despite steady budget

    MONROE: Fire District 1 faces heat despite steady budget

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — Saturday, three candidates will challenge Monroe Fire District 1’s three incumbents on the Board of Commissioners.    Voters also will decide whether to approve the proposed budget that keeps the tax rate flat.    District 1 is an all-volunteer station and serves the northern part of the township.    The total proposed…

  • PRINCETON: Simon running for council

    PRINCETON: Simon running for council

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Patrick Simon, a borough resident, will be running for the new consolidated council and seeking the Princeton Community Democratic Organizations’ endorsement next month. He was inspired to run by his involvement with the Joint Shared Services Consolidation Commission over the past 18 months. ”It’s something that’s been in the back…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Councils OKs parking ordinance

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council approved an ordinance that guarantees up to $6 million in bonds and the refunding of $460,000 in prior bonds, jumpstarting the Parking Authority’s new South Lot project at its Feb. 13 meeting.    The new lot will be located at an old municipal dump near…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Fire district election set for Saturday

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A proposed Lambertville budget of $503,735 will go before city voters Saturday, when fire district elections will be held statewide.    The Lambertville fire election will be held at the city’s Justice Center, at 25 N. Union St. Polls will be open from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.    This…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton University president discusses town-gown relations and other topics with the Packet

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Government relations, the largest redevelopment project in recent history and being a Princeton resident were some of the topics Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman and Robert Durkee, vice president and secretary, discussed in an interview with the Packet this week.    During the hour-long meeting, the conversation focused on the…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Owens happy to return for state meet

    Swimmers build on success By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Taylor Owens had already missed the last week of the regular season plus the Mercer County Championships, but the Robbinsville High School junior wasn’t going to miss the Ravens’ first girls state meet.    ”I went to practice Tuesday and Wednesday,” Owens said. “It hurt, but…

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