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  • Property-tax-rebate limits hurt most vulnerable

    New Jersey’s state budget for 2012 is up for debate, and Gov. Christie’s proposal does not look good for us seniors. It not only continues to block new applicants to the Property Tax Reimbursement program (PTR), but it also caps reimbursement payments for 2010 to recipients’ 2008 level. Although the PTR was designed to protect…

  • Slower fertilizers equal cleaner waters

    New Jersey now has the nation’s toughest fertilizer bill, aimed at protecting our waters — and the creatures living in them — from the damaging effects of chemical nutrients . Many of the new law’s provisions, which Gov. Chris Christie signed in January, don’t take effect immediately, to minimize financial loss to manufacturers and retailers…

  • Roosevelt awaits free fire truck

    Cemetery inspection reveals need for maintenance BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The borough should have a fire truck that works within two weeks. Councilman Jeff Ellentuck announced during the June 13 Borough Council meeting that the borough is awaiting the free truck. The Mercer County Fire Academy in Lawrenceville is donating the truck to…

  • Changes made to Millstone’s elementary school class schedule

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Third-grade students will not change classes next year. That was one of the scheduling changes outlined in elementary school Principal Brandy Worth’s presentation to the Board of Education on June 13. While the third grade will revert to selfcontained classrooms, the majority of fourth and fifth grades will continue…

  • Conservation projects could gain funding

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) announced the unanimous passage of her Green Acres bill by the state Senate on June 9. The bill, S-2859, appropriates $45 million from the 2009 Green Acres Fund and $12 million from the 2009 Blue Acres Fund for state acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, according…

  • Allentown Redbirds and Robbinsville Ravens will swim together

    Shared service pact provides for competitive Robbinsville-Allentown swim team BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Allentown High School’s Jillian Galindo (l-r), Samantha Hynes, Pam Owens, Alexia Hynes, Taylor Owens and Delaney Bader represented the school in this year’s Mercer County swim championships. With Owens supervising, the swimmers took fifth place in the competition. For the past…

  • Education evolves for the ‘iGeneration’

    iPad poised to change the learning landscape BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Township Elementary School students Alivia Caba (l-r), Ayla Dlugosz and Julianna Conforti use an iPad to complete a lesson in third-grade teacher Jennifer Kohn’s class on June 15. JEFF GRANIT staff The day will come when today’s students talk about heavy backpacks…

  • Summer comm. ed. brochure is online

    Millstone Township Community Education has released its line-up of summer classes for both Millstone Township and Allentown/ Upper Freehold. The brochure is available online by clicking the Community Education link at www.millstone.k12.nj.us and www.ufrsd.net.

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