• PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Plainsboro    Police are investigating a theft that occurred between Jan. 11 and March 29. A resident of Windrows Drive reported an unknown person removed two gold rings, valued at $1,950, from her residence. There was no forced entry.    Police are investigating an incident of identity theft. A resident of Parker Road reported that between April…

  • Fashion Design Program to Begin at Mercer County Community College

    Fashion Design Program to Begin at Mercer County Community College

    Mercer County Community College Associate Professor Tina LaPlaca is coordinator of the college’s new Fashion/Apparel Design program.

  • Budgets should not have any increases

    Dennis Buchert, Plainsboro I voted NO.    Forget the 2 percent ceiling. What about zero-based budgets, nothing is mandated.    I cannot believe in this day in age that the school board and the township could in good conscience submit budgets that have any increase at all in spending. The township in effect fired three administrators so…

  • Trenton’s Got Talent: Soup Kitchen Showcases Artistic Talent of Patrons

    Trenton’s Got Talent: Soup Kitchen Showcases Artistic Talent of Patrons

    Kenneth Salter plays bongos in The FunkTASKtiks, the band from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Art Day II will also feature original poetry and artwork by participants in TASK Art Programs.

  • Do You Need to Check on Your Federal Tax Refund? IRS Offers These Tips on Refunds

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson Are you expecting a federal tax refund this year?  The Internal Revenue Service offers these tips for checking on the status of your refund and some helpful tips about refunds.  Tax Return Processing and Refunds: If you file a complete and accurate paper tax return, your refund will usually…

  • Trenton’s Got Talent: Soup Kitchen Showcases Artistic Talent of Patrons

    Trenton’s Got Talent: Soup Kitchen Showcases Artistic Talent of Patrons

    By Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) This Saturday, May 7th, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) will host the second annual celebration of The Arts, featuring the work of the individuals who utilize TASK services and participate in TASK Arts Programs.  Art Day II will be held from 10am to 2pm at TASK, located at…

  • EDITORIAL: Justice has been served

       The terrorist actions devised and brought about by Osama bin Laden reached into and changed the lives of every American to varying degrees on Sept. 11, 2001.    In the Princeton area alone, more than a dozen families lost loved ones when the Twin Towers went down. More than 3,000 people, most of them Americans, lost…

  • Fashion Design Program to Begin at Mercer County Community College

    Fashion Design Program to Begin at Mercer County Community College

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ: Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will begin a new program in Fashion/Apparel Design this fall. This Associate in Applied Science degree will prepare students for direct entry into the dynamic world of fashion or for transfer to a four-year college. Program Coordinator Tina LaPlaca says, “Our tri-state region is one of…

  • PRINCETON: Tax group: One more chance before suit

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Every person in attendance at Thursday night’s Princeton Fair Tax meeting voted with a resounding “yes” when asked if the group should proceed with a lawsuit.    ”It goes back to the land value assessment; that very factor of how it was calculated,” said Toby Israel of Walnut Lane. “The land…

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