• HIGHTSTOWN: Campers earn graduation gifts

    HIGHTSTOWN: Campers earn graduation gifts

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — It looked like Christmas in August as 38 excited campers began ripping the tags off their gifts and spilling the contents all over the floor.    ”Look, look what I got!” said 6-year-old Jadira Yanqui of Hightstown as she opened her new glittery star messenger bag packed with Crayola…

  • Township keeps lid on cat population

    By: Geoffrey Wertime – Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee will not reconsider the township’s limit on the number of pets some residents can have. The members came to the consensus at the committee’s Monday meeting, when a local man’s pet cats were the focus of a second long public comment session. "So…

  • Students’ homework: ideas to cut energy costs

    Schools By: Eileen Oldfield – Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH – Some Hillsborough students will be asked to put on their thinking caps to come up with ideas that may help their schools reduce energy costs – and in turn, help the schools gain extra funding for other programs. Called "The Green School Program," the plan will…

  • Dealing with the impact of Princeton revaluations

    Leo Arons of Princeton    While I hardly celebrate an appraisal that has raised my taxes by 50 percent, I find myself disagreeing with much of what I hear from my Fair Tax neighbors. An appraisal is, after all, a reflection of the forces of supply and demand in the marketplace. It is not designed…

  • Helpline Express Excursion set Sept. 10

    By: centraljersey.com Board the Black River & Western Railroad for the Helpline Express Excursion on Sept. 10 from 6-8 p.m. The train leaves from the station at 80 Stangle Road, Flemington, and will take a scenic ride to the Civil War era Station in Ringoes before the return trip. Passengers will travel in the comfort…

  • PBSN Singles Wine Tasting Party with Hors d’oeuvres, Grape Expectations, Bridgewater, NJ, Sunday, September 12
  • William Melenchuk Jr. recognized for 60 years volunteering

    Firefighter stayed for the company he kept By: Eileen Oldfield – Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH – When he joined Hillsborough Fire Company No. 2 in 1950, William Melenchuk was just following in his father’s footsteps, he said. Sixty years later, the New Amwell Road resident no longer dons fire fighting equipment when there’s a fire in…

  • Join conversation on Great Outdoors

    By: Michele Byers The Obama administration is developing a comprehensive, cutting-edge strategy for preserving America’s natural heritage, and the time is now for citizens to join this conversation about conservation. On April 16, President Obama officially launched the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative at a White House conference for conservationists, farmers, ranchers, sportsmen, government leaders, public…

  • Editorial

    Chasing ratables – or our tails By: centraljersey.com It might seem counterintuitive, but building a tax base with commercial properties does not necessarily lead to lower property taxes. NJ Future, a planning advocacy group, issued a "special report" earlier this month that raises questions about the link between commercial development and tax rates that should…

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