• AARP New Jersey thanks Gov. Christie

    Jim Dieterle of AARP New Jersey     AARP New Jersey would like to thank Gov. Christie for his leadership in working with the state Legislature to withdraw the original budget proposal concerning PAAD, the state’s prescription drug program for low-income and disabled residents. Over 140,000 individuals would have been adversely affected by the proposed $310…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Disaster training facility prepares local firefighters

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Disaster training facility prepares local firefighters

    Firefighters train for confined-space rescues at the new training facility in Monmouth Junction.

  • LAWRENCE: Township eyes a new fiscal complication

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer   LAWRENCE —  Legislation signed by Gov. Chris Christie last week to cap municipal tax levy increases at 2 percent is likely to complicate the job of preparing a municipal budget, according to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun.    Mr. Krawczun said he plans to meet with the department directors at the Municipal…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the July 22 edition

    A weekly listing of community events. Farmers market     Bordentown City announces the return of its Farmers’ Market with an expanded line-up of locally grown and organic produce as well as exciting activities. The Farmers’ Market will run every Wednesday this summer from 4 p.m. until dusk at the city parking lot located at Farnsworth…

  • Donate School Supplies Through Aug. 16

    Donate School Supplies Through Aug. 16

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             You can help local children get off to a good start in school this fall. Donated school supplies are being collected through Aug. 16 for the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women’s annual “Project First Class.”  Children of families served by the Food Bank Network of Somerset…

  • Disputing councilman’s claim on sound barriers

    Doris Moran Weisberg of Lawrenceville     Recent remarks by Lawrence Township Councilman Bob Bostock prompt this letter. At the July 6 Township Council meeting, Mr. Bostock repeated his assertion that the practice of changing mayors on a yearly basis contributed to the failure to obtain sound barriers for Long Acres.    As a 25-year resident of…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Focus on the environment

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Focus on the environment

    "As Above, So Below," by Ann Darlington, of Bordentown City, won the People’s Choice award in the county Environmental Photo Contest this year. Taken last year, it depicts the sun setting over the Crosswicks Creek.

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: New swimmers take the plunge

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: New swimmers take the plunge

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — On a hot morning last week, students, parents and instructors at the Bordentown Community District Alliance Swimming Program extolled the virtues of learning to swim from the skilled and attentive instructors.    ”This program is very unique; I don’t know another like it,” said program director Shirley Fisher,…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the July 22 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Next meetings are Aug. 2…

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