• Second Annual Trenton Atelier Conceptual Tour

    By Pete Abrams      The Trenton Atelier Conceptual Tour will hold it’s second annual event in Building 114 of the Roebling/Manex Complex at 33 Clark St. underneath the Manex Watertower (see attached map).  We plan to have artists, performers, bands, and interested individuals come to create/display their pieces and see the arts as well as…

  • PENNINGTON: No tax rate hike

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Pennington’s municipal tax rate will stay at 42 cents per $100 of assessed property value, same as last year, under a 2010 budget adopted Monday by Borough Council.    For the owner of a borough home assessed at $500,000, which is close to the borough average, a 42-cent tax rate would…

  • Thank you, veterans!

    Sevy Di Cocco, veterans coordinator     I wish to thank all of the veterans who participated in the Pennington Memorial Day parade on May 31. They were from Hopewell, Pennington and Hopewell Township. There were six who had to drop out at the last minute. As we were about to begin marching, one of our…

  • MONROE: Council OKs cable rules

    By Maria Prato, Staff Writer    MONROE — The Township Council adopted a resolution Wednesday authorizing new rules and policies for its government and education cable channel.    Channel 28 has been up and running for approximately six months, and municipal officials said it was important to make the public aware its programming would be different from…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City’s budget plan ready for July vote

    Garbage, recycling not included By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The average homeowner will pay a little less in property taxes under the city’s proposed 2010 budget, but the small savings will be cancelled out by a new $200 fee for garbage collection.    The City Council last week introduced a $4.1 million budget that…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: History project ties in with today’s news

    HILLSBOROUGH: History project ties in with today’s news

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Cardboard box houses lined the courtyard at Auten Road Intermediate School June 3 though some sagged or completely imploded from the day’s humidity.    Arranged in a circle around the courtyard, the collapsing roofs and sinking walls formed the likeness of the Depression-era “Hoovervilles” the students studied in class.    Like the…

  • MANVILLE: Asher, Petzinger top GOP council primary

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Set to face Komoroski and Jurewicz in November general election    Although she was running on her own against the two people chosen to represent the Manville Republican Committee in the general election, Borough Council President Susan Asher received the most votes in Tuesday’s primary elections to secure her place on…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Nomad’s smoke irritates neighbors

    By Cynthia Williamson, Special Writer    Some residents who live near Nomad Pizza, a popular East Broad Street establishment, are so angry they are seeing smoke over a wood-fired brick oven used to bake its specialty pies.    Residents say smoke billowing from a chimney when the oven is in use is making them sick and affecting…

  • PRINCETON: Boro encouraged by $12.8 million bond issue

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough sold a $12.8 million bond issue recently under terms that are encouraging for the municipality’s fiscal standing, Borough Councilman David Goldfarb told other council members at Tuesday evening’s council meeting.    The bonds issued by the borough have an average life of 11 years, an interest rate of 3.13…

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