• Time to end residents’ flood problems

    Leon Mortensen, Easton, Pa.    I find myself compelled to write once again concerning the hardship the people of Manville go through every so many years regarding flooding. I am an ex-resident of Manville. I grew up in Manville, graduated from Manville High in 1971, worked for the borough street department while in college, participated in…

  • MANVILLE: District reviewing rockwall grant funds

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The district voted March 16 to pull a resolution accepting a $6,500 grant from Somerset County to install a rock wall in Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, pending investigations into insurance liabilities and other issues.    But Board of Education members emphasized that they would like to move forward with the project…

  • Princeton Record Exchange’s 30th Anniversary Party

    Princeton Record Exchange’s 30th Anniversary Party

    Jon Lambert Princeton Record Exchange Kicks Off Their 30th Anniversary Celebration on Record Store Day! Princeton, NJ, March 25, 2010.  2010 marks the 30th year of the Princeton Record Exchange, one of the leading independent music and movie stores in the USA.  They are happy to invite their fans, friends and families to join them…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Budget plan: Schools staff layoffs are likely

    Voting no without comment were Stephen Keen and Daniel O’Connor By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A $74.7 million tentative school budget for 2010-11 that school officials say will preserve reasonable class sizes and keep all core programming in place was OK’d by the school board Monday night.    Voting no without comment were board members Stephen…

  • MONTGOMERY: Layoffs, tax hike in school budget

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Faced with a state aid cut of $3.7 million, the Montgomery Township Board of Education introduced a 2010-11 budget Tuesday night that includes a $589 tax increase for the average homeowner.    A town forum on the budget held prior to the board’s vote drew more than 200 people, including township…

  • PRINCETON: Chief: Department can run at 30

    Proposal will return captain’s position to borough police By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council has introduced a measure to reinstate the position of captain in the borough police force, and alter the structure of the force to accommodate a reduction in the maximum number of permanent uniformed personnel allowed from 34 to 30.…

  • Princeton Record Exchange’s 30th Anniversary Party
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Gateway request comes to board

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer2    Representatives from Gateway at Sunnymead are scheduled to come before the Planning Board tonight to request the conversion of 315 of its 698 age-restricted units to nonage-restricted ones.    The Hillsborough Beacon will provide live reporting on the meeting through the Hillsborough Beacon Twitter page (Click here to go to the…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Finally, new traffic light at dangerous intersection

    Pedestrians can cross Route 165 at Swan Street intersection more safely    LAMBERTVILLE – Lambertville’s Mayor and City Council members Monday teamed with state and regional transportation agency officials and concerned residents at a ceremonial activation of the new traffic light that will protect pedestrians – especially children – seeking to cross busy Route 165 at…

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