• Tentative school budget would raise taxes $384

    Millstone board applied for cap waiver to pay tuition due UFRSD BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Millstone Township Board of Education adopted a tentative budget for the 2010-11 school year Feb. 22 for the purpose of applying for a commissioner’s waiver from the Monmouth County superintendent of schools. Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida gave a presentation…

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    Kevin “Two Steps” O’Connell describes the New Jersey Lenni Lenape culture to fourth-graders during an assembly at Millstone Elementary School on Feb. 24. More photos, page 8. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Banks are worried overdraft cash stream will dry up

    Coda • GREG BEAN A young man of my acquaintance is fortunate to still be employed in this dismal economy, but like many young people on his own, he lives paycheck to paycheck. And sometimes, as it gets close to payday, he runs a little short for a sandwich at lunch or a few bucks…

  • Trenton’s Millhill Foundation Invites the Community to Their Annual Fundraiser, Mission Possible

    By Ana Klett On Saturday March 20th, Rider University will host Mission Possible V, a gala held to benefit Trenton’s children and families and “give them hope for a better tomorrow”. The night will include gaming, dancing and both silent and live auctions for items donated by local businesses and supporters. This year at Mission…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Police get contract with no 2010 pay hike

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer — Township police have agreed to not take raises for 2010 but will receive a 4 percent pay increase in 2011.     The Township Council, at its Feb. 25 meeting, unanimously approved a three-year contract with the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Local 344.     The contract, retroactive to Jan. 1, requires…

  • SHOW TUNES FRIDAY AT HAR SINAI

    By TEMPLE pr                                           SHOW TUNES AT HAR SINAI TEMPLE                         HOPEWELL TWP. – "The Megillah According to Broadway" show is going on – this time without a weather postponement – Friday (March 5) night at 7:30 in Har Sinai Temple.                      Originally scheduled for last weekend, the Purimshpiel begins with a Shabbat service and…

  • Local Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground for First Time in Hightstown

    By Glenn Fannick LOCAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BREAKS GROUND FOR FIRST TIME IN HIGHTSTOWN; AFFILIATE’S NINTH HOUSE TO BE NEW START FOR REGENTHAL FAMILY HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. n Hightstown will soon have its first ever Habitat for Humanity house as the Millstone Basin Area affiliate has started construction of its ninth project and its first foray…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Hindu 108-foot temple OK’d despite concerns

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE —The nonprofit Hindu organization BAPS will be allowed to construct a temple as part of its planned five-building religious complex that is nearly twice the height allowed by local ordinance.    The Planning Board, by a 6-1 vote Feb. 24, approved a height variance that would allow BAPS to build…

  • Men Mentoring Men Announces New Book and Workshop: Fathering Through Divorce

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