• MCCC Offers Later-Starting Credit Classes This Semester

    By Saveria Symons WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Although the spring semester is well under way at Mercer County Community College, later-starting credit courses are still open for enrollment. Ten-week classes beginning March 1 will cover topics such as accounting, environmental science, business law, speech, English, geography, history, nutrition, computer concepts, algebra, psychology, sociology and more.…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Plumsted voters defeat fire budget; Millstone’s say OK

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    It was a mixed bag of news for fire officials this week as voters in Plumsted soundly defeated a fire district budget while voters in Millstone gave their OK.    In both cases, the budget called for an approximate half-penny hike in the respective fire tax rates.    In Plumsted, voters defeated…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Committee to focus on economy

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee approved an ordinance Monday to create an Economic Development Advisory Committee.    The committee has been discussing creating a group that would work in a way similar to Bordentown City’s Economic Development Committee. Committeeman Jason Medina brought the idea to the committee and met with…

  • LAWRENCE: Campaign ads aimed to stay ‘on message’

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Brad Lawrence, who prepared many of Gov. Jon Corzine’s campaign advertisements last year, got right to the point in his remarks at Rider University’s Rebovitch Institute for New Jersey Politics seminar.     “I’ll break the suspense. We lost,” said Mr. Lawrence, who was one of two panelists in the…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Scaled-down referendum returns March 9

    SPRINGFIELD: Scaled-down referendum returns March 9

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The elementary school district is proposing a new referendum that would renovate the 70-year-old school, build a new gym, and install solar panels to help pay for the cost of construction.    The plan, which will be up for a vote in a special election March 9, is a…

  • LAWRENCE: Deadline looms for board run

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     With two days left to submit a petition to run for the township Board of Education, two candidates have turned in their nominating petitions for the three available seats in the April 20 annual school board election.     The deadline to file a petition is 4 p.m. Monday. Petitions…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: District to appeal $2M state aid cut

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    The Northern Burlington County Regional School District plans to appeal its recently announced state aid cut of over $2.14 million.    The NBC district is one of two in the area that receives federal impact aid, which exists to offset the cost of students coming from federally owned, nontaxable land, such…

  • BORDENTOWN: Turnpike fire response causes tension between towns

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Fire company response to the New Jersey Turnpike caused some friction between Bordentown City and Bordentown Township after a county-brokered deal left the city unsatisfied.    Bordentown Township’s Fire District No. 2 handles calls for incidents on the Turnpike between Interchange 7 in Bordentown and the Mercer County line. The district’s…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Voters approve five fire budgets

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Voters in all five local fire districts approved the fire budgets Saturday, allowing the districts to move into a new year of operations.    Bordentown Township’s Fire District No. 1 was the only in the area to propose a small tax increase. By a vote of 65-14, residents approved the $638,938…

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