• EDITORIAL: Candidates needed for school board

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Four seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be filled April 20.    Three of the four seats belong to Hopewell Township — two three-year terms and a one-year unexpired term. Those seats are held now by Aaron Tellier, James Wulf and Stephen Keen respectively.    The fourth seat,…

  • Local towns get funds for transportation jobs

    Of the three communities, Solebury was the big winner By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has awarded more than $1.4 million to three river communities for transportation-related projects.    Of the three communities, Solebury was the big winner with a $660,000 grant for a bridge replacement.    Lambertville was not far…

  • TRENTON: N.J. Senate takes up bill that would kill COAH

    The legislation, S1, sponsored by state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, is on the agenda of the Senate Economic Growth Committee By Maria Prato-Gaines, The Packet Group    TRENTON — Legislation that could bring back a tool that municipalities have used to meet their affordable housing obligations without having to build their own housing was taken up…

  • Unfairness unproven in boro revaluation

    Nicholas R. Karp of Princeton     The analysis of the Princeton Borough revaluation that The Packet reported on last week was inadequate to draw conclusions about either the accuracy or the equity of the revaluation process. Many properties that started in lower deciles increased in value by multiples of five or more, suggesting new construction…

  • Rehabilitate the bridge

    John Hansbury, Titusville     This past Friday, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes posted a press release on the Mercer County Web site announcing the receipt of the Phase 1A Archeological Survey of the area surrounding the Jacobs Creek Bridge. The purpose of the survey was to determine the impact of the county’s proposed realignment of…

  • CRANBURY: Zoners nix retail proposal

    South River Road project would have included restaurant, bank, stores and offices By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writers    CRANBURY — A proposal to build a retail complex on South River Road was denied Wednesday by the zoning board without much comment by members.    The applicant, the Verde Group, planned to build a restaurant, bank and retail…

  • MANVILLE: Weston School bake sale helping bring relief to earthquake victims

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Weston School students cooked up a plan to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, holding a bake sale Jan. 25, which raised more than $700 for the cause.    Teacher Jill Pepe, along with fellow staff members Jennifer Griffiths, Janine DaSilva, Rebecca Fosbre, Laura Landau, Sharon Liszczak,…

  • Donate to help struggling food banks

    Jean Quinn    New Jersey’s food banks need our help! Although the holiday season has ended, when more people are compelled to make charitable contributions, we have to hold onto that giving spirit.    Higher food costs, rising unemployment and other financial hardships are leading a greater number of people to seek assistance from food distribution programs.…

  • MANVILLE: Cars hit by paint balls

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Police are investigating an incident in which 23 cars in several areas of town were shot by paintball guns early Monday.    Routine patrols discovered most of the damage to the cars, which involved the vehicles being struck by pink paintballs. The incidents occurred on North Fifth, North Sixth, Huff and…

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