• EAST WINDSOR: Tax revaluation winds down

    Assessor: Complaints low By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — After delaying the process for nearly four years, the township is in the final stage of its first tax revaluation in more than two decades.    Township Tax Assessor Rich Kline said that while the official numbers won’t be tabulated until the end of February,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: February H1N1 clinics are scheduled

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Health Department will provide free H1N1 influenza vaccinations to all residents and employees in the township starting in February.    ”We will have the nasal mist available and the vaccine,” said Jill Swanson, manager of environmental health. “Anyone 18 or under must have a parent…

  • MONROE: District 1 firefighter remains suspended

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A volunteer deputy fire chief has been suspended after circulating a petition to keep Fire District 1’s paid firefighters on staff.    Fire commissioners for the district said at a Dec. 29 meeting that the two paid firefighters could be eliminated to save money in the district’s budget. But…

  • Scouts tackle 21-mile Appalachian Trail hike

    Scouts tackle 21-mile Appalachian Trail hike

       On Nov. 4, seven Scouts and leaders from Boy Scout Troop 1776 departed from Trenton on the Amtrak Crescent Line to Gainesville, Ga., for a backpacking trip.    The troop departed at 3 p.m. for a 16-hour train ride overnight. The Scouts played cards, relaxed in the Club Car, listened to the CDs, and slept in…

  • Scouts tackle 21-mile Appalachian Trail hike

    Scouts tackle 21-mile Appalachian Trail hike

    Hillsborough Scouts and leaders of Boy Scout Troop 1776 (left to right) Matt Nienart, Steve Paget, Nathan Paget, Matt Steiffel, Andrew Thomas, Dave Frusco and David Frusco Sr. pause at the Southern Terminus plaque of the Appalachian Trail in Springer Mountain, Ga. Photo courtesy of Cynthia Neinart

  • NEW HOPE: Drivers will pay for use of Scudders Falls Bridge in future

    To help finance $310 million Scudders Falls bridge replacement project, commission has decided to toll the facility at a yet-to-be determined date By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    To help finance the $310 million Scudders Falls bridge replacement project, the commission in charge of the bridge has decided to toll the facility at a yet-to-be determined…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Amanda Fenusz, 19, of Robin Road, was charged with underage possession of alcohol and using false identification after she attempted to buy vodka from the County Corner Mall liquor store on South Branch Road at 9:44 p.m. Jan. 23.    Ms. Fenusz was taken into custody after she showed the clerk a Maryland identification card, then…

  • Womanspace says thanks

    Patricia M. Hart, executive director, Womanspace     The most important lesson learned in serving the community with the vital mission of “providing services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and improving the lives of families” is that we simply can’t do it alone.    For the past 32 years Mercer County residents have responded…

  • Kindergarten registration

    CRANBURY    Cranbury School kindergarten registration will occur Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 9-11 a.m. and noon-2 p.m. in the large group room. Children do not need to attend.    Students must be 5 years old by Oct. 1, 2010. If you have not yet informed the school that you will have a child attending kindergarten in the…

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