• HILLSBOROUGH: Scarecrow project aimed at community involvement

    HILLSBOROUGH: Scarecrow project aimed at community involvement

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The scarecrows that lined the walkway to Woodfern Elementary School during the last week of October weren’t just a way for the students at the school to celebrate Halloween. The projects, which students created for the first time this year, help the school connect with the community, staff said.    ”We’re…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fire union opposes planned hiring of Archer as director

    Fried continues to tout his choice while Archer defends qualifications By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The firefighters’ union is opposing Mayor Dave Fried’s choice to head the township Fire Division.    Brendan O’Donnell, president of Local 3786, which represents the township’s 11 paid firefighters, said at the Nov. 12 Township Council meeting that the…

  • MANSFIELD: New roof, solar panels up for vote

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — Township voters will be asked to vote on two questions Dec. 8 that would repair the roof of the John Hydock Elementary School and install solar panels there.    The two projects would cost about $1.6 million total, but with energy savings and the sale of solar energy credits…

  • PET TALK: Before getting in too deep, say ‘whoa!’

    By Dr. Daniel Eubanks    Veterinary medicine wasn’t always this complex. Pet owners haven’t always been confronted with so many treatment options.    A broken leg was either splinted or the animal was euthanized. No one talked about plates, screws and bone grafts. Cats didn’t live to be 15, and even if they did, chemotherapy was not…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fried withholds $347,000 in county taxes

    "Unfair’ 2006 revaluation claim doesn’t cut it with Mercer By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Mayor Dave Fried said this week that he is withholding $347,000 of the fourth-quarter county tax bill of $3.6 million.    His reason is what he calls an “arbitrary” and “unfair” mandated tax revaluation, the process of which cost the…

  • ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

    ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

    The characters in "Fantastic Mr. Fox" are handmade puppets shot frame by frame.

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: ‘Twentieth Century’ hits BRHS stage

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: ‘Twentieth Century’ hits BRHS stage

    Phil McAuliffe Nick Rodriguez, Ben Walker and Arden Walker in Bordentown Regional High School’s production of "Twentieth Century." Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: ‘Twentieth Century’ hits BRHS stage

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: ‘Twentieth Century’ hits BRHS stage

    Phil McAuliffe Brittany Friedman as Lily Garland and Ben Walker as Oscar Jaffe in Bordentown Regional High School’s production of "Twentieth Century." Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

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