• HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Mercer County closes Jacobs Creek Bridge

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Mercer County closes Jacobs Creek Bridge

    Jacobs Creek Bridge detours, according to Mercer County.

  • ‘Bright Star’

    A deeply felt tender love story imparts an intensity of feeling Elise Nakhnikian JANE Campion came up with idea for Bright Star while sitting with “a ragtag group of horses I used to like to sit with and read,” she told the audience after a Sept. 14 screening. When one of the horses delicately opened…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police targeting traffic checkpoints

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Police were on the lookout for expired vehicle inspection stickers during a checkpoint Monday at the intersection of routes 206 and 518.    The checkpoint, which was operated from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., was in conjunction with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Mobile Inspection Team, police said.…

  • How NJ achieved its high tax status

    Arthur G. Mattei of Lawrenceville     Now that New Jersey is announced as having the highest property taxes in the nation, along with a punitive income tax and sales tax, it might be well to reflect how we got to where we are.    When some 40 or more years ago New Jersey began to grow…

  • Bordentown Football Booster Fundraiser

    By Ruth Tilghman The Bordentown Regional High School Football Booster Club will be hosting its First Annual "Team Trivia Night" on October 10, 2009 at Hope Hose Fire House on Burlington Street in Bordentown. Doors open at 7:00. First question will be asked at 8:00.  Price is $10 per person prior to the event and $15…

  • Harrison Park plan lacked public review

    Roger Martindell, Princeton Borough Council     On Sept. 22, Princeton Borough’s governing body approved a more than one-half million-dollar renovation of Harrison Street Park without meaningful review or discussion in public of the renovation plan documents or budget.    Yes, the park clearly requires renovation. And, yes, perhaps the renovation plan adopted by the governing body…

  • PRINCETON: Boro PD gets ‘pro-active’ on drinking offenses

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Lauren OtisStaff Writer    Police Lt. David Dudeck has told Princeton Borough Council that the Police Department is taking “a pro-active approach” with regard to drinking issues at eating clubs along Prospect Avenue as Princeton University begins its fall term.    The police, with the borough prosecutor’s participation, had been meeting with…

  • Is there an ideal HOA

    By George K. Staropoli A reader of my HOA Constitutional Government blog asked the following questions: 1. In your opinion, what constitutes a reasonable set of covenants that protects the rights of homeowners while enabling a HOA to manage and maintain the common areas, facilities and character of community? 2. Another way of asking the…

  • Mercer County Community College Offers Basic Skills Training for Employees at no Charge to Companies

    By Saveria Symons WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Mercer County Community College is offering basic skills training in communications, computer operations, mathematics and English as a second language to employees at businesses throughout New Jersey. The training is offered at no charge to employers, thanks to the third year of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association’s (NJBIA)…

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