• SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the July 16 edition

    Jen Kokotajlo     Tel: 410-7338     [email protected]    Deadline for submitting items for this article will now be Sunday evening. Anything submitted after may not be included in the following edition. Any questions please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding. * * *    Jacksonville Presbyterian Church’s Vacation Bible School will be held July 20–24…

  • LAWRENCE: Police beat from the July 16 edition

    A Skillman Avenue resident reported the theft of her daughter’s purple bicycle from the driveway. The bicycle, valued at $100, was taken between 8 p.m. July 7 and 9 a.m. July 9.     A 16-year-old Trenton girl was charged with shoplifting clothing worth $123 from Sears at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 2:57 p.m. July…

  • LAWRENCE: Police seek links in burglaries

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Township police are investigating whether last week’s burglaries at two businesses on Brunswick Pike — one near the Brunswick Circle and one near the Quaker Bridge Mall — are related, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar.     Leonardo’s II Mediterranean Grill on Brunswick Pike in the southern part…

  • LAWRENCE: Tax bills coming late

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Property owners can begin checking their mailboxes for their 2009-10 property tax bills, which are being mailed out a few weeks later than normal, according to township officials.     The delay in sending out the tax bills also means the deadline for paying property taxes without penalty has been extended…

  • Mellissia Zanjani Appointed Vice President For College Advancement at MCCC
  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Proposed rate increase worries water customers

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    New Jersey American Water Co. customers may see their water rates increase automatically every quarter as the utility says it must bolster revenue for critical infrastructure improvements and work toward timelier returns on past investments.    New Jersey American has filed a proposal with the state Board of Public Utilities to…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Housing plan approved, but ‘not set in stone’

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — Two affordable housing ordinances the Township Council approved last week have drawn a number of complaints, but the plan is still not set it stone, according to Mayor Denis McDaniel.    On July 8, the township passed a pair of ordinances to designate two municipal properties as affordable housing…

  • GUEST OPINION: Police chief responds to profiling claims

    Police Chief Daniel A. Posluszny of Lawrence Township     Recently Donald Roscoe Brown (‘Driving While Black’ in Lawrence Township, June 18, 2009, The Times of Trenton) stated that he was stopped by a police officer in Lawrence Township because he “might” not have been wearing his seat belt. Mr. Brown further enlightens us that he…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Budget passes, carries slight tax increase

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee both amended and passed the 2009 municipal budget Monday evening by a 4-1 vote, ending the process after a long wait for a review from the state.    Republican Committeeman Mark Roselli was the sole member of the committee to vote against the budget and…

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