• MILLSTONE: Township Committee maintains tax rate

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee has adopted a $6.7 million municipal budget that officials say maintains the tax rate and actually cuts spending by about 4 percent, or $300,000.    For a homeowner assessed at the township average of $408,500, the tax rate will be about 9.8 cents per $100…

  • Get Help! with Housing Fair June 25

    By Gary Cooper Government agencies, non-profits and banks will take part in the New Jersey State Library sponsored Get Help! With Housing Fair on Thursday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Capitol Complex Plaza, next to the State Library on West State Street, Trenton.  “Our Get Help! Web site brought together…

  • PHOTO FEATURE: Dragon boats at Mercer County Park

    PHOTO FEATURE: Dragon boats at Mercer County Park

    Ken Ryan of the Plainsboro Blazing Paddles, rowing with his crew. Staff photo by John Keating.

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter for the June 11 edition

        Someone stole 12 women’s shirts, valued at a combined $534, from The Limited at the Quaker Bridge Mall between 3:35 p.m. and 3:41 p.m. June 3, according to police. The shirts were taken from a display table at the front of the store.     A pneumatic tool, worth $6,000, was reported stolen from the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Click It or Ticket effort a success

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Police Department announced the results of the recently completed Click It or Ticket campaign.    The national seatbelt enforcement mobilization effort ran from May 18 through May 31 and resulted in 95 tickets being written for seat belt violations locally. In addition, 78 speeding citations were written, along…

  • BETWEEN THE LINES: From the June 11 edition

       The Burlington County Library Bordentown Branch Youth Services Department offers a variety of programs. Registration is necessary for all programs. A Burlington County library card is required. Please note that registration begins two weeks prior to the date of the program.    The address for the Bordentown Library is 18 East Union St., Bordentown. Registration can…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Township OKs NJTA land swap

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has approved the sale of a small portion of the town’s open space to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as part of the turnpike expansion project.    At its June 8 meeting, the committee voted 4-1 to adopt an ordinance selling 5.4 acres of open…

  • LAWRENCE: Community Calendar from the June 11 edition

    Thursday, June 11     Foreign Films at Your Library: “The Country Teacher” (Czech Republic, 2008). Czech with English subtitles. Petr, the title character, is a pensive, bespectacled Czech in his 30s who suddenly leaves Prague to take a job teaching natural science in a rural village. Having recently come off a failed homosexual relationship, he…

  • PHOTO FEATURE: Dragon boats at Mercer County Park

    PHOTO FEATURE: Dragon boats at Mercer County Park

    Photos by John Keating Colorful boats and intrepid crews turned out Sunday for the annual Dragon Boat Festival at Mercer County Park. Here are some scenes from the event.

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