• HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Bond ordinances authorized    As part of the application to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust (EIT) for 0 percent financing on several projects, the Township Committee approved two ordinances April 28 to bond for projects that have been submitted to the EIT.    The first ordinance allows the township to appropriate…

  • School budgets: Cuts or no cuts?

    If cut, school officials will determine where cuts would be made By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    If a large cut is required from South Hunterdon Regional High School’s defeated $10.5 million budget, it could lead to layoffs.    ”You’re talking bodies,” Board of Education President Robert Campbell said. “How many bodies do you want to cut?”…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lions ready for big top fun

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The circus is coming to South Brunswick, and it’s bringing a performing buffalo with it.    The Zerbini Family Circus will hold two daily performances May 16 and 17 at 2 and 5 p.m. each day at Crossroads South Middle School.    The circus, sponsored by the South Brunswick Lions Club, will…

  • HorseXpo held in Ringoes

    HorseXpo held in Ringoes

    Phil McAuliffe Anna Piparo of Hunterton brushes her pony, Noah.

  • LAWRENCE: Mr. LHS pageant raises $5,300

    LAWRENCE: Mr. LHS pageant raises $5,300

    The “Mr. LHS” pageant was held April 30 at the high school. The pageant is the major fundraiser for LHS Project Graduation, a nonprofit tax exempt organization dedicated to keeping graduating seniors safe at the substance-free all night celebration following graduation June 24. The winner of the pageant was Din Mayfield and the runner-up was…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Edwards wrong on attendance record

    Fried’s online response on township Web site called into question By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Township records show Miguel Edwards, a candidate for the Township Council, missed all eight meetings of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee in 2008 — in sharp contrast to his claim last week after his opponents made that claim.…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the May 7 edition

    Golf tournament     Thursday, May 7 —Mark your calendars now for the Chesterfield Public Education Fund’s (CPEF) Annual Golf Tournament, Dinner & Live Auction, to be held at Mercer Oaks in Princeton Junction. Come for golf, dinner or both, and stay for the auction. This is the CPEF’s only fundraiser. To date, the CPEF has…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: SB-MWA executive to assess water’s health at forum

    Jim Waltman: ”Whether you draw your water from a private well or are tapped into a municipal water supply, our water is coming under increasing pressure in central New Jersey” By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Our water supply today is not the same one our grandfathers, or even our fathers, once knew.    While…

  • LETTERS: Council should pay pension tab

       To the editor:     We are currently stuck in a severe recession created by corporate executives who chose solutions that resolved problems for the short term but created problems in the long term. Many companies which chose those short-sighted solutions are now facing bankruptcy.    Last week the Township Council began preliminary discussions for the new…

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