• ROBBINSVILLE: Calcagno, McGowan announce ‘green initiatives’

       ROBBINSVILLE — Former Committeeman and Mayor Vince Calcagno and Planning Board Chairwoman Sheree McGowan have announced a series of “green initiatives” in their bid for two seats on the Township Council.    The specific planned initiatives include:    • adding a conservation element to the township Master Plan with a “green” overlay zone for renewable energy sources;    • designating…

  • LAWRENCE: Artist’s photo wins first place in ‘ArtFirst!’ spring exhibit in Princeton
  • LAWRENCE: Split vote decides cell tower contract

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer In a vote split along party lines, Township Council awarded a contract to a Monmouth County-based developer to construct a cell phone tower on a 2-acre parcel of township-owned land on Carter Road last week.     But the agreement drew fire from several neighbors who live near the property, which…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Candidates discuss issues in May 12 race

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — This year’s City Commission race is one of the most contentious in years with eight candidates vying for the three seats.    Under the city’s nonpartisan commission form of government, the three positions are all up for re-election every four years. According to city tradition, commission members choose…

  • BEACON POLICE BLOTTER

       On April 17, at 1:50 p.m., Joseph Janiszewski, 91, of Rocktown-Lambertville Road, reported the theft of antique tools and cash from his residence totaling $5,000. The theft was reported to have occurred over several months. West Amwell Patrolman Edward Skillman is investigating.    On April 18, at approximately 1:10 p.m., Bruce McDonald, 47, of Phillipsburg, was…

  • Wants substantial cuts

    Cora Berke, Lambertville     The South Hunterdon Regional High School (SHRHS) budget was overwhelmingly defeated April 21 with a vote of 783 to 470, or 62.5 percent to 37.5 percent. The numbers from the voting constituency in Lambertville are even more of a mandate for change with a vote of 453 to 212, or 68.12…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Vendor fair combines careers for Hillsborough businesswoman

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    In combining her current work selling sterling silver jewelry and her main career as a corporate meeting planner, Fran Lumia-Wilkens, of Hillsborough’s Meetings By Design, is preparing to hold her first vendor fair Sunday at the Bridgewater Manor, on Route 206 in Bridgewater.    ”In October 2007, I started my own…

  • MS NEW JERSEY SENIOR AMERICA PAGEANT 2009

    MS NEW JERSEY SENIOR AMERICA PAGEANT 2009

    By JOSEPHINE ARANITI TO: FROM: Josephine Araniti/ Publicity, NEW JERSEY SENIOR AMERICA 6 Piedmont Court Brick, NJ 08724 (732) 202-1494; e-mail: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! MS NEW JERSEY SENIOR AMERICA PAGEANT 2009 Lights! Music! Action! Fifteen elegant ladies, 60 years and older, who come from different parts of the Garden State, will grace the stage at…

  • MILLSTONE: Budget offers spending cut, no tax hike

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — Township officials are preparing to introduce a 2009 municipal budget that would reduce spending by about 4 percent and likely maintain the tax rate.    Township Administrator James Pickering said the preliminary $6.7 million budget was accomplished in large part with a minimum 5 percent reduction in operating…

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