• CENTRAL JERSEY: 3 of 4 budgets approved

    by Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    Despite troubling economic times, area voters have approved three out of four school budgets in the Messenger-Press coverage area.    Robbinsville, Upper Freehold Regional and Plumsted voters approved their districts’ spending plans April 21, albeit by small margins in some cases.    Millstone voters, however, did not, and it will now…

  • About budget defeats

    Elaine A. Warner, Lambertville     It was with great dismay that I reviewed the school board election results for Hunterdon County school districts.. My comments regarding the election results and budget votes are not meant to be inflammatory nor should this letter be viewed as the opinion of a school board member or as representative…

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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: $350K grant will fund bikeway in local park

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee on Monday unanimously approved using $350,000 in grant money to fund the construction of a bikeway in Veterans Memorial Park.    The township received the grant from the state Department of Transportation in early 2008. While the township applied in 2005 for $500,000, the original…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter from the week of April 27

    Zonia E. Juarez-Perez, 46, of New York Avenue, in Trenton, was charged with shoplifting clothing worth $634.86 from Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 2:56 p.m. April 26, police said. She was released on a summons.     Arthur Ford, 18, of Riverside Avenue, in Trenton, was charged with shoplifting jewelry worth $109.97 from Sears…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Signs going up; skateboard ordinance eyed

    by Audrey Levine, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — In response to concerns earlier this month that skateboarders in Martini Park, in Town Center, are damaging property, the Township Council has agreed to have temporary signs posted prohibiting any activity there that could cause such damage.    In addition, the council, in cooperation with the Recreation Advisory…

  • PRINCETON: Tax forum participants ask more from university

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  If Saturday was Communiversity in Princeton, Sunday was more like Commun-adversity.    At a public tax forum, Princeton University, far from being regarded as the supportive partner of a day earlier, was, instead, portrayed as a self-interested, PR-driven fiefdom, unwilling to use its substantial resources to improve the financial…

  • LAWRENCE: St. Lawrence teams with Safe Kids to promote helmet safety

    LAWRENCE: St. Lawrence teams with Safe Kids to promote helmet safety

    The Foundation of Morris Hall/St. Lawrence, Inc. held a press conference Tuesday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its affiliation with Safe Kids Worldwide and to announce a new safety initiative in conjunction with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey and the Lawrence Township Police Department.     Safe Kids Worldwide was founded 20 years…

  • The Shad Festival

    The Shad Festival

    Phil McAuliffe Dennis Manoogian of New Hope (left) and Michael DeAngelis of Lambertville cook Cajun-style shad sandwiches.

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