• PLUMSTED: 2-vehicle crash kills three area residents

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — A head-on collision between a van and a pickup truck on Route 539 claimed the lives of three area residents.    According to police reports, it appears neither driver applied their vehicle’s brakes before the accident on a wet road March 27.    Witnesses told police that Nelson Yales-Lopez, 24,…

  • STOCKTON: School budget plan would bring tax increase

    Proposed tax rate of 62.1 cents per $100 of assessed value is 2.4 cents more than in 2008-2009 By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — At the polls April 21, voters will be asked to approve Stockton Public School’s proposed budget of $675,864.    The tax levy, the amount that will come from local taxes, is…

  • BORDENTOWN: BRSD budget poses 4% tax levy hike

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Residents in the three municipalities making up the Bordentown Regional School District will be asked to approve an increase of 4 percent in the tax levy at the April 21 school election.    With a proposed total operating budget of about $33.9 million, up $106,415 from last year, nearly $23.2 million…

  • Perfect for Lambertville

    Sara Scully, program producer, ACME Screening Room, Lambertville    Recently, the ACME Screening Room, Lambertville, (www.nickelodeonnights.org) hosted a screening of the documentary film — “Who Does She Think She Is?” — which profiles several women artists and the ways each have found to balance being a mother and a wife and an artist, or in some…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Bonds acceptable for building fees    The Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance March 24 to amend Hillsborough’s code and allow for businesses to post surety bonds for site improvements.    ”The value of this to businesses is lowering the fees,” Mayor Frank DelCore said.    With this ordinance, businesses can pay a…

  • LAWRENCE: $4.2 million bond eyed for cleanup

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A bond ordinance for $4.2 million that would pay for the cleanup of a portion of the Dyson Tract on Princeton Pike, opposite Fackler Road, was introduced by Township Council on Tuesday night.    The bond ordinance anticipates the receipt of a $3.1 million grant from the New Jersey Department of…

  • LAWRENCE: In-house EMTs eyed

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council is considering hiring its own emergency medical technicians and ending its arrangement with Capital Health Systems to provide overnight and weekend emergency medical care.    The council spent about a half-hour discussing its options Tuesday night, and agreed to hold a special meeting April 16 to gather public input…

  • LAWRENCE: Planners to review Mercer Crossings

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Township Planning Board is expected to review Mercer County’s study of the Mercer Crossings redevelopment area on Princeton Avenue and Spruce Street at its regular meeting Monday.    The planning boards of Ewing Township and the City of Trenton also have been invited to the meeting, which starts at…

  • PRINCETON: Boys lacrosse previews

    Montgomery     Head Coach: Tim Sullivan, ninth year     Last year: 20-3, Somerset County Tournament, Bianchi Division champions, Group III state finalist.    Key returning players: Rudy Butler (Sr.), Tripp Garinger (Sr.), Greg Ives (Sr.), David Lafaman (Jr.), Cameron Napoliello (Jr.), Mark Treichler (Jr.), Mark Yetter (Jr.).    Top newcomers: Derek Moore (Sr.), Troy Gebhart (Jr.), Thomas Hackett…

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