• SOMERSET COUNTY: Senior centers to be closed Friday

    Snow is anticipated County-operated senior centers in Hillsborough, Manville and Montgomery will be closed Friday, March 20, due to the anticipated snow. There will be no Meals on Wheels deliveries. Meals on Wheels clients are encouraged to use the frozen snow meal or, in the event of a power outage, the heater meal delivered earlier…

  • AT THE LIBRARIES: March 19, 2015

    Robbinsville    The Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System has scheduled adult and children’s programs in March.    Volunteers from AARP will offer tax help from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, March 25; and April 1, 8 and 15.    Bring last year’s completed forms. Appointments are required; to register, call 609-259-2150.    ”Toddler Storytime” is…

  • HAMILTON: A work of art

    HAMILTON: A work of art

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    HAMILTON — Patricia Robertson’s job has her emotionally invested in child abuse, missing children and even child death cases.    Not wanting to bring her work home to her two children, she needed some other outlet to express her feelings.    The 12-year Bromley section resident decided to paint a mural on…

  • PRINCETON: Councilwoman says town needs to ‘walk the walk’ on sidewalk policy

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton should end its policy of making residents pay part of the cost of installing new sidewalks in front of their homes and instead have the town government absorb the full expense, a councilwoman said Monday. At the moment, the town charges residents 50 percent of the cost that…

  • PRINCETON: Planning board approves 7-Eleven on Nassau Street

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer PRINCETON – The planning board voted Thursday to approve a 7-Eleven at the former West Coast Video on Nassau Street. The convenience store will occupy the front of the building, while a Post Office will occupy the rear. The Post Office is relocating from Palmer Square. Based on a town ordinance,…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Chief: Officer’s actions followed correct procedure

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — Officials said an officer’s actions were in accordance with standard operating procedure after he physically tried to remove a Pennsylvania man from his car who allegedly refused to leave his car during a traffic stop last week.    ”The sergeant followed all protocols on this stop,” said Deputy…

  • Nearly One-Third of New Jersey Teachers Would Choose a Different Career Path

    Nearly One-Third of New Jersey Teachers Would Choose a Different Career Path

    By Plymouth Rock Assurance n Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ A recent poll conducted by Plymouth Rock Assurance – Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ revealed that nearly one-third of New Jersey teachers polled would choose a different career path if they “were given a ‘do over,’ that is, an opportunity to go back in time…

  • Many attended 50th-anniversary fete of library

    Roxanne Robinson, president, Allentown Library Association     I am so delighted that so many people came to the history of the Allentown Library lecture on March 8.    A thousand thanks to Joan Ruddiman for all her research and for making the story so engaging.    Thank you, also, to the borough and township for declaring…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Green Team presents first business award

    By Elizabeth Johnson, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — The city’s Green Team awarded its first Green Business Recognition award to the newly renovated laundromat on Farnsworth Avenue at the City Council meeting March 9.    Owner Paul Ciarrocca was on hand to accept the award.    With the recent renovations, Mr. Ciarrocca used energy efficient appliances to…

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