• NEW EGYPT: Cottage Cafe helps prepare special students for their future

    NEW EGYPT: Cottage Cafe helps prepare special students for their future

    Kim Taylor, right, 18, hands off marshmallows to Daralynne McCaughey, 16, both from New Egypt, at the school’s Cot´tage Cafe. Photo by Rebecca Nowalski

  • HAMILTON: RIHA has grand marshal, Irish Person of Year fete

    HAMILTON: RIHA has grand marshal, Irish Person of Year fete

    Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo, and his wife, Toni, with their youngest daughter, Julia, who will be Miss St Patrick 2015 for Hamilton. The parade steps off Saturday at 1 p.m. 

  • FLORENCE: Students to stage ‘High School Musical’

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — High school students are ready to showcase Disney’s “High School Musical.”    Tickets will be on sale at the door at $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens for performances March 12, 13 and 14, starting at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at the Florence Township…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Boys Simmer of the Year

    WEST WINDSOR: Boys Simmer of the Year

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High South’s Kurt Von Autenried helped the Pirates to a 14-2 season and a win in the medley relay at the Mercer County meet. Photo by John Blaine

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: March 12, 2015

    3rd Tues. of the Month    The Bordentown City Green Team meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Carslake Community Center, 209 Crosswicks Road.    Meetings are open to the public. Reach the Green Team at [email protected]. Tuesdays & Thursdays    ZUMBA classes take place Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. and Thursdays…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Schools asking for 3.8% more in tax dollars

    Proposed budget would reduce maintenance staff, adds teachers By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor  Running the schools would cost Hillsborough taxpayers about 3 percent more, under a $120.8 million budget proposed by the school board Monday night. The 2015-16 spending plan holds the line in most areas, but calls for the reduction in staff of two…

  • FLORENCE: Council presents budget with no tax increase

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE —The Township Council unanimously introduced an $11 million budget on March 4, which, if approved, would not include a tax rate increase.    ”The 2015 budget is the culmination of planning efforts undertaken in 2012,” said Mayor Craig Wilkie in an email. “At that time, the Township Council and I…

  • Not enough salt to rub in Old Man Winter’s wounds

    Not enough salt to rub in Old Man Winter’s wounds

    Area towns ran short, had to spend more on snow removal By Jennifer Kohlhepp and Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writers All the snow and cold this year has meant Princeton area towns have spent more than $662,000 collectively to buy salt and remove snow, local officials reported this week. In Princeton, the town has spent…

  • Brad Benson Hyundai celebrates community with ‘No. 1 Because’ campaign

    Brad Benson Hyundai, the No. 1 Hyundai dealer in New Jersey, has launched a viral video campaign, asking members of the community to showcase their talents explaining what makes them No. 1. The campaign has created buzz by celebrating New Jersey residents and promoting a sense of community. Early submissions include a push-up superstar, wig-raising…

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