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HILLSBOROUGH: Police investigating Monday morning crash
A Lincoln Continental driven by a Middlesex man crashed Tuesday at 6:34 a.m. into a utility pole on Amwell Road near Woodfern Road. (Photo courtesy of the Flemington-Raritan Rescue Squad)
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NJ Residents Prepare for First-Ever Statewide Celebration of Maker Culture
By Doug Baldwin The maker movement in the United States isn’t just a hobby; it’s having a significant impact on school curriculum development and growing local economies. To celebrate making, innovation, manufacturing and maker culture, residents throughout New Jersey will come together on Saturday, March 21, 2015 in over 145 community locations across all 21…
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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: Proposed school district budget would raise taxes
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO — The school district is proposing a budget that would raise taxes. Both West Windsor and Plainsboro have yet to set their townships’ assessed values, meaning the school district cannot determine at this time precisely how the budget would affect the tax rates in both communities. Plainsboro students…
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PENNINGTON: Proposed spending plan means tax-rate increase
By John Tredrea, Special Writer A proposed Pennington Borough budget for 2015 that would bring a municipal tax-rate increase of 1.3 cents per $100 of assessed property value if adopted was introduced by a unanimous vote of the Borough Council Monday night. The council will cast a final adoption vote on the budget at a…
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HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Cats’ continues on school stage
Community calendar, issue of March 12 Students to stage ‘Cats’ once again March 13 and 14 — Hillsborough High School Theatre will present “Cats” as its spring musical. Based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot, “Cats” tells the story, in song and dance, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special…
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LAWRENCE: Snow days’ price: three makeup days
Jacquelyn Pillsbury A plow truck clears the parking lot at the Lawrenceville Elementary School earlier this winter.
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LAWRENCE: Justic Sumners re-nominated to Superior Court bench
Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr., who lives in Lawrence Township, has been nominated for reappointment to Mercer County state Superior Court by Gov. Chris Christie, according to a press release issued by the Governor’s Office. Gov. Christie made the nomination to the State Senate. Judicial nominations are subject to the advice and consent…
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My position: ‘I will not negotiate with carbon’
Jean Harrington, Hopewell Borough I have been thinking of an energy resource that’s going to waste, the Earth. Down about 4 feet, it’s a constant 54 degrees. In some places, it’s even warmer, such as the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, where it is 57 degrees, because it’s over water. I read, at the same time, that…
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HILLSBOROUGH: College students earn academic honors
Campus Corner column Sarah E. Limyansky of Hillsborough was named to the President’s List at Clemson (S.C.) University for the fall semester. Sarah is majoring in psychology. To be named, a student must achieve a 4.0 (all As) grade-point average. — Molly Cowan of Hillsborough was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester…
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