• Public employee benefits at center of budget storm

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie has been touting the need for new reforms to the pension and health care programs for public employees during his town hall meetings this summer. A ranking Republican legislator predicts that skyrocketing health benefit costs for public employees in New Jersey will cripple the state’s budget in…

  • MANVILLE: Elks hold clam bake BBQ on Saturday

    Community calendar, week of Sept. 4 Sat., Sept. 6 Elks barbecue: Manville-Hillsborough Elks 2119 will host annual clam bake and barbecue, 1-5 p.m., at the lodge, 1500 Brooks Blvd., Hillsborough. Rain date is Sunday, Sept. 7. Admission $35 in advance, $40 at door per adult and $15 for youngsters ages 10-17; children under 10 are…

  • PRINCETON: Tiger men’s soccer hungry for Ivy crown

    PU has experience, depth on its side By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    A lot of familiar faces returned in the preseason for the Princeton University men’s soccer team, but Jim Barlow sees a difference on them.    ”I think the guys are hungry from two years in a row of being one game away from…

  • LAWRENCE: Ubry sworn in as new police chief

    LAWRENCE: Ubry sworn in as new police chief

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer With a minimum of pomp and circumstance, and with his family at his side, Chief of Police Mark Ubry was ceremonially sworn in as the seventh chief of police of the Lawrence Township Police Department in its 90-year history Tuesday night. Chief Ubry, who succeeded Chief of Police Daniel Posluszny,…

  • Ampac Announces New KeepSafe(R) Closures for Tamper-Evident Packaging

    Ampac Announces New KeepSafe(R) Closures for Tamper-Evident Packaging

    By 1888PressRelease (1888 PressRelease) Ampac and its KeepSafe brand of products remains the industry leading producer of tamper-evident packaging. As such, Ampac is announcing improved market alignment of its KeepSafe closures. Ampac introduces KeepSafe Ultra (formerly Gold), KeepSafe Premium (formerly Silver) and KeepSafe Secure (formerly Bronze) closures in response to a lack of polarization between…

  • LAWRENCE: Sustainability student reflects on lessons

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Sweden may be in the forefront of the sustainability movement, but there are some concepts that Swedish student Oscar Koohler is taking back with him to share with the sponsors of his three-week visit to Lawrence Township. Mr. Koohler, who returned to Sweden last week, was impressed by the farm-to-table…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Donation impacts teens’ future

    ROBBINSVILLE — A capital investment from a Robbinsville company will help teens prepare for college and technical school as well as Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers. The Nordson Corporation Foundation has pledged $500,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County’s More Than Hope campaign, to support the construction of a STEM…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Schools fully wired up for 2014-15

    HILLSBOROUGH: Schools fully wired up for 2014-15

    One by one, Chromebooks are given out to K-12 pupils By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Siblings Evan and Emily Obenauer came to the high school auditorium Aug. 15 with their mother, Paula, to pick up their assigned school computers — two of the 4,500 or so that will be given to Hillsborough students before school…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Sept. 4

    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. We look forward to seeing you there. Reach the Green Team at [email protected]. Wednesdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 The Jacksonville Community…

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