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Hopewell Borough Council members have unanimously voted to adopt a $4.5 million municipal budget that has a tax increase and funds municipal operations in 2025. Council members voted to approve the municipal budget, which includes a 2.5-cent tax increase for borough property owners, at a Borough Council meeting on May 1. The budget was first […]

Lawrence Township taxpayers will see a five-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on the Lawrence Township Public Schools’ $88.6 million operating budget for 2025-26. The school board approved the budget, following a public hearing on the spending plan at the board’s May 7 meeting. The school district property tax rate will […]

The Hopewell Township Police Department has a new sergeant with the promotion of officer Vincent Amabile. The Township Committee approved a resolution promoting Amabile from a patrol officer to sergeant at the governing body’s meeting on May 5. Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning swore Amabile into the new promotion as his family joined him by his side. […]

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12th Congressional District) and two other lawmakers may face charges for allegedly forcing their way into the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, which is operated by the federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement, on May 9, according to published reports. During a May 10 appearance on CNN, U.S. Department of […]

Montgomery Township’s first-ever Innovation Summit is ready to connect innovators and leaders in the areas of science, technology, and finance. The innovation summit will take place at the Montgomery Municipal Center and Montgomery Innovation Hub from 8:30 a.m. to noon on May 22. “The summit’s focus is on the life science industry and government resources […]

Princeton property owners will see a five-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on the district’s $111.3 million operating budget for the 2025-26 school year. The budget, which is $2.8 million more than than the 2024-25 budget of $108.5 million, was approved at the school board’s April 29 meeting. The school district […]

A former employee of Trenton Water Works (TWW) has been indicted for allegedly failing to collect water samples and falsifying water reports. Cesar Lugo, 37, of Trenton, is charged with two counts of official misconduct, theft by deception, violating the Safe Drinking Water Act, tampering with public records, and falsifying records, according to New Jersey […]

A 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed after he attempted to change lanes on Route 31/Pennington Road in the area of the Interstate Highway 295 North off-ramp and struck the rear of a pickup truck around 7 p.m. May 12, according to the Hopewell Township Police Department. The man was thrown from his Kawasaki motorcycle. He suffered […]

A Philadelphia man is facing multiple charges after allegedly chatting and exchanging child sexual abuse material with a minor in East Windsor Township, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey. Steven Green, 32, was charged on May 8 with one count of manufacturing child sexual abuse material and two counts of endangering the welfare […]

A 47-year-old East Windsor Township woman was arrested on active warrants from Bellmawr Borough and East Windsor, Jackson and Willingboro townships at the Colonnade Motel on Route 130 on May 7. A police officer was sent to the motel to locate an individual who was wanted on active warrants. She was processed and released. Three […]