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Robbinsville, New Jersey 08691 - Established 1859
In a 1,849 to 1,144 vote yesterday, Robbinsville voters rejected the near $40 million bond proposal to build a new elementary school. Most voters cited the economy and high property taxes as their main reason for voting against the measure.
Source: nj.com
Do you watch ABC (channel 7 or channel 707) on Cablevision? Well as of March 7, 2010 you won’t be able to get it anymore. Sound familiar? It should. Cablevision pulled the same stunt with the Food Network and HGTV in January.
For a Bloomberg news report on this, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrXeBivNLok
According to http://www.saveabc7.com/:
“Thank you for helping to make ABC7 New York’s favorite television station. We work hard to earn your support every day by bringing you the best in local news, community affairs and top-quality entertainment programming.
Unfortunately, as of March 7th, ABC7 may no longer be carried on Cablevision systems.
For the past two years we have tried, without success, to reach an agreement with Cablevision to carry ABC7. Why? Because Cablevision’s position is that ABC7 is worth little to nothing to its business and its proposed offers have been consistently unreasonable and unrealistic.
In fact, ABC7 delivers some of the most popular programming carried on Cablevision today, shows like LOST, Grey’s Anatomy, Jeopardy, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune, Desperate Housewives, General Hospital, Regis and Kelly, Modern Family, The Academy Awards, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Eyewitness News.
We think these shows are valuable. And your bill shows that Cablevision must agree, since you already pay for ABC7 as part of your Broadcast Basic Tier – a service for which, as a Cablevision customer, you pay as much as $18 each month.
What your bill doesn’t show is how much Cablevision pays us for these programs.
The answer: They Pay Nothing. That’s right…Cablevision charges you for ABC7 and then keeps ALL the money.
We will continue to work with Cablevision to reach a fair agreement, but regardless of the outcome, ABC7 is available to you through a variety of other providers, including Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV, and, as always, FREE over-the-air.”
Personally I’ve had enough of Cablevision’s games. It’s time to dump these chumps and show them that we wont put up with their shoddy service and high prices. I’ll be changing service immediately and urge you to do the same.
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Finding the truly unique is a lot like finding a treasure on the winter beach, rare but worth the celebration. That’s kind of the way true craft show shoppers feel when they attend Robbinsville High School’s yearly 100% handcrafted show. Now in its fourth year the crafts are wonderfully unique, unusual, one of a kind and affordable. This year the event will be held on March 20th from 10A to 3PM at the new and spacious Robbinsville High School (155 Robbinsville-Edinburg Rd). Several of the vendors from prior years will be returning with a fresh array of new cutting-edge crafters.
Returning this year is Sandra Pendragon of Hamilton, NJ. She has been creating jewelry using gems, stones, metals and other shiny sparkly things since she could remember. Drawing from her eclectic experience of traveling and designing in Chicago, France, Corsica, Spain, Morocco, she brings inspiration from around the world to create pieces that are intended to spark conversation. Ms. Pendragon is only one of over 50 unique artisans presenting this year. Other local exhibitors include Ed Reifer, woodworker, of Mercerville and Lynn Ebeling from Hopewell who will be presenting her unique pottery and baskets.
Artisans typically travel a distance to present their work at the 100% Handcrafted fair and this year is no different. “We have registrations from New York to Maryland, across all categories,” says Erin Sanders, a member of the 100% handcrafted selection committee. The group is enthusiastic with the response to this year’s show. “We’ve had so many vendor requests, from so many talented artisans, the selection process is difficult. Our committee approaches the jury process carefully, bringing the public a wonderful selection of high quality and only handcrafted one of a kind pieces in many popular categories. As you might expect we have jewelry but we also will exhibit, woodworking, pottery, paper and textiles, metal crafts, botanicals, gourmet food and more.”
Once again, Cafe Jacque will be serving up homemade soups, sandwiches, and desserts. And don’t forget to grab a bag of Kettle Korn for the ride home.
Supported by regional artisans, the 100% handcrafted show strives to be a wonderful destination and day long event for attendees. Admission is free and the event benefits the theater and music departments at the Robbinsville High School.
For more information you can check out their website: http://sites.google.com/site/100handcrafted/ or call 609-448-5466
In it’s infinite wisdom, the town council is planing to ask the county for a reduction of the speed limit on Route 526 from 45 mph to 35 mph. If this sounds at all familiar to you it should, they tried the same thing years ago and failed. At the January 14the meeting, the council unanimously approved a resolution to send a letter to the county requesting the speed limit be reduced.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with this stretch of road, it connects West Windsor to Route 33. Councilwoman Christine Ciaccio said that West Windosor’s 35 mph speed limit factored into the decision to try again. “This is important because in West Windsor, it’s already 35 mph” Ms. Ciaccio said at the meeting. “It’s become a bad road for bicycles and kids that are just out walking.”
The council is hoping the addition of Robbinsville High School will help sway the county, a factor that did not exist the last time they attempted this.
Source: centraljersey.com
While the township continues to sit in the dark without any Food Network or HGTV, Mayor Fried and the township have taken it upon themselves to sue the Mercer County Tax Board “for ordering Robbinsville to perform its 2006 revaluation while allowing other Mercer County towns to avoid the task.” According to the Township’s complaint, the Board’s actions were “arbitrary and capricious,” and prompted tax appeals that have drained at least $1.7 million from Robbinsville’s surplus a figure which may rise above $2 million.
The mayor alleges that he prdecited that the real estate ,arket would take a nosedive and claims that the township’s hand was forced while other town went unscathed. This in turn has caused Robbinsville residents to bear a greater tax burden than the rest of the county’s towns.
The official complaints are:
We will keep you posted as the lawsuit pregresses.
Source: robbinsville-twp.org