Trenton Local News

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey Senate committee advances a plan to give scholarships to help poor children attend out-of-town or private schools.

TRENTON, N.J. - An appeals panel has affirmed two black teenagers' claim of race-based discrimination by their Asian-Indian boss at the central New Jersey sub shop where the boys worked their first jobs.

A plan that would ask New Jersey voters if they wanted a tax put on their water bills to preserve open space is on hold in a senate committee in Trenton, NJ.

TRENTON -- A Bloods street gang member who opened fire in an NJ Transit bus wounding two people was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday.

SPRINTS: Hightstown's Ryan Donelan has the county's best times in the 100 and 400 (he will not run the 100), and the second best in the 200, but will be challenged by the usual army of Trenton sprinters.

By TOM HESTER Jr. Associated Press Writer (AP:TRENTON, N.J.) A Republican state senator Thursday called on Gov. Jon S. Corzine to drop talk of potential toll increases after the governor reiterated he would soon unveil a new plan to pay for transportation improvements.

By TOM HESTER Jr. Associated Press Writer (AP:TRENTON, N.J.) New Jerseyans may decide this year whether to tax their water use.

TRENTON, NJ-J.G. Petrucci Co. has been picked by the City of Trenton as redeveloper for a seven-acre industrial tract along this city’s northeastern border with Lawrence Twp. Known as the Enterprise Avenue Redevelopment Area, the site consists of former industrial facilities once operated by Carter Wallace and Federated Metals.

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jerseyans may decide this year whether to tax their water use.

A long-term project to replace concrete ties along a section of railroad track in southern New Jersey should not dramatically impact Rockland commuters taking NJ Transit trains into Manhattan.