Mercer County looks to expand bus routes to include new Amazon warehouse stop

Before 1,400 people can report for work at a new Amazon.com distribution center set to open next year, area leaders will have to figure out how to get them there.

The warehouse’s future Robbinsville home at the Matrix Business Park at Turnpike Interchange 7A is nearly 5 miles away from the nearest bus stop at the Hamilton Marketplace on Route 130.

Hamilton teacher says tots frozen in poorly insulated school buildings

HAMILTON — Bone-chilling temperatures outdoors have led to freezing conditions inside the poorly insulated classrooms at Alexander Elementary School.

At tonight’s school board meeting, second-grade teacher Janice Glonek asked the board to rethink the way district schools are heated.

“We’ve got metal desks and concrete floors, and every room at Alexander is full of windows,” Glonek said. “The halls are like ice.”