Lambertville Public School budget passes

Voters approve over-cap spending

By: Linda Seida
Lambertville Public School’s $2,804,732 budget passed 252-193, with the unofficial count of absentee ballots adding six more yes votes and three more no votes in Tuesday’s school election.
   LPS’s question to spend $72,680 over cap was close, 229-218, with an unofficial absentee ballot count adding six more yes votes and three more no votes.
   Candidates running unopposed for three three-year terms on the LPS Board of Education:
   Incumbent William Ferry, 273 votes
   Janine MacGregor, 282 votes
   Beth Asaro, 265 votes
   Also, there were write-ins for the LPS board:
   Veronica Geyer, 3
   Dorothy Anthes, 3
   Rick Anthes, 5
   Lisa Becker, 1
   John Franzini, 1
   South Hunterdon Regional High School Board of Education candidate Marie Collins ran unopposed for a three-year term, 248 votes.
   Write-ins for the South Hunterdon board were Rick Anthes with 53, and Veronica Geyer with 1.