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  • Woman indicted on attempted murder charge

    Upper Freehold Township woman is accused of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy, after she allegedly paid an undercover detective $1,000 to kill her ex-husband. By: Marisa Maldonado    UPPER FREEHOLD — A state grand jury has indicted a township woman on charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy, almost a year after she allegedly paid an…

  • Plan for bowhunting dividing neighbors

    Hunting plan seeks to create "safety zones" for bowhunting in Belle Mead neighborhood By:Melissa Edmond    With the township’s new wildlife management plan, bowhunting by three permitted hunters could be allowed in the Green Acres area surrounding Scott, Beverly and Joshua drives in the township’s Belle Mead section.    According to the ordinance authorizing the hunt, permission…

  • Florence 10-year-olds take state championship

    10-year-old Little League softball team defeats Pequannock in the state championship game. By: Kyle Moylan    FLORENCE — The Florence 10-year-old Little League softball team’s impossible journey ended the only way it could have — with a 17-10 win over Pequannock in the state championship game Saturday night at Lodi.    "This is absolutely phenomenal," said Kevin…

  • Recall petition deemed invalid

    Roosevelt Borough clerk rejects petition to set a special recall election to unseat borough mayor Neil Marko. By: Lauren Burgoon    ROOSEVELT — The campaign to recall Mayor Neil Marko hit a major obstacle after the borough clerk ruled the petition to set a special recall election is invalid. But a vote may still be imminent…

  • Fundraisers benefit boys with rare disorder

    Children attending the Vacation Bible School at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Bordentown raise funds for Raccosta family. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Going in and out of hospital rooms, where she has seen her two sons suffer through liver transplants and heart attacks, Mary Ann Raccosta said the best way to help…

  • BOARD BRIEFS

    Manville Board of Education actions By: Donna Lukiw    After approving four more teachers for the 2005-2006 school year, Superintendent Donald Burkhardt said all staff has been hired for the current year.    During Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, a seventh-grade social studies teacher was hired along with a third-grade teacher, a 6-8 math support/technology teacher…

  • Resident takes N.Y. stage

    Actress stars off-Broadway. By: Chinenye Okparanta    At a time when most 21-year-olds are struggling through college classes and deciding what to do after graduation, South Brunswick resident Niki Rubin is learning how to be an assassin.    Ms. Rubin, in her first performance with La Muse Venale Theatre Troupe, a small New York City-based acting company,…

  • Washington adopts municipal budget

    Washington Township Council approves $10.9 million municipal budget, which includes a 20 percent tax rate increase. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Municipal tax bills are set to go up nearly 20 percent now that the Township Council has approved a $10.9 million budget.    The rising tax rate compounds the wallet-thinning felt this year as municipal,…

  • DISPATCHES: A roadside wake-up call from Texas

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet Most Americans are yet to face the reality of the war in Iraq. Hank Kalet    For most of us, especially those of us living in affluent central New Jersey, the war in Iraq can seem a surreal diversion, distant and vague, something that plays out on television.    There are the near-daily…