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  • Survey details students’ use of drugs, alcohol

    Counselor recommends policy changes for drug users By:Donna Lukiw    The number of Hillsborough High School students reporting being moderately to highly involved with drugs and alcohol rises from 11 percent to 24 percent between the ninth and 12th grades, according to a drug use survey. Counselor urges policy changes    Hillsborough High School’s student assistant counselor,…

  • Consumers returning to Kendall Park center

    Renovations near completion in 40-year-old strip mall. By: Joseph Harvie    The sidewalks and entrances were busy Monday with foot traffic, as people shopped and ate in restaurants at the newly renovated Town Place Shopping Center, formerly the Kendall Park Shopping Center.    The renovations on the more than 40-year-old strip mall began in April 2004, and…

  • Was donation really needed?

    To the editor By:     I recently returned from vacation to read in the local paper that the township committee has agreed to revise an ordinance that will allow The Van Cleef family to build even more homes in its country classics development than is presently allowed!    Obviously this must be a windfall profit to…

  • Talks to continue on tree ordinances

    Upper Freehold Township committee continues discussion regarding how best to address tree management while protecting property owners’ rights. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — Nearly a year after the Township Committee first considered adopting clear-cutting regulations for private land, a final vote on the regulations still is not in sight.    How best to address tree…

  • Shelves are empty at pantry

    Township Food Pantry seeks assistance from community. By: Melissa Hayes    Three jars of jelly sit on an otherwise bare shelf.    Shelves usually reserved for mashed potatoes and baking items are empty. A bin that holds peanut butter is reaching an all-time low and there’s only one can of coffee.    Which means that food at the…

  • Tax rate should remain stable

    Florence Township Committee introduces a 2005 budget that would maintain a stable municipal tax rate for the ninth straight year. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — A $8.79 million 2005 budget that would maintain a stable municipal tax rate for the ninth straight year, if it is adopted next month, was introduced by the Township Committee…

  • Rhebergen blasts HoVal past DelVal in must-win

    Hopewell Valley softball By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School softball team moved one step closer to clinching a berth in the state tournament.    The Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-9 Tuesday with a 3-2 extra-innings win at Delaware Valley on a game-winning home run by Becca Rhebergen in the top of the ninth.…

  • Gilder Park in need of funds for proposed makeover

    By: Sean Moylan    Imagine being led home to Bordentown by the beautiful early evening soft, beckoning glow of new baseball lights at Gilder Field.    Imagine gazing upon antique furniture and forgotten treasures of the art world not seen by the public in decades and decades. Imagine entering the historic Gilder House on Farnsworth Avenue and…

  • Brunswick Pike plans to be unveiled at June 22 meeting

    The state Department of Transportation is still exploring the redesign of the roadway. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Proposed improvements to a one-Mile stretch of Brunswick Pike, between the Brunswick Circle and Whitehead Road, are expected to be unveiled at a public meeting June 22 at the Slackwood Fire Company, according to Municipal Manager William Guhl.…