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  • School districts struggle with state budget cap law

    Officials have said the law (Senate bill S-1701) has placed harsh spending restrictions on school districts still dealing with a combination of frozen state aid and rising costs in health care and special education. By: William Wichert    Just ask Assemblyman Joseph MaLone, R-30th, and he’ll tell you that logic has no place in the political…

  • 14 seek council positions

    Twelve candidates are seeking five available council seats, while two are after the mayor’s seat in Washington Township. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Fourteen political hopefuls threw their hats into the ring last week for the town’s new government forming in July.    The May 10 election has drawn many political newcomers to the race. Twelve…

  • POST FORUM: Will you support the Board of Education’s school budget on April 19?

    POST FORUM: Join the debate.    The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of South Brunswick want their…

  • $14.9 million budget OK’d by school board

    Approval sets amount for voters to decide April 19 By:Emily Craighead    In a brief, 30-minute meeting Tuesday night, the Board of Education unanimously adopted Superintendent Donald Burkhardt’s proposed $14.9 million budget.    If approved by voters April 19, the budget would increase the school portion of local property tax bills 1.23 percent from the current rate…

  • LETTERS: The mythical good deal

    To the editor:     Like the lure of the siren maidens from ancient mythology, whose songs lured sailors to their deaths on rocky shores, the warehouse developers sing their songs. The song is one that governments love to hear. We will pay big taxes so that your government spending can flourish and homeowners will pay…

  • Contract awarded for building

    Council awards contract to the Star of Sea Concrete Corp. to finish new Public Works building. By: Joseph Harvie    The Township Council unanimously awarded a $526,734 contract to the Star of Sea Concrete Corp. to complete the new Public Works building.    The work was being done by the township Public Works Department, but due to…

  • Obituaries for week of March 24

    By: William M. Dwyer    William M. Dwyer, 88, of Lawrence, an author, teacher and veteran journalist, died Tuesday of complications following emergency surgery at the Medical Center at Princeton.    As an author, he was best known for "The Day is Ours!: How a Ragged Rebel Army Saved the Revolution," published by the Viking Press, and…

  • Mehrer has Florence softball team well armed

    By: Sean Moylan    Although the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity softball team lost some power at the plate and a whole lot of defense with the graduation of four-year starting catcher Ali Emanuel last spring, the Flashes are still secure in knowing that they’ll have sophomore sensation Melissa Mehrer back on the mound…

  • Couple’s shop brings the Southwest to the Northeast

    Mansfield couple opens "Georgetown Point Gifts," a shop dedicated to the history and artifacts of Native American tribes in the Southwest. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — David and Linda Stout are the type of people who finish each other’s sentences, especially when they’re talking about their trips across the Southwestern frontier.    "Traveling out there together…"…