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  • Mansfield tax rate to remain steady

    Municipal taxes expected to stay at 31-cent rate. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Regional school taxes are going up and the elementary school tax rate is dropping by a penny, but township officials have announced that there will be no change in municipal taxes in this year’s budget.    At its March 9 meeting, the Township…

  • Hopewell Borough seeks Green Acres funds to help preserve St. Michael’s property

    Funding application hearing will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Hopewell Borough Hall. By Ruth Luse    Hopewell Borough Council will hold a public hearing on its Green Acres funding application for the preservation of the St. Michael’s property on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Borough Hall.    Located off Princeton Avenue (Carter Road) in Hopewell…

  • Reilly’s orange shirt saves day at Weston

    By:Emily Craighead    To some, the shirt was chic, edgy and stylish.    To others, a fashion faux pas.    Whatever the verdict, Business Administrator Richard Reilly’s bright orange shirt and matching orange, white and purple striped tie saved the day for Weston School Principal Donald Frank Tuesday.    Informed by Manville Police the crossing guard at the intersection…

  • Zoning board OKs gas station move

    Washington Township zoning board ruled that a gas station owner can move his business to the edge of the historic Windsor village. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — The "town that time forgot" could soon get a reminder of modern life after the zoning board ruled that a gas station owner can move his business to…

  • He took wrestling to ‘DeHart’

    Lawrence High School junior had breakthrough season By: Kyle Moylan    In a way, Alex DeHart’s wrestling career started as almost a form of punishment.    Now, DeHart makes sure to punish most of the other wrestlers that step on to the mat with him.    The Lawrence High junior recently finished off a season in which he…

  • School can do more to communicate

    To the editor By:    I would like to thank Ms. Wohlmacher, president of the Woodfern Home and School Association for her passionate though hostile rebuttal to my editorial regarding school policies and communications systems between parents of students and the school.    If there were any inaccuracies in the article, I apologize but I think Ms.…

  • Pawel Pilipiszyn

       Pawel Pilipiszyn, 86, died Monday at Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon.    Born in the Ukraine, Mr. Pilipiszyn has been a resident of Hopewell since the 1950s.    He was a carpenter who worked for several contractors during his career.    Preceded in death by his parents Ivan and Anelela Pilipiszyn and his wife Edith Guthrie Pilipiszyn, he…

  • SBHS stuck together despite losses

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    One of the benefits of participating in team sports is that the athletes learn how to work in a group toward a common goal. Depending on the personalities involved, this can be a form of torture, or one of the best experiences of high school. Luckily for the girls on the…

  • DISPATCHES: New rules to eradicate ethical quagmire

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Report calls for a revamp of the state ethics commission.    New Jersey politicians have a well-deserved reputation for bad behavior.    From the days of the Hague administration in Jersey City in the 1930s to the ethical quagmires that chased U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli and Gov. James McGreevey from office in recent…