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  • EDITORIAL: East Village arriving in South Brunswick

    EDITORIAL East Village Association creates neighborhood comaraderie.    Residents who live east of Route 130 can sometimes feel as if they get the short end of the stick.    The area is sparsely populated, lacks sidewalks and other township amenities and is served by post offices from other communities (North Brunswick, East Brunswick, Jamesburg).    In years past,…

  • Allocation forces cuts, tax jump in Plumsted

    Preliminary Ocean County school budget shows increase in taxes for Plumsted Township residents. By: Marisa Maldonado    PLUMSTED — The average homeowner in the township can expect school taxes to increase by $220 if a preliminary budget submitted to the Ocean County superintendent for review this week is approved by voters next month.    The $18,007,292 budget…

  • LETTERS: Abschutz deserves re-election to board

    To the editor:     For many years I have been involved in the PTA and PTO’s in our school system. Since the opening of Brooks Crossing Elementary School in the fall of 2002, Martin Abschutz has served as our school’s liaison from the Board of Education.    During these three years, I have been impressed by…

  • Raider wrestlers shut out of A.C.

    Lynch, McLaughlin finish 4th in regions By: Rudy Brandl        FLEMINGTON — The Hillsborough High wrestling team won’t be sending anyone to Atlantic City this year.    Senior 140-pounder Kevin Lynch and sophomore 145-pounder Frankie McLaughlin came agonizingly close to earning a spot in the NJSIAA Championships but settled for fourth place after losing in the…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Assembly coverage

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet Our approach to coverage.    Police Chief Michael Paquette says he’s planning to run for the state General Assembly.    Chief Paquette, who is retiring from the township police force at the end of the month, plans on making an official announcement on March 22. He will join incumbent Assemblyman Bill Baroni…

  • Loss to Hopewell can not diminish Vikings’ campaign

    By: Ken Weingartner    There is a saying in sports, popularized by NFL coach Bill Parcells, that "you are what your record says you are."    For the South Brunswick High ice hockey team, the final record for 2004-05 says 10-9-2. But, really, that says very little about who the Vikings were this season.    "It’s easy to…

  • Community Calendar

    MOMS Club meeting    Thursday March 10 — Moms Offering Moms Support will meet at 9 a.m. Please come and join the monthly general meeting. Refreshments will be served and children are always welcome.    Call 499-5411 or 499-0601 for location and details. Rabies clinic    Saturday, March 12 — Chesterfield Township’s free rabies clinic will be held…

  • Chesterfield school district expects lower tax bill

    School tax rate could decrease by 4.5 cents. By: Scott Morgan CHESTERFIELD — Township residents will see a lower school tax bill if the district’s budget goes through as it was outlined Monday night.    At its Monday meeting, the school board introduced a $3.95 million budget that carries a tax rate that is 4.5 cents…

  • OBITUARIES: Glenn Duncan

    Glenn Duncan    Glenn Ford Duncan, 51, of Monmouth Junction, died Monday, Feb. 28, in Monmouth Junction.    Mr. Duncan was born Aug. 13, 1953 in Talladega, Ala., to Robert Ford and Mildred Thomas Duncan. He was a great joy to his family, who will miss him tremendously. As a young boy he joined Star of Zion,…