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  • LETTERS: Appreciation to community

    To the editor:     The SBHS PTO Scholarship Committee would like to thank all the members of the community who contributed to our successful student-faculty basketball fund-raiser held Feb. 11. Eight more seniors will receive scholarships as a result of the event.    We cannot individually recognize here the more than 50 area and regional vendors,…

  • Hopewell Township layoffs could come Monday

    Meeting set for 5 p.m. on Monday (March 7) in the township’s Municipal Building. By John Tredrea    Both lieutenants on the Hopewell Township Police Department were notified in writing Friday that their positions are to be eliminated.    The township Department of Public Works also is being hit by the wave of impending layoffs, with two…

  • Greyhounds get help topping RV

    By: Kyle Moylan    MAPLE SHADE — There were two ways to get some love and appreciation from the couple of hundred Northern Burlington fans that traveled to Rancocas Valley Saturday night for the District 25 Tournament finals:    You could either be a Northern Burlington wrestler or you could beat someone from Rancocas Valley.    Northern Burlington…

  • Coach’s remarks unacceptable

    To the editor By:    As members of the Hillsborough community for over 10 years, we find a recent matter between a CYO volunteer basketball coach, a local church, the Diocese of Metuchen and an 11-year-old boy very disturbing.    We have both volunteered our services in many areas of the community but find the actions of…

  • Gens, Clemens advance to Region VII

    By: Sean Moylan    As great a season at the Bordentown High School wrestling team had this year, its newfound reputation as a stellar young squad never made its way into the seeding meeting for the District 26 Tournament.    The Scotties may have been hurt by the fact they were competing in District 26 for the…

  • Station site not ‘set in stone’

    No definite site has been set for the location of the new Franklin Fire Company headquarters in Mansfield Township. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Two weeks after the location of the new Franklin Fire Company headquarters seemed like it was set in stone, the issue is back up in the air.    The volunteer company’s five-year…

  • School must communicate better

    To the editor By:    As a parent of three young children in the town of Hillsborough, I am increasingly dismayed at the lack of communication between the Woodfern School officials and the parents.    Aside from the recent failure of the school in ensuring the safety and welfare of a student left behind on a class…

  • Residents’ concerns postpone reassessment vote

    Mansfield Township Committee delays introduction of an ordinance authorizing emergency funding for property value reassessment that would begin in 2006. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Confronted with residents’ concerns, the Township Committee put off any official action last week on starting a reassessment of property values for the first time in 17 years.    At the…

  • Seven vie for Lawrence school board terms

    Three seats open in April 19 BOE election. By: Lea Kahn    Seven township residents are seeking three seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education at the annual school board election, set for April 19.    The deadline to file for the school board election was Monday at 4 p.m.    The seven candidates include Philip D.…