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  • Fire budgets to face voters

    Elections to determine local fire commissioners and budgets will be held on Feb. 19. By: Lauren Burgoon    February means it’s time for local fire district elections and three towns are asking residents to approve larger spending plans.    In Washington, voters will be asked Feb. 19 to approve a 2-cent tax hike, bringing the fire tax…

  • Extended-stay hotel eyes Bordentown Township site

    Candlewood Suites hotel may be built at the corner of Rising Sun Road and Bordentown-Hedding Road. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — On the vacant corner lot at Rising Sun Road and Bordentown-Hedding Road, residents soon may see a three-story hotel rise up and open its doors to weary business travelers looking for a place…

  • PERCEPTIONS: 2004 column malfunction revisited

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl A minute-by-minute peak at the Superbowl.    I swear this is the last time I’ll mention Janet Jackson in a column.    A year ago, I debuted this concept: a minute-by-minute look at the nation’s most watched annual television event — the Super Bowl. My synopsis last February was fairly straight-forward: "The commercials…

  • Police nab insurance employee

    Faces charges that he stole more than $100K. By: Joseph Harvie    A 53-year-old Jamesburg man was charged Tuesday with theft by deception and forgery after police said he embezzled more than $100,000 from his former employer, Risk Enterprise Management on Route 130.    Leslie Sperling of Hickory Court was charged after the company filed a police…

  • Bordentown wrestling surpassing own goals

    By: Sean Moylan    Joe Sprague is going to have to set some new goals for his wonderful Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity wrestling team.    That’s because with wins over Burlington City (44-15), Westampton Tech (55-18) and Palmyra (54-22) on Saturday at Bordentown, the Scotties reached their goal of 15 wins, which Sprague had set…

  • Survey seeks input on town inspectors

    Mayor says goal is to ensure best possible service By:Roger Alvarado    A new customer satisfaction survey will give residents and commercial developers the opportunity to tell the township what they think of local construction officials and the service they provide, according to Mayor Bob Wagner.    "The goal is to ensure that our residents are receiving…

  • Lawrence ceremony will honor 170 troops

    Event rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday. By: Lea Kahn    More than 170 members of Battery B, 3rd Battalion of the 112th Field Artillery unit of the New Jersey Army National Guard will be welcomed home from Iraq at 1:30 p.m. Friday with a parade along Eggerts Crossing Road.    The parade and a special ceremony at…

  • LETTERS: If the state doesn’t know by now…

    To the editor:     It has come to my attention that the Township Council has hired lobbyists, for $120,000, to urge the state to move faster on widening Route 1 in South Brunswick.    If the state has not determined by now that a bottleneck exists in our township, what makes the council think that lobbying…

  • New planner to gather data, learn turf

    New ownship planner, Mark Remsa, familiarizes himself with Upper Freehold Township. By: Marisa Maldonado    UPPER FREEHOLD — Mark Remsa has spent a lot of time driving through Upper Freehold’s open spaces on his way to the shore. Now, as the township’s new planner, he’ll be figuring out how to preserve that rural character.    "From what…