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  • Lawrence council expects tax relief

    School district received $750K in state aid. By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrence Township school district will receive $750,000 in extraordinary state aid, the township Board of Education learned last week — but how that money will be used, and whether any will go toward tax relief, has not been determined.    That is troubling to Township…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Police charged four people with soliciting magazine subscriptions without a permit on Claremont Drive at 12:40 p.m., Oct. 14.    Police issued summonses to Dewitt Jackson, 19, of Seattle; Arthur Waite, 20, of Massachusetts; Charles Jackson, 22, of Arizona; and Keith Border, 19, of Oregon.    The four were in the area to sell magazine subscriptions…

  • Cardinal girls continue to give their all

    Lawrence girls soccer By: John E. Powers    Dave Boggs, the girls soccer coach at Lawrence High School, has a team with a sub-.500 record, but one that continues to press opponents as hard as they can.    Last week, the Cardinals fell to West Windsor-Plainsboro South 3-2 and then to Nottingham 2-1, falling to 2-8-1.    "We…

  • Report shows crime decrease

    Uniform Crime Report issued by the state police shows decrease in most northern Burlington County towns. By: Scott Morgan and William Wichert    Crime in eight of nine northern Burlington County towns dropped in almost every category between 2002 and 2003, following a countywide pattern of fewer crimes last year, according to the Uniform Crime Report…

  • Chesterfield to lose one board seat

    One Northern Burlington County Regional school board seat from Chesterfield Township will be transfered to another municipality. By: William Wichert    The makeup of the Northern Burlington County Regional school board is set to change following a recent court decision that ends the two-year battle to transfer one seat from Chesterfield Township to one of the…

  • Gymnasts run record to 10-0

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    It was another big week for the Hillsborough High gymnasts, who improved to 10-0 with a tri-meet sweep of Hunterdon Central and Watchung Hills and another big win over North Hunterdon. The Raiders remained on pace to repeat as champions in both the South Jersey League and Skyland Conference.    The…

  • Miller seeks more disclosures

    Proposal may return in different form. By: Lea Kahn    A proposed "sister ordinance" to the current pay-to-play campaign finance reform ordinance, aimed at promoting openness in government, was shot down by Township Council on Tuesday.    The proposed ordinance would have required property owners, developers and professionals to report contributions they made to a political candidate…

  • Oct. 21, 6:08 p.m.: Dispatches on the president

    Why is President Bush not talking about his record? By: Hank Kalet    Here’s today’s Dispatches on the election.

  • Groups endorse Lawrence ballot question

    Stronger pay-to-play ordinance favored. By: Lea Kahn    Several state groups Tuesday afternoon endorsed a citizen-led effort to replace Lawrence Township’s pay-to-play campaign finance reform ordinance with a more stringent version that is on the Nov. 2 general election ballot.    The AARP retirees group, the Communications Workers of America union, the League of Women Voters of…