Category: archives
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GUEST OPINION: Budget plan builds a better New Jersey
GUEST OPINION By John E. McComac: McGreevey’s decisions helped boost New Jersey’s economy. By: John E. McComac After more than two years of daunting fiscal times, our economy has begun to rebound and is now providing reason for cautious optimism. This recovery, however, is not a national or regional trend. It is specific to New…
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BRSD proposes tax hike in two towns
Bordentown Regional Board of Education budget will increase taxes for Bordentown Township and City residents. By: Eve Collins BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Members of the Bordentown Regional Board of Education introduced a $25 million school budget proposal that includes tax increases for most homeowners in the sending districts. The 2004 budget increased by 3.9 percent over…
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BRHS musical ‘Grease’ debuts tonight
Bordentown Regional High School students will present the musical "Grease" March 18 through March 20. By: Eve Collins BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP In the cafeteria at the Bordentown Regional High School, a sea of pink poodle skirts, saddle shoes, hair spray and curling irons covers the tables and floor. In the nearby auditorium, the orchestra warms…
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Letters to the Editor, March 18, 2004
A Farmhouse endorsement To the editor: I have lived in Pennington since 1996 and in the greater Princeton area since 1983. It’s a great place to live and to raise a family. However, like many of us, I am concerned that in the hustle of daily contemporary life we have fewer and fewer opportunities…
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Dorothy Matseur
MANVILLE Dorothy Wilczek Matseur died Saturday in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 82. Born in Elizabeth, she moved to Manville in 1957. Ms. Matseur worked for Diehls of Finderne from 1940 through 1951. She then worked for Union Carbide in Bound Brook for 23 years, retiring in 1986. She was a member of…
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School board endorses $55M budget
Lawrence public hearing set for March 31. By: Lea Kahn The Lawrence Township Board of Education gave its stamp of approval to the school district’s preliminary budget of $55 million and a 16-cent tax rate hike for the 2004-05 school year last week. The vote to adopt the preliminary budget at the board’s March 10…
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Out-of-control tractor-trailer driver was drunk, police claim
On March 1, a southbound 18-wheeler hit a guard rail, near the bridge over the CSX railroad tracks north of Ingleside Avenue, Pennington. By: James L. Tlumac, the 51-year-old driver of a tractor-trailer that went out of control on Route 31 in the predawn hours of March 1 was drunk at the wheel, Hopewell Township…
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R.K. Kitchens, State Farm, Carlin Electric PAL, WTEA, PBA win basketball titles
R.K. Kitchens edged Paint Pro, 16-15, in the Girls 3-4 Division championship game. In the final game of the season, Nicole Piet, Sami Kleiber and Arda Buyuktimkin led R.K Kitchens (Blazers) on offense. Christine Levering hit a big shot to put the Blazers ahead. Lauren Budsinski, Lauren Gaynor, Kimberly Heller, Regan Clarke and Reilly Sheehan…
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POLICE BLOTTER
A dealer license plate was stolen from a vehicle at the Adesa Auto Auction on North Main Street at 1:31 p.m., March 9. Police say the plate was valued at $5. *** A two-car accident caused several injuries at 200 N. Main St. at 12:58 p.m. March 12. Mohamed Elsafy, 42, Clark, and Daniel Aromando,…
