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  • St. Paddy’s run benefits schools

    The second annual St. Paddy’s 5K Run and 2-mile Walk, scheduled for March 13 will raise funds for Bordentown schools. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN CITY – While the rest of the world is breaking out the shamrocks, Bordentown area residents will be donning their running shoes for the second annual St. Paddy’s 5K Run and…

  • Council, chief mulling plan to pay firefighters

    Nearby towns already offering pay for responding to emergency calls By:Roger Alvarado    By the end of this year firefighters in Manville could be getting a little financial incentive to suit up.    That’s because Chief John Yanko says he’s looking into the possibility of paying firefighters $2 for each emergency call they answer.    Manville experienced approximately…

  • Letter: Route 92 remains an expensive mistake

    To the editor:    Route 92 has been on the books since 1928. Over the years, the location of this road has been pushed northward by various towns that did not want it or the traffic in their areas. Some of those towns are the very towns now complaining about South Brunswick, Kingston, Montgomery, Franklin, et…

  • For officials, the first cut is … elusive

    Reduced aid and increasing costs now pressuring muncipal budget writers By:Roger Alvarado    Hillsborough officials will commence the arduous process of coming up with the 2004 municipal budget in the coming weeks with no expectations that they will see an increase in state aid for the third year in a row.    Consequently, Township Committee members called…

  • Hopewell Township seeks speed limit, lane changes on Route 31

    Resolution requests the state, which has jurisdiction over Route 31, to reconfigure the road’s lanes between Interstate 95 and the Pennington Circle. By John Tredrea    Less than 24 hours before the two-car crash on Route 31 that sent Lorna Earle to the hospital, where she died from an allergic reaction to CAT scan dye, township…

  • Lawrence Middle School alters passes

    New policy allows 30 bathroom trips per month. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence Middle School’s controversial policy that limited students to 15 bathroom trips per month has been flushed down the toilet.    In its place is a universal hall pass, which allows students to leave class up to 30 times per month.    The new policy, which…

  • The Magical Land of Lahaway, Part 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    This paper — about the area that is mostly Six Flags Great Adventure today — was written for the Aug. 24, 1916 Allentown Messenger by R.P. Dow, Secretary of the Brooklyn Entomological Society and member of the American Museum of Natural History.     The weather-beaten house has its history. It was first the…

  • School cuts must be found

    To the editor    Perhaps the school budget would be passed this year if there is no increase in spending or even a decrease in spending.    That doesn’t mean we can’t have new sports programs or new staff. What that does mean is that a careful examination of the existing budget must be made.    I challenge…

  • Debt plan may slice anticipated South Brunswick tax hike

    A $4.2 million consolidation could cut proposed 10-cent tax hike to between 3 and 4 cents. By: Sharlee Joy Dimenichi    A debt refinancing plan introduced by the Township Council on Tuesday could cut an anticipated tax increase to about a third of its size.    The plan, which would consolidate $4.2 million in debt due to…