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  • Town mulls hotel tax

    South Brunswick hoping to cash in on revenues. By: Rebecca Tokarz    South Brunswick Township is hoping to cash in on hotel revenues thanks to new state legislation that allows municipalities with hotels and motels to charge additional tax on rooms and keep the revenues.    The Township Council will introduce a hotel tax ordinance Tuesday that…

  • School district training future leaders

    By:Beth Kressel    Joseph Trybulski has worked as the district’s science supervisor for four years. Now he will be moving to Hillsborough Middle School to serve as vice-principal after Dennis Copeland announced his resignation at the end of the 2002-2003 school year.    Mr. Trybulski’s promotion is part of a larger "business practice" as Superintendent Robert Gulick…

  • News of Other Days

    From the July 31 edition of the Register-News 125 years ago    S.E. Burr has a large and beautiful painting from the easel of Mrs. S. Waters.    * * *    Those people who make a living in Washington by hiring out party and ball dresses, jewelry, silverware, etc., are complaining bitterly of hard times. Said Mr.…

  • Borough woman seeking mastercertification as municipal clerk

    Ann Marie McCarthy was accepted into international association’s program for professional clerks By:Alec Moore    Ann Marie McCarthy, Hillsborough’s township clerk and a resident of North 9th Street in Manville, is continuing her professional career development.    Earlier this month, Ms. McCarthy was accepted into an educational program — run under the auspices of the International Institute…

  • Elizabethtown eyes rate hike

    Petitions for 11.6% increase. By: Jennifer Potash    South Brunswick could find itself paying 11.6 percent more for the water it buys from the Elizabethtown Water Co. if a proposed rate hike is approved by the state Board of Public Utilities.    The water company has filed a petition with the BPU seeking an across-the-board 11.6 percent…

  • Hanford named LHS field hockey coach

    Former junior varsity coach replaces departed Fares By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School Athletic Director Ken Mason believes he has found the right coach to lead his school’s varsity field hockey program back to prominence.    Mason on Friday announced that former LHS junior varsity field hockey coach Melissa Hanford would take over as coach of…

  • Teens take Scared Straight jail tour

    Freehold teenagers tour the Monmouth County Correctional facility as a part of the Scared Straight program. By: Cynthia Koons    FREEHOLD — On their way into the Monmouth County Correctional Facility in Freehold, it was the police who were telling the kids to shut up.    Inside the jail, as prisoners clamored at them through the windows…

  • Carnival to aid teacher’s family

    Community gathers in hopes of helping sick child. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Next week, friends and family of the Brunswick Acres and Greenbrook school communities will get together to host five nights of fun, games and entertainment to raise money for Madeline Benoff — the 2-year-old daughter of district teacher Julie Benoff — who is battling…

  • Municipal hotel tax plan introduced

    Bordentown Township Committee announces municipal tax to be added to motel and hotel rates. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – Guests of hotels and motels located in Bordentown Township may soon may have to pay a municipal tax added onto their room rates.    The Township Committee on Monday introduced an ordinance establishing a hotel occupancy…