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Not much help available for tax bills officials
State programs may be helpful to seniors, however By:Alec Moore Hillsborough’s tax officials say residents who are facing extremely high property tax bills this year have very limited options, if any, to defray the financial impact of a heavy property tax burden. "At this point there’s not a whole lot they can do," said Ronald…
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Post 401’s surge not quite enough for playoff berth
By: Rich Fisher Three weeks ago, Tony Cosumano couldn’t wait for the season to end. Now, he’s sad to see it go. That’s what happens when a team wins seven straight games. But it wasn’t quite enough to get South Brunswick Post 401 over the hump into the Middlesex County playoffs, as a slow start…
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Hillsborough teen joins NJPAC jazz program
Completes progarm that ended with show at Performing Arts Center By:Beth Kressel Keith Packard has always devoted Saturdays to music. When he was 11 and most youngsters his age would be watching TV or playing video games on the weekend, Keith would ask his mother to take him music store hopping. The pair would travel…
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UF mayor, son plead not guilty to assault charges
Pretrial hearing set for Aug. 5. By: Cynthia Koons FREEHOLD Upper Freehold Mayor Bill Miscoski and his son, Ryan Miscoski, pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance last week on charges of assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after allegedly attacking a state trooper at the scene of a house fire in Upper…
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Ten things to watch in baseball’s second half
AS SEEN BY GREEN by Jim Green By: Jim Green The first half of the 2003 Major League Baseball season was as thrilling as any in recent memory. From hotly contested division races (American League East, National League Central) to monster individual seasons (Albert Pujols, Carlos Delgado) to exciting new faces (Dontrelle Willis, Hideki Matsui),…
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Edition of July 17, 2003
M. Lee Walton M. Lee Walton, 78, died on Sunday at his home. Born in Trenton he had been a resident of Pennington for 49 years before moving to Lawrenceville in 1997. Mr. Walton trained as a bombardier in World War II and graduated from Rider College after the war. Before his retirement, he was…
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Hopewell Borough Council needs new member
Council is expected to pick a new member by no later than the second full week of August. By Ruth Luse The resignation of Hopewell Borough Councilman Marc Moran on Monday again places Hopewell Borough Council in the position of having to fill a governing body vacancy something members did once before, on July…
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Council eyes cuts to keep taxes flat
State aid hepled, but $450,000 gap remains By:Alec Moore Borough officials are hopeful that they will be able to keep municipal taxes flat or near flat this year, but to do so, they will have to make up a $450,000 budget shortfall in the borough’s $9.8 million budget, introduced in March. In applying…
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Ten things to watch in baseball’s second half
AS SEEN BY GREEN by Jim Green By: Jim Green The first half of the 2003 Major League Baseball season was as thrilling as any in recent memory. From hotly contested division races (American League East, National League Central) to monster individual seasons (Albert Pujols, Carlos Delgado) to exciting new faces (Dontrelle Willis, Hideki Matsui),…
