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  • Tree law root of problem

    A project to build 10 luxury homes would, in the worst case scenario, mean replacing trees to the tune of $1.5 million. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — A preliminary sketch plan for 10 luxury houses has the Board of Supervisors in a dilemma.    Developer Richard Zaveta’s proposal to build 10 luxury houses on Aquetong Road…

  • 03/13 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the March 13 edition of the Register-News. By: Joseph D. Colton    BORDENTOWN — Joseph D. Colton, 82, died March 6 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Colton was a Hamilton area resident for most of his life before moving to Bordentown 10 years ago.    Mr. Colton was a…

  • Board to access local areas for possible redevelopment

    Officials hope to attract businesses. By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee voted Monday to have the township’s Planning Board assess the areas along the Route 130 and Route 206 corridors for redevelopment.    The Planning Board, after its study of the areas, will recommend to the committee whether they should be designated for…

  • County judge revokes township clerk’s contract

    Snyder can continue to serve until June. By:Eve Collins    A judge has revoked the contract covering the dual role of clerk/administrator in Mansfield Township held by Donna Snyder, but ruled that she can continue to serve in both roles until June.    The contract was reviewed by Burlington County state Superior Court Judge John A. Sweeney…

  • ‘Collected Stories’

    The Black Box series at the Villagers offers a startling revival of this Donald Margulies drama about a writer and her student. By: Stuart Duncan    Collected Stories is a powerful two-character play that already completed a year-and-a-half-long run off-Broadway, nudging the legendary Uta Hagen out of retirement. It ran about the same time in London’s…

  • Fire company sets flea market

    By: Linda Seida    SERGEANTSVILLE — Ninety vendors with everything for the sportsman will be on hand Sunday, March 23, when the Sergeantsville Fire Department holds its Third Annual Hunting and Fishing Tackle Flea Market.    Among the items for sale will be new and used equipment for archery, hunting and fishing, including rods, reels, lures and…

  • Board member addition upheld

    District argued data to determine reapportionment. By:Eve Collins    The New Jersey State Board of Education has upheld a controversial ruling that reapportioned the Burlington County Regional School Board to give Chesterfield a new member and at the expense of North Hanover.    The school district — which serves students from Chesterfield, Mansfield, North Hanover and Springfield…

  • City approves house, driveway

    By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — It took an unusually long period of eight months to smooth the kinks out of a variance application, but in the end the applicant and the Zoning Board of Adjustment came to an agreement that pleased both sides.    Rolf van Ishem first applied for the variance in June. He wanted…

  • School district expects tike hike

    Taxes, however, are less than anticipated. By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — School administrators said although taxes are expected to increase, they will be less than originally anticipated.    The $24.2 million proposed school budget includes a $15.9 million tax levy. If the budget is approved, school taxes would increase 3.3 percent in Bordentown Township, 3…