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  • Town approves increase in water and sewer rates

    Utility rates rise By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Township Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a 12.2 percent increase in water and sewer rates and a 15 percent discount on senior citizens’ utility bills, effective June 1.    The Township Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that would raise the water rates in the second half of 2003 from $1.75…

  • Scoooore!

    Vikings defeat Ramapo, earn shot at No. 1 Randolph By: Brian Shappell    MONSEY, N.Y. — A hockey team shorthanded, lower-ranked and playing more than 90 minutes from home is usually supposed to lose.    The South Brunswick ice hockey team apparently did not get the telegram.    Riding an explosive big-game effort from Matt Ruffalo, the Vikings…

  • A ‘neighborly’ memory of childhood

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti    When I was a kid, "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" came on after "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company." I was young at the time, but I remember thinking that that block of television ranked among the greatest things a young boy could do on a weekday afternoon, right next to playing baseball…

  • Mustangs tune up with offensive show

    Score season-high 82 points in win at Dunellen By: Shawn Tyrrell        DUNELLEN — A few months have passed since the last time the Manville High boys’ basketball team squared off against Dunellen. Actually, the last time these two schools met was back in late December when the Mustangs and Destroyers took the court in…

  • Pennington Council members to get school budget plan briefing on April 7

    School administrators to give overview By John Tredrea    Hopewell Valley Regional School District Superintendent Robert Sopko, Business Administrator John Nemeth and other school officials are expected to attend the April 7 Pennington Borough Council meeting, to explain and answer questions about the school district’s proposed $54.8 million budget for 2003-2004.    The budget will go before…

  • Washington my consider eliminating fire district

    Seen as a cost-saving option. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — As members of the Township Committee and Fire Commission look at ways to trim this year’s defeated fire budget, one proposal offered — at least by one municipal official — could eliminate the fire district altogether.    The fire budget received 388 "no" votes and 205…

  • Rising home values add to tax woes in Hillsborough

    Many homeowners enduring more property value jumps By:Sally Goldenberg    Although the school tax rate under the proposed budget would drop by 6.4 cents per $100 assessed value — or 3.6 percent from $1.749 to $1.685 — some homeowners would still face an increase in property taxes.    Riverside Drive resident Patrick Mundt said his home was…

  • School budgets may be buried, not praised

    EDITORIAL: Voters going to polls on April 15 may imperil school budgets    If Julius Caesar had good reason to beware the Ides of March, the American taxpayer generally takes a similar view toward the Ides of April. There may be other auspicious dates we all remember — Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, Sept. 11,…

  • Trinity Rummage Sale set March 15-16

       The Trinity Church Rummage Sale returns for its 33rd year on Saturday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, March 16, from 12:30 to 3 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.    Rummage Chairman Dr. Reginald Bishop of Princeton announces the following rules for the sale:    Free, numbered entry tickets…