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  • Lawrence council opts for 1-cent tax rate jump

    Members deem 3-cent hike too much. By: Lea Kahn    A proposed 3-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate to support the proposed $31.4 million municipal budget for 2003 should be reduced to a 1-cent increase, Township Council decided Tuesday night at its budget workshop session.    Aiming to minimize the municipal property tax bite, Township…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 01/30

    From the Jan. 30 edition of the Register-News. By: Chinese auction    The Clara Barton School PTO is sponsoring a Chinese auction 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 in the school’s auditorium. Everyone is welcome. Girl Scouts    Town and Country Community Girl Scouts mother/daughter event to Disney on Ice will be on Friday, Jan. 31.    The Girl…

  • Fregoni bowls ’em over at GMC’s

    History-making SBHS senior goes from worst to first in winning title By: Tyler Dey    Cyndi Fregoni was so far from first place at the start of the day even her coach, who beforehand said Fregoni "had a good chance of going far," later admitted a title was out of her mind.    But when all was…

  • Local students get ‘jumpy’ over working as a team

    American Heart Association sponsors ‘Jersey Jumpers.’ By:Michael Maugeri    BORDENTOWN CITY — There’s much to be said for being an individual in this world.    But for 25 students at the Clara Barton Elementary School in Bordentown City, it is teamwork and learning to cooperate together that’s going to bring them success in their most recent endeavor.…

  • Board Oks area nursery’s improvements

    Approval comes after ‘Paradise Gardens’ plan shot down. By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — The Township Planning Board granted preliminary site plan approval Tuesday night to the E&E Landscape Architects application to build an office, access driveway, parking lot and irrigation pond at its nursery business at Bordentown-Georgetown and White Pine roads.    The five board members…

  • Brown is red-hot as PHS boys outlast PDS

    Freshman leads Little Tigers to second win By: Bob Nuse    Dave Kosa remembers the first time he saw Anthony Brown play basketball.    "I saw him this summer in the (Princeton) summer league and he scored 45 points in the championship game and his team won," said Kosa, the first-year head boys’ basketball coach at Princeton…

  • 01/30 OBITUARIES, pt. 2

    From Jan. 30. By: Jan R. Zapora        SOMERSET, Ky. – Jan R. Zapora, 64, died Jan. 18 at his home in Somerset. He was formerly of the Sheatown section of Newport Township, Pa. And was a longtime resident of East Windsor before retiring to Kentucky.    He was the son of the late Andrew and…

  • 01/30 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the Jan. 30 edition of the Register-News. By: Audrey O. Barta    FLORENCE – Audrey O. Barta (nee Fedeski), 81, of Florence died Jan. 24 at Virtua Hospital in Mt. Holly.    Born in Vineland, she lived in the Roebling-Florence area all of her life.    Mrs. Barta was a homemaker but had worked as a clerk…

  • Guerrero pins loss on WW-PN

    Senior wrestler goes extra for Little Tigers By: Bob Nuse    Running one extra lap during gym class turned out to be a pretty good decision for Levi Guerrero.    "I had gym class with Coach (Rashone) Johnson and we were running a mile on the track," recalled Guerrero, now a senior at Princeton High School. "I…