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  • Budget plan shows 3-cent tax rate hike

    Budget would go up 2.7 percent over 2002. By: Lea Kahn    Township property owners would pay 3 cents more in the municipal property tax rate under a proposed $31.4 million budget for 2003 presented to Township Council this week by Municipal Manager William Guhl.    The municipal property tax rate would rise from 51 cents per…

  • Wrestlers post rare lopsided victory

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High wrestling team enjoyed a rare rout in Saturday’s match at Lawrence. After winning once in four dual meets that could have gone either way, the Raiders rolled to a 64-6 victory.    Hillsborough took a 2-3 record into this week’s action, which consisted of both opponents that…

  • Hunter found dead in wooded area of Hopewell Township

    Philadelphia man may have been killed by falling from the deer stand, or while coming down the tree from the stand. By John Tredrea    A 46-year-old man, who had been hunting in the woods off Bear Tavern Road in western Hopewell Township, was found dead Wednesday morning at the foot of a tree containing a…

  • Songs of Sexual Healing

    David Brahinsky sings ‘Songs of Sex and Love’ at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health Jan. 25. By: Susan Van Dongen    When 10-year-old girls can go to Wal-Mart and buy midriff tops that say "Hottie" on them, you know there’s something strange about sex in America.    Sexuality is everywhere, but there’s a sense of…

  • Council mulls zoning swap

    Town would get 215 acres of preserved land in trade By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The Township Council plans to introduce a developer’s agreement Tuesday that could result in the rezoning of a 78-acre parcel on Route 1 for commercial use and preservation of about 215 acres of open space at the edge of Kingston.    The…

  • Central High principal proposes SAT prep program

    Bach’s proposal, "Organizing for Success," was submitted to the school board Jan. 13. By John Tredrea    School officials are pondering Central High School Principal John Bach’s proposal to bring organized, intensive preparation for SAT into the regular instructional program at the school.    For decades nationwide, SAT scores have been a critically important component of high…

  • DOT rep eyes real trucking solutions

    Route 206 Coalition holds forum on traffic. By: Lea Kahn    It’s no secret that residents who live along Route 206 in northern Lawrence Township want to keep tractor-trailer trucks from using the historic roadway.    That’s why the residents have lobbied state officials to lower the speed limit on the roadway and to take other measures…

  • Dead man tests positive for heroin and alcohol

    Police still seeking identity of man found in zippered bag. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — Monmouth County authorities may be one step closer in determining the cause of death of an unidentified man found in a zippered bag and left in a wooded area of the township last month.    On Dec. 7, a township…

  • Mary Borsuk

       HILLSBOROUGH — Maria (Gava) Borsuk died Jan. 14 at home. She was 82.    Born in Poland, she immigrated to the United States in 1951 and resided in East Millstone before moving to Hillsborough in 1970.    Mrs. Borsuk was employed as a weaver for 15 years for the John’s Manville Corp. in Manville before she retired.…