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  • Municipal budget maintains stable tax rate

    Washington Township officials introduce $8.4 million spending plan. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Municipal taxes will not increase this year, according to the budget as introduced April 11 by the Township Committee.    The $8.4 million budget calls for a municipal tax rate of 40 cents per $100 of assessed property value. This will be the…

  • Fackler repairs don’t come easy

    Officials are optimistic that a new Fackler Road bridge in northern Lawrence could be in place by the time school starts in September. By: Lea Kahn    Mercer County’s plan to replace the 106-year-old Fackler Road bridge is inching along, according to county spokeswoman Robin Williams.    If all goes well, Mercer County could award a contract…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED

    Lottery hopefuls fit Thoreau’s portrait of ‘quiet desperation’ By: Minx McCloud    For a transplanted New Yorker like me, one of the down sides of living here is that sometimes when there’s a really big lottery amount at stake, my friends back home try to wheedle me into buying them tickets.    I have no idea how…

  • South Brunswick boys lacrosse team halts slide

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School boys’ lacrosse team stopped a two-game slide by defeating Old Bridge 9-4 on Tuesday. The Vikings (4-3) halted the Knights five-game winning streak with a complete game effort.    South carried back-to-back losses against East Brunswick (7-6) and West Windsor-Plainsboro South (11-4) into Tuesday’s match. Unhappy with…

  • TOWN TALK: Plumsted adds full-time patrolman

    News and notes from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By: Ron Dancer    The Township Committee has appointed Anthony Turso as a full-time patrolman. Officer Turso completed his training in January and has been issued his Class A certificate by the Ocean County Police Training Academy. In August of last year, the Township Committee authorized, funded…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 19

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 19 By: Loss of West may be Harvard’s gain To the editor:    I read with interest your front-page article (The Packet, April 16) praising the reappointment of Cornel West to the Princeton University faculty. One thing that struck me was that there was no attempt to point out the reasons…

  • FORUM: Water Supply

    What should the state do to increase New Jersey’s water supply? What should the state do to increase New Jersey’s water supply?

  • On the Road Again

    A quick check-up for your bike can avoid hours of hardship. By: Jodi Thompson    It’s a glorious spring day and bicycle owners across Bucks pull their wheels from the depths of the garage to hit the open highway. They pedal a few miles and the chain falls off. Perhaps those recently inflated tires turn out…

  • For the week of April 18

    George E. Walton Sr., Margaret V. Acton, Linda L. Gaskill, Marion Goodwin Chiorello, Dante Salamandra, Grace Mongiardo, By: George E. Walton Sr.    PLUMSTED — George E. Walton Sr., 74, died Friday, April 12, at Community Medical Center, Toms River.    Born in New Egypt, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Walton had been a mechanic…