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  • Plumsted voters back school budget

    District’s $20.4 million spending plan gets approval from 67 percent of voters. By: Ken Weingartner    PLUMSTED — Voters on Tuesday approved the school district’s $20.4 million budget for 2002-03 by a 2-to-1 margin, 180-90.    In addition, incumbent school board members Karen Amburgey and Herb Marinari were returned to their seats for three-year terms. The two…

  • Cleo Martone

       Cleo A. Martone, 91, died Tuesday, April 9, at Park Place Center in Monmouth Junction.    She was born in Hoboken, and lived in Union City and at The Villages community in Howell before moving to Monmouth Junction in 1998.    Ms. Martone was a homemaker. She was a former member of the Senior Social Club and…

  • West Amwell Elementary budget passes, 225-221

    Errickson, Aversa, Tomenchok win school board seats. By: See this week’s Beacon for details.

  • Wetlands study kills Linton Drive extension

    Meant to reduce traffic on Route 206, it was on the Master Plan since 1989. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — After long debate, it ended not with a bang but a whimper.    A new environmental study commissioned by the township Traffic Circulation Committee dealt a fatal blow to the contentious Linton Drive extension plan last…

  • Russell Mastrangelo

       Russell "Jake" Mastrangelo, 67, died Tuesday, April 9, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge Division.    He was born in Lackawanna, N.Y., and lived in Iselin before moving to Monmouth Junction two years ago.    He was employed as a barber at Vito Mazza Hair Styling in Woodbridge. He was an Army veteran of the Korean…

  • Millstone returns incumbents, approves base budget

    Two secondary spending questions defeated on Tuesday by township’s voters. By: Scott Morgan Scott MorganStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The township school board elections began with five candidates, three open seats and a three-part budget question. On Tuesday, voters decided to give all three seats back to the incumbents while green-lighting the district’s general operating budget.…

  • Millstone returns incumbents, approves base budget

    Two secondary spending questions defeated on Tuesday by township’s voters. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — The township school board elections began with five candidates, three open seats and a three-part budget question.    On Tuesday, voters decided to give all three seats back to the incumbents while green-lighting the district’s general operating budget. The remaining budget…

  • Neighborhoods look for ways to remove barriers

    Princeton Future focuses on the "Green Hill" area. By: Jennifer Potash    Better pedestrian pathways and fewer barriers from nearby neighborhoods is the vision of residents of the "Green Hill" neighborhood in Princeton Borough.    Residents shared ideas and suggestions at an April 7 meeting held by Princeton Future.    The nonprofit citizens group, which promotes a holistic…

  • The Life of the Party

    From Studio 54 to Wrightstown, Pa., event planner Renny Reynolds cultivates a blossoming business in Bucks County. By: Jodi Thompson    A-list guests of the swankiest soirées enter party tents transformed into wonderlands: huge pale balloons suspended from each table with thick satin ribbons, fragrant blossoms and flickering candles. Lucky brides walk up aisles lined with…