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Council moves to limit Veterans Park parking
By: Lea Kahn Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would limit parking in Veterans Park to two hours when school is in session. Violators could be fined up to $50. The ordinance is in response to complaints that Lawrence High School students have begun parking at Veterans Park, Municipal Manager William Guhl said. The…
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Hillsborough mom recovering from accident
Route 206 closed after Hamilton man crashes into vehicle driven by Deborah Smith By:Alec Moore Deborah Smith was making her way home along Route 206 on Tuesday just before "the unthinkable happened." Ms. Smith had picked up her 3-year-old and 5-year-old children from day care and was traveling north on Route 206, when a driver…
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Local student namedto Academy’s honor roll
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP – Seventh-grade student Alex Behnke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behnke of Township Line Road was named to the 2001-02 Honor Roll for Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart. Achieving a place on the Honor Roll requires a grade point average of 3.0 and above. High Honors indicates those students whose grade…
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School budgeta ‘boondoggle’
To the editor Do you live in Hillsborough? Have you lost your job, been downsized, or have taken a pay cut? Has your property been reassessed outrageously? Are your real estate taxes out of this world? Guess what, the Great Gulick doesn’t care. He doesn’t believe a world exists that isn’t ready to dump scads…
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Board’s budget cutsexceed $1 million
Motion to pay for $285,000 for furniture with referendum funds approved Monday By:Krzysztof Scibiorski The Board of Education may approve a pared-down $81 million school budget proposal next week, after cutting funds for five courtesy bus routes and several new staff positions Monday night. The 2002-03 budget is $1 million less than the plan that…
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High school student faces drug charge
Charge follows report of attempted sale at school By:Alec Moore A 16-year-old girl was charged with possession of marijuana at Hillsborough High School on March 8. According to police, the student was arrested and charged just before 1 p.m., after another HHS student told an officer stationed at the school that she had overheard the…
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Towns consider merging police
Decision could provide better protective coverage for residents of Springfield and Chesterfield. By:Vanessa S. Holt Officials in Springfield and Chesterfield townships are looking at the possibility of consolidating their police departments to provide better coverage for the two rural communities, but agreed to carefully examine the options before moving forward. There currently are nine full-time…
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‘Celebration of Life’ Saturday at Forrestal
Janssen and Briehler to be honored The American Cancer Society has announced the honorees for its upcoming gala event, "A Celebration of Life," to be held on March 23 at the Princeton Marriott Forrestal Village. Among them are Hopewell Valley’s Janssen Pharmaceutica and Michael D. Briehler. Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P., the Hopewell Township-based maker and…
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Committeeman: Let’s get on with business
Newcomer John Pfefferkorn says its time to put politics aside in Millstone Township. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE Committeeman John Pfefferkorn is not a fan of speculation, particularly the kind that attacks him. BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" ALIGN="RIGHT"> COMMENTS To comment on this story send e-mail to [email protected] In recent weeks, Mr. Pfefferkorn said he has been the…
