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  • Board preparesfor long meeting

    Looming deadline means cuts must be finalized Monday By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Late-night decisions on the school budget for the 2002-03 school year await the Board of Education next week.    During the board’s meeting Tuesday, members discussed possible strategies for handling the inevitable public input that will come at the board’s meeting Monday, and meeting the legal…

  • Dusty cleans up with a softball scholarship

    Star center fielder played baseball with the boys until she was 12 By:Sean Moylan    In many ways, Dusty Archer, Northern Burlington County Regional High School’s star center fielder, was a special athlete from the start.    "I played baseball with the boys until I was 12," remarked Archer. "I was an All-Star third baseman for the…

  • Costs climb for court and police building

    Municipal Manager William Guhl said the additional costs were to be expected. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council approved an additional $1 million bond ordinance Tuesday for the new Police Department and Municipal Court building, bringing the cost to about $9.3 million.    Last year, Township Council awarded a $6.5 million contract for the project. However, that…

  • Capital budget shouldprovide for ambulance

    EDITORIAL: With township growing and aging, exhanced emergency services will be more important    Last week’s story under the headline "Growing pains" detailed some of the challenges faced by Hillsborough’s emergency services personnel.    As the population of Hillsborough grows, so does the need for the vital services provided — not only by the legion of unpaid…

  • Back to a Neil Simon favorite

    ‘Plaza Suite’ details the misadventures of three very different couples facing crucial moments. By: Michael Maugeri    There’s no place like home, especially if one allows a talented acting troupe to rehearse there.    Former Bordentown City residents Mike and Anne Lemmo recently opened up their Hamilton Township home to allow fellow members of the Bordentown Community…

  • County cuts ratedespite new services

    To the editor    In the midst of an uncertain national economy, Somerset County residents are benefiting from a healthy increase in our ratables base that has translated to our largest county tax decrease in a dozen years.    The proposed 2002 Somerset County budget introduced by the Board of Freeholders earlier this month is another chapter…

  • Molly Bratek

       HILLSBOROUGH — Molly Bratek died Tuesday, March 12, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville.    Born in Harrison, she was a resident of Hillsborough for 30 years.    Mrs. Bratek was a graduate of Lions Institute in Newark where she completed studies for a career as a dental assistant.    Survivors include her husband, Fred Bratek; two daughters, Patricia…

  • New Egypt baseball ready to start varsity action

    "The strength of our team has to be our pitching and defense," noted New Egypt Coach Richard Carroll. By: Kyle Moylan    When the program started two years ago, New Egypt recorded a 5-5 mark as a freshman baseball team.    When the high school added a J.V. team last season, it went 8-6.    Starting on April…

  • Reading program gets a boost from ‘community’

    $500 grant allows Community Revewal to lend a hand and help literacy By: Nick D’Amore    Community Renewal of South Brunswick will be helping Indian Fields School first-graders learn to read well and foster their love of reading.    The organization will be able to do this with help from a $500 literacy grant from Wal-Mart in…