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Proposed budget calls for 8-cent tax rate increase
Average homeowner could pay $131 more By:David Koch NORTH HANOVERThe Township Committee introduced a $2.6 million budget March 7 that would cost the average homeowner an additional $131 a year in local purpose taxes. The proposed budget would raise the local purpose tax rate by 8.2 cents from 9.5 cents per $100 of assessed property…
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Louis Linowitz
PENNINGTON Louis H. Linowitz, 81, died Sunday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident and attended city public schools. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and was a certified public accountant since 1947. He owned the…
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POLICE BEAT 03/14
From the March 14 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Juan Gutierrez, 26, of Trenton was charged with possession of stolen property, having a fictitious license plate, failure to exhibit documents, having no registration, no license, no insurance card, driving an unregistered vehicle and driving an uninsured vehicle, police said. Hector Garrido of Cranbury…
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Officer crashes into utility pole
Patrolman found unconscious in car By:David Koch BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Police are still investigating a March 5 accident where an officer crashed his patrol car into a utility pole while responding to a holdup alarm. Patrolman Joseph Foster was answering an alarm at 10 p.m. at the Acme supermarket at Route 130 and Farnsworth Avenue…
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Vincent Ronaldo
LONGWOOD, Fla. Vincent J. Ronaldo, 76, died Monday. Born in Yardley, Pa., he was a longtime area resident. He was a master sergeant in the Air Force, serving in the Berlin Airlift and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and the American Legion. He is survived…
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Letters to the Editor, March 12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 12 By: Majority supports courageous efforts To the editor: The term "Silent Majority" has taken on new meaning in the Princeton deer war, particularly now that it has entered its terrorist stage. I don’t have a single friend or acquaintance who does not support the courageous efforts of Mayor Marchand…
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Trees under siege
Spreading bacteria threaten Princeton’s canopy By: David Campbell A tree scourge new to the region has Princeton arborists hedging their bets to keep the canopy of the town’s tree-lined streets from losing its green. The scourge is actually a scorch bacterial leaf scorch, to be precise and it’s caused by a bacterium called…
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Montgomery parents seek lower age for orchestra program
Third-graders would be allowed to join, under the proposal. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY Twenty elementary school parents are agitating for a change to the district’s vaunted orchestra program. The parents sent a letter to district Superintendent Stuart Schnur asking that students be accepted into the orchestra program in third grade instead of the usual…
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Louisville ends PU men’s hoop season
Tigers’ last-gasp NIT comeback falls short, 66-65 By: Justin Feil When Ahmed El-Nokali’s long three-pointer came up short as the buzzer sounded in Freedom Hall, the Princeton University men’s basketball team came up just short of its comeback bid against Louisville in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament, 66-65. The Tigers stormed back…
