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  • Florence Township landfill panel makes strides during its first year

    Groups lays groundwork, improves communication By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — The Citizens Advisory Committee on Landfills, formed last year to act as a liaison between the township and two nearby landfills, spent a successful first year laying the groundwork to reduce odors and improve communication .    Mayor Michael Muchowski said the main concerns that prompted…

  • Wright set to leave Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center

    Resignation effective Jan. 28 By: Lea Kahn    People first, people second and people third — that has been Maurice Wright III’s motto during his six-and-a-half years as executive director of the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center on Eggert Crossing Road.    Now Mr. Wright, who has resigned as executive director effective Jan. 28, will be taking that…

  • MHS wrestlers fall to Bound Brook

    Mustangs can’t overcome forfeits By: Rudy Brandl    BOUND BROOK — It sure wasn’t like most of the battles in the last decade, but last week’s Manville-Bound Brook high school wrestling match still nearly filled the gymnasium.    Bound Brook gave its home fans something to cheer, posting its first victory of the season with a 41-22…

  • Redistricting groupreviewing proposal

    Group will hold meetings to review plans’ impact on education, classrooms By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    The committee working on redistricting Hillsborough schools will need at least two more meetings to absorb and respond parental input on the thorny issue.    The committee was launched to develop a plan for changing school boundaries upon the conversion of the Auten…

  • State of emergency declared when trees knock down power lines

    Homes left without electricity By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A state of emergency was declared in the township Sunday after three trees on Burlington Road knocked down power lines and left several hundred area homes without electricity, officials said.    Bordentown Township Mayor Mark Roselli said three trees on the Edward R. Johnstone Juvenile Detention Center…

  • Washington to join watershed alliance

    Will seek DEP grant with Plumsted, Upper Freehold, Allentown, Millstone and Hamilton. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — A month after expressing reservations about joining five other municipalities in the quest for a Department of Environmental Protection grant, the Township Committee last week voted unanimously to join the group.    Plumsted, Upper Freehold, Allentown, Millstone and Hamilton…

  • Back Timberlane referendum totalcould be finalized by Tuesday meeting

    The district hopes to have a final number by the Jan. 22 (Tuesday, instead of Monday) school board meeting on the dollar amount of a March 12 Back Timberlane referendum, District Business Administrator John Nemeth said Monday night By: John Tredrea    The district hopes to have a final number by the Jan. 21 school board…

  • Community ready to plant seeds of peace at schools

    Meeting set for Monday at LHS By: Lea Kahn    Martin Luther King Jr. did not gain a reputation as a gardener, yet one of the seeds that he sought to plant was that of peace.    Township residents and school district officials plan to pick up where Dr. King left off Monday by planning for the…

  • Town eyes county aid to buy land

    Council’s goal is to preserve 1,000 acres By: Nick D’Amore    The Township Council is taking its first step this year toward its goal of preserving 1,000 acres of open space in the township.    The council has asked the Middlesex County Open Space Advisory Committee for help purchasing a property adjacent to county-owned Heathcote Park in…