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  • CRANBURY: $17 million budget flat

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer    CRANBURY — The Board of Education approved its 2013-2014 budget at the March 22 meeting.    Like the township’s $11.2 million budget, the Board’s $17,441,684 budget has no tax increase, according to Business Administrator Joyce Picariello.    According to Ms. Picariello, there is actually a slight reduction in the proposed tax rate.…

  • SOMERSET COUNTY: RVCC will increase tuition by $8 per credit hour

    RVCC tuition will rise    Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) Board of Trustees has passed a fiscal year 2014 budget that faces a “new fiscal reality,” said RVCC President Dr. Casey Crabill.    ”The counties of Somerset and Hunterdon, which have generously supported RVCC in the past, can no longer afford to increase their level of support,”…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Hightstown budget brings 1.5-cent local tax rate hike

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council introduced its 2013 municipal budget of more than $6.5 million Monday. It calls for a 1.5-cent increase to the municipal tax rate for Hightstownians.    ”The highlight is some ups and downs and some ins and outs,” said Mayor Steven Kirson.    The public hearing for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS alumnus part of holy history

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS alumnus part of holy history

    Submitted photo Sean Hudgins (with microphone) and two other interns are interviewed in Rome by the Today Show’s Matt Lauer.

  • MANVILLE: Seniors can hear about Medicare fraud Tuesday

       Manville senior citizens will hear about Medicare and Medicare fraud at a program Tuesday at the Senior Citizen Center in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave.    The center is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.    A suggested lunch donation of $1.50 is recommended for individuals age 60 and older. The cost of…

  • HUNTERDON COUNTY: YMCA invites community to fight child sexual abuse

       ”The statistics are shocking. Retrospective studies indicate that one in four girls and one in six boys were sexually abused before their 18th birthday,” said a YMCA spokesman.    ”Ninety percent of the abusers are known to and trusted by the child or their family. There are an estimated 39 million survivors living in the U.S.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rinko gains Manville job as interim administrator

       Andrew Rinko, who served a month’s stint as an interim assistant superintendent in Hillsborough schools, has moved on to become an interim elementary school principal in the Manville school district.    Mr. Rinko is a retired Bedminster Township schools superintendent. In Hillsborough, he bridged the gap between Scott Rocco, who resigned in December to take a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Robeson awards go to four teens

    Honors go to middle school students Gary Redden Jr. and Catherine Hawkes, and high schoolers Marissa Jackson and Rachel Stoddard.    Four Hillsborough teens were among the 18 middle and high school students from Somerset and Hunterdon counties honored at the 23rd annual Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Awards reception on March 11 at Raritan Valley Community…

  • MANVILLE: Beekeeper to address seniors next week

    Senior Corner column, issue of April 4    Beekeeper Mark Sopko will give a presentation on bees, explain their importance for pollination of plants and trees and give some demonstrations at the April 11 meeting of the Manville Senior Citizens. He will also have honey for sale.    The Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second…