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  • Council to mull full agenda Tuesday

       Public hearings on a spate of ordinances — including one that limits parking on streets across from Lawrence High School — are slated for Township Council’s Tuesday night meeting. By: Lea Kahn    The council’s first meeting in five weeks will start at 8 p.m. in the courtroom at the municipal building. The council has been…

  • Government service at the mall

    Ocean Township residents can find help at new location. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — For anyone who has ever wanted to get in touch with local government, but could never find the time, Ocean County freeholders have a solution: Go to the mall.    The freeholders recently began work on the County Connection Store, a one-stop…

  • Town Center needs to be rezoned to reduce impact

    CANDIDATE’S CORNER by Bob Giangrasso: Mr. Giangrasso is a Democrat running for Washington Township Committee.    The remaining sections of the Town Center that have not been approved need to be rezoned to remove the high density housing. The search by the all Republican Township Committee for a new Washington Township identity will destroy the quality…

  • Committee considering housing rules

    The Township Committee hopes to prevent overcrowding within residences. By:Alec Moore    At last week’s Township Committee meeting, Township Building Officer Ron Estepp presented the committee with a proposed ordinance that would effectively limit the number of people who could reside in a residence, whether house, condominium or apartment.    Mayor Joseph Tricarico said the township’s Building…

  • Local educators to revisit police-in-schools proposal

    The idea of having one or two Hopewell Township police officers working full time at Central High School and Timberlane Middle School as early as next January is scheduled to be revisited by the school board during two meetings next month By: John Tredrea    The idea of having one or two Hopewell Township police officers…

  • Downzoning ordinances are topic of Aug. 23 session

    The Hopewell Township Committee is holding a special meeting on Aug., 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Hopewell Valley Central High School for the purpose of hearing public comment on three ordinances aimed at changing zoning in the township By: Ruth Luse    The Hopewell Township Committee is holding a special meeting on Aug.,…

  • Talks focus on management

    Washington Township Committee to search for new administrator. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — For 90 minutes last week, the Township Committee discussed what it should do with the position of township administrator.    Interim Administrator Dick Van Noy will be leaving the post at the end of the year and the township is preparing to advertise…

  • Council nixes playground funding plan

    Municipal business and school board business don’t mix, Borough Council members proclaimed Monday. By:Alec Moore    By a 3-2 vote, the Borough Council rejected a resolution that would have placed a nonbinding question on November’s ballot, granting $75,000 of the borough’s municipal budget to the school district for new playground equipment at the Weston Elementary School.…

  • Rink owner ends Saturday ‘Late Skate’

    The monthly skating events, held between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Saturdays, will be canceled because of safety concerns. By:Brian Shappell    "Late Skate" events at the Kendall Park Skating and Hockey Rink have been ended.    And, according to rink owner Cliff Nazzaro, the rink could be closed permanently within two years.    Mr. Nazzaro said the…