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  • Woman killed in crash identified

           BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A local woman was killed and two people were injured in a car crash April 11.    Tina M. Kohfeldt, 34, of Roebling was pronounced dead by the Burlington County medical examiner at the scene of the accident in Bordentown Township on Route 130 south, said State Police spokesman John Hagerty. By:David…

  • Tax hike would fundtownship’s capital needs

    To the editor    The Township Committee discussions about capital expenditures and the 2001 budget on April 11 became emotional live TV.    The amateurish quality of the videotape lacks the electricity of these discussions.    There was a spirited discussion of the township’s moral and legal responsibilities to extend the Mountainview Road water main to four families…

  • Dominick Cembrola, 79

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dominick Cembrola died Thursday, April 12, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 79.    Born in Elizabeth, he lived there until moving to Hillsborough six years ago.    Mr. Cembrola worked for Thomas and Betts Co. in Elizabeth as a material handler for 48 years, retiring in 1983.    He served in the U.S. Army…

  • High school vandalized with paint

    Initial estimate to clean it up is $8,000. By: Matthew Armstrong    The high school was vandalized Sunday with spray paint and eggs.    Sometime between early Sunday morning and 7 p.m., sidewalks, the satellite dish, track, Snack Shack, parking lot and the main building were spray-painted with derogatory statements including "North Brunswick High/South Sucks" and "NBTHS…

  • Elizabethtown seeks an 18-percent rate hike

       The Elizabethtown Water Co., which serves 2,256 customers in northern Lawrence Township, has filed an application seeking an 18-percent rate hike with the state Board of Public Utilities. By: Lea Kahn    If the BPU grants the rate hike request, the average customer would pay an additional $14 per quarter, which is about $56 per year,…

  • Familiar faces at a familiar place as tax season ends

       The best laid plans, two extra days and good intentions did not prevent Lawrence residents from crowding into the Circle Branch of the U.S. Post Office on Monday night for their last chance to mail their tax returns. By: Linda J. Field    This was nothing new for Joe Cesario, station manager.    "It’s the same as…

  • School board bids two members farewell

    By: John Tredrea    Monday night’s school board meeting was the last before the annual school district elections. As such, it marked the end of the road as board members for Rebecca Erickson and David Antoniewicz.    Ms. Erickson, of Hopewell Borough, decided not to seek re-election to her seat on the board, which she held for…

  • Gregory Petruska, 13

       HILLSBOROUGH — Gregory James Petruska died Wednesday, April 13, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 13.    Born in New Brunswick, he lived in Hillsborough all of his life.    Gregory was in the eight grade at the Hillsborough Middle School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 193 in Manville.    Surviving…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 19, 2001

    Trenton sewers to blame To the editor:     Given the recent folderol about budgets and taxes, we want to remind everyone that the 3-cent tax increase in this year’s budget is solely due to the need to clean up the mess left by the Trenton sewer project. Everything else balanced out.    Even with this increase,…