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  • Districts lose appeal of school funding suit

    After losing an appellate court decision Thursday, East Windsor Regional and 41 other middle-income school districts plan to take their school-funding case to the New Jersey Supreme Court. By: Michael Arges    The East Windsor Regional School District on Thursday suffered a not-unexpected setback in its effort to make school funding in New Jersey fairer and…

  • Township eyeing stable tax rate

    The Township Council expects to introduce a 2001 municipal budget Tuesday that would maintain the current tax rate. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council apparently will be able to fulfill Mayor Janice Mironov’s prediction that there will be no municipal tax increase again this year.    Since the Feb. 6 budget presentation, township…

  • South’s Muir strikes out North in baseball opener

    Junior lefty overpowers Knights By: Justin Feil After all the recent bad weather, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South baseball team was just happy to get its season started Tuesday. That it was against sister school WW-P North just added to the moment.    "I think they were excited because it’s opening day," said WW-PS head coach…

  • County GOP backs Kramer, not Wright

    The Republican Party in Mercer endorsed Paul Kramer and Washington Committeeman Jack Mozloom for the state Assembly race. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The Mercer County Republican Party endorsed former 14th District Assemblyman Paul Kramer on Wednesday night but passed over former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright, Mr. Kramer’s longtime colleague.    The party gave its…

  • Helen Kolesar, 68

       SOMERVILLE — Helen Marie (Graves) Kolesar died March 23 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 68.    Born in Blacksburg, Va., she resided in Bound Brook, Manville and Somerset before moving to Somerville six years ago.    Mrs. Kolesar was an assembly line worker for 10 years at Cosmair Cosmetics in Somerset, retiring in 1989.    She…

  • Soaries: Blessings in faith-based funding

    The New Jersey Secretary of State, himself a minister, says Americans have much to gain and little to fear from the president’s faith-based initiatives. By: Jeff Milgram    Americans have much to gain and little to fear from President Bush’s faith-based initiatives, said New Jersey Secretary of State DeForrest B. Soaries, a Baptist minister, to a…

  • Does shelter serve township’s stray animal needs?

    To the editor     A recent letter from the vice president of St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center clarified some misinformation about that organization’s treatment of lost pets, and I was glad to read that animals are not automatically euthanized after a seven-day holding period.    However, the question facing Hillsborough residents is whether St. Hubert’s can…

  • Government

    Bucks County Administration Building 55 E. Court St. Doylestown, Pa. 18901 (215) 348-6000 Fax:(215) 348-6571 E-mail: [email protected] URL:www.buckscounty.org Commissioners: Charles H. Martin, Chairman, (215) 348-6426; Michael G. Fizpatrick, (215) 348-6424; and Sandra A. Miller, (215) 348-6425 Clerk of Courts: Mary K. Smithson, (215) 348-6389 Controller:Raymond F. McHugh (215) 348-6781 Coroner:Dr Joseph P. Campbell, (215) 348-3852…

  • Candidate explains strategy for the future

    Letter to the Editor    I am running for re-election to the school board. I now serve as vice-president. As I talk with community members, three questions keep coming up: what’s being done to keep a lid on costs? What are we doing about overcrowding? And how do we get our test scores up? These are…