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  • Residents wary of pending blasting

    Township officials say developer met requirementsA developer’s plans to use explosives to blast through rock to excavate the foundation on two lots in the Golden Crest subdivision, off Federal City Road, has drawn concern from neighbors. By: Lea Kahn    However, township officials said the developer met all of the requirements for a blasting permit, which…

  • O’Hea expects Mustangs to win CJ 1 opener

    MHS boys must regain focus for Perth Amboy Tech test By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High boys’ basketball head coach Bill O’Hea is confident his team will win its first state playoff game since 1988 this afternoon.    The Mustangs, who haven’t appeared in the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs since advancing to the sectional final…

  • PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE

    February 14 session By:Marianne Hooker    At its Feb. 14 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved several hardship and use variances requested by Nextel Communications.    The board also gave Nextel preliminary and final site plan approval for its project. Nextel proposes to install an additional antenna on the monopole tower at the Pennington Fire Company building,…

  • Post office storywas not correct

    By:Jeff Pecca To the editor:    Although I am not a longtime Hillsborough resident (less than 10 years), I found the second paragraph of the article on the new Hillsborough post office to contain many errors.    First, of the three post offices said to have been within the township, only one, Flagtown, was actually there. The…

  • Looking forward to the future

    Upper Freehold Township Regional School District begins forming five-year plan. By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD — A "strategic planning council" consisting of teachers, parents, school board members and other residents, has released a report of what it wants to see in the district’s future.    The 50-person group, focused on five areas: students, curriculum, facilities,…

  • Automotive Resources

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  • Bordentown’s Haluska wins at 135 pounds

           If you win a District championship once, it can be a fluke.    If you win a District championship twice — you’re a great wrestler. By:Sean Moylan    With his 3-2 win over Steinert’s Greg Badessa in the District 25 finals held at Steinert this past Saturday, Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity wrestling superstar Joe…

  • Weichert creates GAP to support relocation efforts

    New password-protected billing service poised to assist corporations on the move The Packet Group    Michael T. Robinson, president of Weichert Relocation Company, announces the introduction of the company’s new international relocation billing service, the Global Accounts Payable (GAP) program. The service, which addresses the needs of corporations that move employees worldwide, provides auditing, accounts payable…

  • Route 522 gets aid from feds

    The federal government will pick up $250,000 of the estimated $6 million price tag for the extension project. By: Matthew Armstrong    While the completion of Route 522 is still at least two years away, the project got a helping hand from the federal government recently.    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt came to the township Monday to…