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  • Homeowners still want buyouts

    Now that the federal and state governments have approved spending $6.2 million to buy out the properties, the borough is surveying those who originally signed up and is asking for an answer by July 21 By: Eric Schwarz    The borough as of Wednesday had received 23 of 42 letters it sent to homeowners on a…

  • Principal, staff propose management program

    Program calls for point values to be assigned to disciplinary consequences By:Jeff Mikalaitis        MANSFIELD – At the Northern Burlington Regional School Board Meeting Monday, Middle School Principal Eric C. Barnett and staff members presented a proposed Student Management Program and changes to the student handbook.    A committee of administrative staff and faculty worked with…

  • Homeowners sue borough

    Claim borough did not warn them adequately before hurricane By:Eric Schwarz    Thirty-two residents of Lost Valley are suing the borough for inaction in notifying them about flooding dangers before and during Hurricane Floyd.    The plaintiffs, representing at least 17 households, last week made formal their complaint for an unspecified amount of money in their filing…

  • SBHS mulls end to academic rank

    Administrators say ending class rank will encourage students to take more challenging classes By: Matthew Armstrong    Class rank at South Brunswick High School could be a thing of the past in the coming year.    The Board of Education is considering eliminating the practice of ranking students based on their grades.    School administrators said ending class…

  • Borough delays pension program

    Officials reviewing a more generous plan By: Eric Schwarz    A program to provide pensions to volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel will be delayed for at least a year as the borough continues to work out the reward schedule.    Borough Councilman Thomas J. Weiss on Monday said the council’s finance committee decided to postpone the Length…

  • Call Mr. Fix-It

    John Bittle comes to the aid of Hillsborough seniors By:Jack Baney    Fran Thorne of Deanna Drive wasn’t happy when she learned that her new vacuum cleaner came with "some assembly required."    "Give me a hammer or a screwdriver. I can screw up big time, believe me," she said. "I’d screw it up somehow, and then…

  • MOM line fate was governor’s responsibility

    EDITORIAL     The governor should have made the call herself.    Instead, state Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, acting as governor while Gov. Christie Whitman is in Pennsylvania at the National Governor’s Association Conference, put pen to paper, officially adding a central New Jersey rail line to the Circle of Mobility.    The bill essentially opens way for…

  • Carnival offers rollicking time of rides, food and fun

    Festivities continue through weekend By: Nick D’Amore    All the ingredients necessary to make the opening night of South Brunswick Family YMCA’s Annual Carnival at Crossroads School successful were there – the flashing colored lights, the high pitched screams of kids on rides, and the smell of pizza and funnel cake.    The pulsating beats of dance…

  • Samuel S. Manfredo, 77

       Samuel S. Manfredo, 77, of Lawreneville died July 6 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. He worked 25 years with General Electric Co and retired after 10 years with Lawrence Township Board of Education. He also owned Villa Capri Restaurant    He was an army…