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  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS officials: Drug/alcohol policy needs work

       Hillsborough High School’s random drug testing policy will be on the chopping block at the next Board of Education meeting after officials said they have seen no improvement in the amount of student drug and alcohol abuse at the high school.    ”We clearly have a problem” with drug and alcohol abuse, said board member Christopher…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town celebrates nation’s birth
  • No person better than any other

    Izzak Novak, of Hillsborough     I want to start this letter by stating that I love this country.    I was born in America’s Heartland in the great state of Iowa. My paternal grandfather worked in my maternal great-grandfather’s store as a young man in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.    I live a mere 20 miles from the…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Flood policies could be cheaper

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Homeowners interested in purchasing or renewing flood insurance policies are eligible for a 10 percent discount on their policies, due to the city’s reclassification by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).    ”As of May 1, Lambertville became a Class 8 community in FEMA’s Community Flood Rating System,” city…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: 12U softball team has great start

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: 12U softball team has great start

    By Kim Spinelli, Special Writer    The 12U Vikings softball team has had quite a season so far.    The 12-member team won four championships in four games, including three Second Place finishes in: the Union Memorial Day Classic Tournament, the Howell Eye of the Storm Tournament, and the Monroe Summer Classic Tournament, plus a First Place…

  • MONROE: Village People singer publishes novel
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township seeks flood study grant

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH:"    The Hillsborough Township Committee authorized a new grant application it hopes will help dry up flooding problems Hillsborough and the surrounding communities have been experiencing in the past decade.    The World Institute for Natural Systems, a nonprofit organization based in Hillsborough, has enlisted the help of the township in…

  • STOCKTON: Budget for 2012 requires tax hike

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    STOCKTON — The borough’s 2012 budget of $602,917 was adopted by Borough Council Monday night, Clerk Michele Hovan said.    The budget brings a municipal tax rate of 35.2 cents, up from 33.4 cents last year.    Ms. Hovan said a Stockton residence assessed at $450,000 will pay $81 more this year…

  • Candidate Urges Selection of Best-Qualified Individual To Fill Hillsborough Township Administrator/Clerk Position

    By Robert P. Baker In response to the announcement of the retirement of Michael Merdinger as Township Administrator/Acting Clerk in August, Michael Goldberg, one of the Democratic Candidates for Hillsborough Township Committee issued the following statement:             “It is in the best interest of the residents of Hillsborough that the new Township Administrator/Clerk be the…