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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: PIACS charter application denied

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: PIACS charter application denied

    Staff photo by Charles W. Kim More than 100 people attended last week’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting at the Senior Center to see the board deny the application of the Princeton International Academy Charter School.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crossroads principal retiring

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crossroads principal retiring

    Photo by Ed Birch Crossroads South Middle School Principal Raymond Tucholski will end his career with the district in July.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Suraci, Wagner to seek fourth terms on Township Committee

        Township Committee members Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner will seek new three-year terms.     They were unopposed at the March 12 candidate screening of the township Republican Committee.     Both men were first elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2006 and 2009. Mr. Suraci was chosen by his colleagues to serve as mayor in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE passes $138 million budget

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE passes $138 million budget

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    The Board of Education unanimously passed a $138 million budget for 2012-13 Monday night, the first time a school budget passed without a township vote.    ”We are going to talk about tonight, a budget that is, in many ways, very frugal,” Superintendent Dr. Gary McCartney said at the beginning…

  • POLICE BEAT: Robbinsville

       A 1982 Ford F1900 tractor and a 1991 Chrysler Lebaron were stolen from the same residence on the 200 bock of Windsor Road, police said.    A friend of the victim, who is overseeing the property, told police the tractor, valued at $4,000, was take sometime between 4:30 p.m. on March 11 and 3 p.m. on…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: DNA blood sample leads cops to Warren County Jail inmate
  • ALLENTOWN: Redbirds tennis aiming high

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Allentown High School boys tennis team has a lot of familiar faces back this spring, but most of them are playing in new spots.    ”They’ve all advanced over last year,” said Redbirds head coach Daniel Fallon. “That’s a start. I’m looking for them to step up a bit.…

  • MANVILLE: New Jersey as ‘The Corrupt State?’ No more

    Report runs counter to stereotypical view of our politics    You know the long-standing stereotype New Jersey is a place where business is decided behind closed doors after cash in envelopes has been passed under the table?    Fuhgetaboutit.    According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, New Jersey has cleaned up its act and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sireci: COAH made us do it

    Planning Board chair says mixed-use project OK was necessary By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough Township planners unanimously approved a plan Thursday night for 469 apartments, an extended-stay hotel and some retail stores for a 50-acre tract off Route 206 near Valley Road.    To people who complained the project took down too many trees, didn’t…