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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP:Township eyes tax increase

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Residents could see an average tax increase of $107 if the township’s tentative municipal budget is approved.    At a meeting Monday to discuss the tentative budget, a new tax rate of 52 cents per $100 of assessed value was proposed. This means the owner of a house…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: School taxes going up

    Robbinsville Board of Education introduces 2012 budget By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Board of Education introduced a total $41.97 million budget for 2012-13 that would increase school taxes about $177 a year for the average assessed home in the township.    The budget, which was introduced by a 7-1 vote Feb. 28, would…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Give board budget feedback

       What do you think about the school budget?    Do you think it should spend more on items to catch up from past years budget cuts? Or should the school board only spend on the highest priorities and keep the tax impact as low as possible?    The board wants to know. It invites you to come…

  • MANVILLE: Kids boutique features top brand names

    MANVILLE: Kids boutique features top brand names

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Ralph Lauren, Absorba, Disney, Gymboree, and more are some of the clothing brands available in the new Kids Pass It On Consignment Boutique in town. The new boutique opened recently on South Main Street and features kids clothing. Former Manville resident Susan (Kaschak) Delli Santi opened the consignment boutique.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: District’s budget not set in stone

    Some board members want more spending By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Write this number in pencil: $81,528,217.    That is the amount the Board of Education voted Monday night to ask the voters to approve in April as the tax levy for the 2012-13 school budget.    But don’t carve it in stone. At least three members…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Trivia Night fundraiser tickets on sale

    Event benefits Robbinsville High School Post-Prom festivities    ROBBINSVILLE — The Robbinsville High School Class of 2013 Post Prom Committee is hosting a Trivia Night/Tricky Tray Auction at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 14 in the RHS Commons.    Admission tickets are $15 and include the entrance fee, five tricky tray auction tickets, dessert and coffee. Additional tricky…

  • LAWRENCE: Trenton man charged after driving in wrong lane

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Gary V. Mason, 49, of Trenton, was charged with driving under the influence and eight additional violations after he was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Brunswick Pike at 1:54 a.m. on March 6, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department.    A caller told police that a car was…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Vikingsanity’
  • LAWRENCE: Schools to purchase $875,000 warehouse in Ewing

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Township Board of Education is moving ahead with plans to purchase a warehouse in Ewing Township for use as the district’s maintenance facility.    The school board approved a resolution at its Feb. 27 meeting that authorizes Superintendent of Schools Crystal Lovell and Business Administrator Thomas Eldridge to take…