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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tax assessment appeal deadline is Monday

    About 100 requests for lower tax values have been filed so far    As of Wednesday, 96 township property owners have filed appeals of their tax assessments. The paperwork is due by 4:30 p.m. Monday in county and township tax offices.    The number of appeals may be reflective of the unusual nature of the year; in…

  • JAMESBURG: Voters approve school budget

       JAMESBURG — Voters by 230-179 approved the proposed school budget of $12,437,264, which is 3.9 percent more than last year’s budget of $11,969,499.    The school tax rate will remain flat at $2.930 per $100 of assessed valuation. The owner of a house assessed at the borough average of $124,190 will pay $3,638 in school taxes…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Voters approve school budget
  • MANVILLE: School budget passes, three chosen for board

    Voters in Manville approved the school district’s proposed budget by 399 to 275. Newcomer Valerie Frank was elected to a three-year term with 391 votes. Incumbents Heidi Alles, with 324, and Jeanne Lombardino, with 322, were re-elected to three-year terms. Also on the ballot were candidates Judy Faulkner, Sharon Lukac Kim Richter. See next week’s…

  • MILLSTONE: School district gets new superintendent

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer      MILLSTONE — The Board of Education introduced Rumson’s schools chief, Scott Feder, on Tuesday night as the next Millstone superintendent of schools.      Mr. Feder, 42, of Plainsboro, will begin working in Millstone in early August, replacing Jack Szabo, who has been serving as the district’s interim…

  • REGISTER-NEWS: Voters approve budgets in New Hanover, North Hanover and Springfield

    School district election results Results from school district elections on Wednesay, April 27. For more details, see next week’s issue of the Register-News: Bordentown Regional High School (3 seats)        Budget: YES-989, NO-1,283          Bordentown City (1 seat)          ânºLisa Hartmann – 264          Michael MacEwan – 178          Fieldsboro (1 seat)          ânºMona Goff –…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Officials say they won’t break Freedom Fest contract

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Officials say they won’t break Freedom Fest contract

    ‘Parking ban will be enforced’ By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Township Committee members said last week that a street parking ban on township and county roads would be enforced during the Freedom Fest State Fair, but the announcement did not satisfy a group of residents who want the six-day event canceled or…

  • MANVILLE: Community readies for cleanup day

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Third Annual Clean Community Day sponsored by the Borough of Manville will be held this Saturday, April 30. Groups from town are all pitching in to help beautify the community.    Letters went out to groups in Manville asking for their support, including Boy Scout Troop 193, Christ the…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Voters approve school budget

       LAMBERTVILLE — Voters on Wednesday approved the proposed Lambertville Public School budget, 408-337.    Approval of the $3,059,072 tax levy means a school tax increase of about $42 for the average homeowner.    John Livingston (377 votes), Anna Nicolas (377) and Nancy Kienzler (361) ran unopposed for seats on the LPS Board of Education.    In another uncontested…